Cycling The Globe

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Archive for February, 2015

Day 1616, Pereira – La Pintada: The Coffee Region

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Feb - 28 - 2015

Distance: 137.34 km Ride time: 6:33:49 Average: 20.92 km/h Max speed: 56.88 km/h Total: 33449 km I wish I could have stayed a little longer in Pereira. Hanging out with Denise had been a lot of fun, but after that long 2 month break in Cali the legs were still itchy. I managed to wake  [ Read More ]

Categories: Colombia

Day 1615, Tulua – Pereira: The English Teacher

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Feb - 24 - 2015

Distance: 122.80 km Ride time: 6:00:42 Average: 20.42 km/h Max speed: 51.69 km/h Total: 33312 km Waking up in my cheap hotel room and packing my cycling bags I felt I had returned to life on the road. A life that I like a whole lot. The first part of the day was still flat  [ Read More ]

Categories: Colombia

Day 1614, Cali – Tulua: The Real Colombia

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Feb - 24 - 2015

Distance: 102.65 km Ride time: 4:44:37 Average: 21.63 km/h Max speed: 40.06 km/h Total: 33189 km After 4 years on the road I’m getting better at saying goodbye although I will never be a fan. Yesterday night over dinner at our favourite arepa restaurant it was time for one of those goodbyes. Thanks to all  [ Read More ]

Categories: Colombia

Day 1600 – 1613: Back in Cali…

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Feb - 18 - 2015

It had been a long 5 day journey from the Spanish Island off the coast of Africa and back to Cali. When I arrived after the final 12 hour bus ride from Bogota, my friends were sitting in the same Arepa restaurant as when I left two weeks earlier. Cali feels like home by now!  [ Read More ]

Categories: Colombia

Article in the Danish Outdoor Magazine Opdag Verden

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Feb - 05 - 2015

Thanks to Tore Grønne for the nice article in the Danish outdoor magazine Opdag Verden! (Click for bigger images)

Categories: Overview

Day 1589 – 1599: Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Posted by Thomas Andersen Posted on Feb - 04 - 2015

All this Facebook and Skype can be nice enough for keeping in touch, but it doesn’t beat real life – which is why I found myself on an airplane headed for the wind-swept Canary Islands to meet my family. Apart from my mom, sisters and grandparents, this holiday would also be the first chance for  [ Read More ]

Categories: Canary Islands