Category Archives: Bicycle touring

Bicycle touring South Korea: Yeoju to Hahoe

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Bryan Keith

Leaving the Seoul metro area it was surprising how quickly we got into agricultural areas.  South Korea is very densely populated — of the 15 most densely populated countries in the world the only one larger than South Korea is … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring South Korea: Incheon to Yeoju via Seoul

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Bryan Keith

Another adventure starts with packing up the bikes in Antalya and taking a taxi to the airport.  With a stop in Moscow it took 21.5 hours to get from our house in Kaleiçi to a campsite about 4km from the … Continue reading →

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Another fantastic week on the Frig Yolu

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Bryan Keith

My first bicycle tour on the Frig Yolu was six years ago with Banu, Deniz, Cengiz, and Dinçer.  On that trip Banu was the only woman in a group of five.  This year I was the only man in a group … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring central Portugal: Alcobaça to Sintra

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Bryan Keith

From Batalha it wasn’t far to Alcobaça, yet another monastery, yet another UNESCO World Heritage Site.  After so many monasteries, churches, cathedrals, cloisters, one might begin to wonder if it was really possible to see something new in Alcobaça, another building … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring central Portugal, a pilgrimage of sorts

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Bryan Keith

Beira felt very different from Algarve and Alentejo.  The rest of our bicycle tour, sort of paralleling the Atlantic Ocean from Coimbra to Lisbon, was once again very different from anything we had already seen in Portugal.  Traffic was heavier, the … Continue reading →

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