Cycling the Globe

A Cycling Expedition Around The Globe

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Welcome to Cycling the Globe - a website about my 30.000 km bicycling trip through 40 countries around the globe. You may check out the stories, photos and videos.

Thomas Andersen, Cyclist.

Day 284: Three Ways - Bonny We

Distance: 113.21 km Ridetime: 06:07:54 Average: 18.5 km/h Total distance: 13966 km The super market in Tennant Creek is known among cyclists to be the only reasonable priced place to buy food for 1200 ...

Day 283: Renner Springs - Thre

Distance: 116.35 km Ridetime: 06:37:03 Average: 17.5 km/h Total distance: 13853 km It is interesting what difference a day can make. While yesterday's ride might have felt like meditation, there was not much left ...

Day 282: Newcastle Waters - Re

Distance: 135.82 km Ridetime: 07:31:25 Average: 18.1 km/h Total distance: 13737 km Already during the night in my tent I could hear the winds picking up. At least I was mentally prepared for another ...

Day 281: Daly Waters - Newcast

Distance: 126.48 km Ridetime: 06:20:17 Average: 20.0 km/h Total distance: 13602 km One of the joys of cycling is that you see the landscape change almost from day to day. So far there has ...

Day 280: Mataranka - Daly Wate

Distance: 151.82 km Ridetime: 07:24:42 Average: 20.3 km/h Total distance: 13476 km Along Stuart Highway you will find rest areas every 70-80 km. Sometimes just a bench and some shadow. In the outback even ...

Day 279: Katherine - Mataranka

Distance: 131.22 km Ridetime: 07:05:14 Average: 18.4 km/h Total distance: 13325 km Yesterday I was still not sure whether I should stay longer in Katherine and look for work or continue south. My mind ...

Day 278: Katherine

When I met Sylvain, the crazy French guy walking along Stuart Highway four days ago, we were about 60 km from Katherine. I cycled into town the same afternoon. Now, ...

Day 277: Katherine

"You must be Danish" said an Australian guy who had just arrived at the camp site. "That's true" I answered - "how did you know?". "Because you look exactly like ...

Day 276: Katherine

At the backpacker hostel/camp where I'm staying, the owner Coco charges 18$ per night for "normal" people and 11$ for cyclists. Some of the other guests asked if they would ...

Day 275: Hayes Creek - Katheri

Distance: 126.49 km Ridetime: 07:05:14 Average: 18.9 km/h Total distance: 13194 km I love life on the road in the outback. Finding a campsite as the sun sets, cooking a simple meal and watching ...