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Should You Fly with Your Bike or Hire on the Spot?

May 2, 2019 at 2:13 pm5 min reading

Flying with the bike packed in the bags has its advantages but it might be both expensive and precarious. What are the benefits of taking your bike up in the clouds and, on the other hand, why is it better to hire a bicycle at…

Globetrotting Cyclist: The Purpose of the Purpose and a Funeral

March 14, 2019 at 1:36 pm5 min reading

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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…

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…

Would You Dare to Cycle Through Uganda Like These Guys?

April 16, 2018 at 7:39 am

Outdoor/Mountain

Are you planning an unusual biking holiday? Get inspired by Adam, Peter, and “Panky” from the Czech Republic who visited Uganda for three weeks and came back totally amazed.

Travelling the World with Hera van Willick: To Become a Real Cyclist

October 30, 2017 at 2:00 pm

Outdoor/Mountain

It feels like I’m cycling in Central Asia. The landscape is wide and wavy with brown and green tones and a lake here and there. I’m in Connemara, Ireland. From Killarney I headed north. The first days it was raining continuously. It’s still damp but…

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Travelling the World with Hera van Willick: Céad Míle Fáilte

October 16, 2017 at 9:59 am

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I arrive in Ireland by ferry in the late afternoon. My only plan for the day is to get away from Rosslare city and harbor and find a place to pitch my tent. In England people told me the wild camping would get easier getting…

BLOG: Hera van Willick – I Came, I Saw… And I Took Off Again

September 19, 2017 at 11:00 am

Outdoor/Mountain

Two months 2 months in the Netherlands after 13 months living as a nomad. What’s that like? First of all, it’s great to talk my native language again. No matter how fluent my English is, it’s still different to express myself in the language I…

How to Get Your Bike Ready For Air Travel

August 15, 2017 at 12:14 pm

Road cycling

Are you thinking about taking your bike on vacation or an exotic training camp? Is your dream race too far away to drive to? Chances are, you’ll have to take your bike on a plane. Is it better to pack your bike in a hard…

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BLOG: A Year of Globetrotting – Hera van Willick Talks Budget, Planning, and Risks

August 1, 2017 at 12:25 pm

Road cycling

The first part of my 13-month trip summary got me pondering all the countries I passed through. Now I’d like to shortly shine some light on the practical stuff that you might be curious about or even would want to learn about while preparing for…

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BLOG: Hera van Willick – How I Managed to Stay on the Road for 13 Months

July 31, 2017 at 1:39 pm

Road cycling

It’s been four weeks now since I landed back in the Netherlands. Yesterday, I did my first presentation about the ride from Alaska to Costa Rica. Now it’s time to also write about how, looking back at it, I’ve experienced this trip. But I also…