Globetrotting Cyclist Archives

Globetrotting Cyclist: The Purpose of the Purpose and a Funeral

March 14, 2019 at 1:36 pm5 min reading

#Ride2Unite

Sapa (or Sa Pa) is a town in the Hoàng Liên Son Mountains of northwestern Vietnam. Its population is made up mainly of hill tribes, such as the Hmong, Tay and Dao. When Will arrived, the desk clerk at his hotel suggested that he go…

Adventures of a Globetrotting Cyclist: The ‘Prepared Mind’ in Vietnam

February 4, 2019 at 8:30 am7 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Will McCarthy has often said that his favourite of all the countries he has biked is Vietnam and one of the reasons is the food. A culinary revelation can arrive there anywhere and at any time. But you have to be alert for it. Or,…

10 Years of Cycling for Peace in Korea: Okhwan’s Mission Impossible

January 21, 2019 at 2:07 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

Okhwan Yoon is a Korean-born adventurer, activist and, most of all, a Don Quixotesque dreamer. In 2001, he decided to quit his successful career in law, leave Seoul, hop on a bike and ride to unite the two Koreas. Here’s a little something for figure…

Stranger in a Strange Land: Adventures of a Globetrotting Cyclist

January 9, 2019 at 10:00 am5 min reading

Socialising and Culture

One sometimes forgets that when visiting a land that is strange to you, you may be just as strange – or even more – to the residents. On his bike journeys around the world, my friend Will McCarthy experienced that on several occasions, but perhaps…

For the Joy of Karaoke to Laos: Adventures of a Globetrotting Cyclist

November 22, 2018 at 11:16 am7 min reading

Socialising and Culture

After my old friend Will McCarthy, the global cyclist, left Prague two months ago, he did something he had never done before in all his years of cycling around the world: he fell off his bike. It happened in the German city of Regensburg, which…

For a Haircut to Kathmandu: Adventures of a Globetrotting Cyclist

October 12, 2018 at 5:21 pm7 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

When Will McCarthy retired at the age of 55 from his job as a vice president of a meal voucher systems provider, he knew exactly what he would do – see the world by bicycle. In the 12 years since his retirement, he covered about…