Category Archives: Bicycle touring

Muscat to Al-Ashkharah, an inland route

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Bryan Keith

You can read on the internet lots of blogs from bicycle tourers who love the touring in Oman.  This isn’t going to be one of them 🙁  The weather is certainly perfect for riding in the winter, but the traffic … Continue reading →

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Ihlara to Antalya via the Konya Plains, by bicycle

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Another short bicycle tour in Turkey.  It only took 10 days to cycle from Ihlara to Antalya.  The unusual thing about this tour was just how flat it was: ~8000m of climbing in 700km.  That doesn’t sound so flat so … Continue reading →

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Kırşehir, Ihlara Vadisi, and Güzelyurt

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Bryan Keith

The Ihlara Valley is on many people’s short list of places to visit in Turkey.  For good reason.  It’s often considered part of Kapadokya (Cappadocia), but it’s a fair bit west of the main area of Kapadokya.  Ferda and I … Continue reading →

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Family and friends in Utö, Torö, and Stockholm

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Ferda and my last two weeks in Sweden were spent in and around Stockholm.  It was a family reunion of sorts in Utö, Torö, and Stockholm.  On my last trip to Sweden Erland took me on a short (four-day?) sailing … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring southern Sweden

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Before bicycle touring in Sweden, I was worried it’d be endless forest and way too many mosquitoes.  I was pleasantly surprised.  We were, however, entirely south of Stockholm in the southern third of the country.  I guess if you were … Continue reading →

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