Category Archives: Bicycle touring

Roman ruins bicycle touring, Milas to Miletus

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Bryan Keith

On the first week of this bicycle tour I went through Bodrum, anciently known as Halicarnassus, famous for the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.  The mausoleum was destroyed over 600 years ago by earthquakes so it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Rainy bicycle touring at the Aegean: Fethiye to Milas

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Bryan Keith

My first (and last) bicycle tour in Turkey in 2018 didn’t start till December.  Ferda wanted to go to İzmir and help out Seda with her new baby.  She took the bus — actually, I guess she flew –, but … Continue reading →

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Tana Toraja: beautiful views, curved roofs, and unusual cemeteries

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Bryan Keith

Tana Toraja is undoubtedly Sulawesi’s biggest tourist draw.  The Toraja are famous for their unusual funeral practices.  Many tourists come just to see a funeral, which, conveniently for us, largely take place in the dry season — July and August. … Continue reading →

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Bicycle touring Sulawesi Selatan

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Bryan Keith

Crossing the mountains from Tolala to Malili we crossed the border from Sulawesi Tenggara to Sulawesi Selatan.  Was the bicycle touring any different? Our love affair with the durian continued:

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Bicycle touring Sulawesi Tenggara

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Bryan Keith

The search “bicycle touring in sulawesi tenggara” yields only 30 results in Google, not one of which leads to a page where someone actually bicycle toured in Sulawesi Tenggara.  I guess maybe it’s “off-the-beaten-path.”  Given this dearth of information, we didn’t … Continue reading →

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