2016-10-13
by Amiram
2016-10-02
by Ragna
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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2016-09-24
by Amiram
Japan is known for many things: Sushi, Samurai, Ninja and being a world apart, but it is not widely regarded as a great camping destination. However any overland traveller that loves the outdoors or is on a budget will find out that Japan is probably one of the best destinations for camping especially in Hokkaido and Shikoku. […]
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2016-09-22
by Ragna
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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2016-08-27
by Ragna
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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2016-08-24
by Amiram
When we reached Japan’s northernmost point at Cape Soya, we could not only see Sakhalin Island (Russia) across the sea in 43km distance, but almost touch a smart and cunning fox within arms length. He fox was roaming around looking for food and knew that people often left things or probably even fed the fox. […]
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2016-08-17
by Amiram
2016-08-14
by Ragna
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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2016-07-31
by Ragna
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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2016-07-18
by Ragna
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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