Our Cycle Tour during the last 8 months in Asia Pacific has had so many Zen moments, that it truly deserves its name “Zen Tour”. For the year 2017 we are wishing our family, friends and every living being a truly Zen Year! Zen can be translated as “meditative state” (Mahayana Buddhism). Aims of meditation techniques […]
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We had been looking forward to cycle our last two weeks in Korea on its most famous island, Jeju-do. As our ship moved slowly into Jeju harbour our excitement increased with the slowly rising sun. The clear blue morning sky and mild temperatures where a phantastic welcome and nice change from chilling and foggy mornings in mainland Korea. We had however fallen behind on […]
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We have just completed this amazing bicycle journey from Seoul to Busan in South Korea. This incredible bicycle infrastructure offers everything: “bicycle only roads”, even “bicycle only bridges”, “5 lanes roads” (whereas cars only had 2 of them), but also many rural narrow pathways. At regular intervals we encountered bicycle shelters, reststop in traditional Korean pavilion style, fancy modern […]
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Urban Korea has surprised us with a colourful openness to many diverse cultures, a relaxed attitude to new or foreign behaviour coupled with a can-do attitude of an entrepreneurial, hard working spirit and mindset. Our first night we stayed in a lively neighbourhood of the 2nd biggest and port city, Busan, that wrapped us in […]
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Long live the Shiretoku Goko Lakes and the 300 square metre Movement! Ongoing fund raising for more tree planting activities at the Fukushima shores – also from you? Thanks to some previous Cycle Generation donations we could support another well worthy forest conservation project. This time for the large area around the Shiretoku Goko 5 […]
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8.00 pm on 17th of August 2016 : I have just arrived at one of the coin laundries in Wakkanai, city at the Far North of Hokkaido. It is already pitch dark outside, heavy rain and pretty windy. I am waiting for the Typhoon – Typhoon Number 7. Already 3 days ago we got alerted by our […]
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In summer, Hokkaido draws touring bikers and cyclists like flowers attract honey bees. “Honeybee tribe” (Jap.: mitsubachi-zoku) they are indeed called, the motorcyclists that flock since the 80’s to the most Northern of the Japanese Islands during the flowery time of summer touring from one campground to the next, covering all corners of this beautiful region. Also […]
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After donating, volunteering and investing into tree planting and forest protection for more than one decade, we were collecting donations for tree planting in Japan in 2016 and 2017. Our previous tree donations have supported worthy projects in in Africa, Asia and South America. For a flavour of one of our tree donation during the Zen […]
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Cycling and camping during the rainy season in Japan? Before we had left for our Tour 3 months ago, I had prepared a detailed route planning following the climate charts of the Japanese Islands, S Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand. Avoiding heat, cold but especially the rain was the hot topic. But the rainy season […]
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Urban pleasures are very different to wilderness pleasures… Although we have a preference for the outdoors, we would not forgo the chance to experience the “Amichari”, watch the Lion King Musical in Japanese or observe traditional religious parades on the streets of this buzzing “megalopole”. We had just arrived in time for the celebration of the 5th […]
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