Hauling our bikes, loaded with kids and gear, over mountain ranges or through drenching rain, while keeping the kids happy, probably sounds a far cry from a relaxing holiday. It turns out however, that our physical exercise, the unfiltered exposure to the elements and the human encounters are unique experiences that create lasting happiness. Being in nature for […]
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Do you know the feeling that you just want to “get out of here” (as 3 year old Tayanika puts it in her dry humour)? “Why am I doing this to myself/ us/the kids?” Cycling up a steep hill on a sticky dirtroad, somewhere in Tasmania, these words repeat in my head again and again. […]
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While riding in incredibly beautiful Tasmania we realised that we had crossed the 5000km mark. We are going to celebtrate this today with a rest and play day…and of course lots and lots of yummy and naugthy foods. Tassy, as the locals call it offers some of the finest cycle touring in the world because […]
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Our Warmshowers host Bronnie showed me and Amaya the great Ecocentre in Melbourne. Among other things Bronnie’s work there includes lectures on sustainable living and environmental topics. The Ecocentre has been active in a diverse range of environmemtal topics since more than 20 years. The Melbourne based NGO started with conservation issues in Melbourne’s coastal areas. Melbourne’s Port Philip […]
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We actually celebrated Tayanika’ s 3rd birthday two times, one time in Melbourne and one time in Tasmania. We had a yummy pre-birthday cake and songs with friends that had invited us to their house in “Altona” (sic!). A suburb southwest of Melbourne, not to confuse with that of Hamburg, despite it also being near […]
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The Ferry Spirit if Tasmania brought us from Melbourne to Devonport in Tasmania and we are now very excited to explore this remote end of the world. We started cycling in the far western part Tasmania and were treated a very quiet road. And this was not a side road but the A2 highway. This […]
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Since our last Wildlife Spotting Blog, it got even better, as we had even Wildlife camping. To the kids delight, we had a lot more wallaby and kangaroo contact, than expected. On one campsite at Potato Point, in the middle of the Eurobodalla National Park, we were surrounded by Wallabies and Kangaroos. They were literally […]
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You might believe it or not, but the Cliché that Downunder is full of wildlife is actually true. And this even on the populated East Coast south of Sydney. Thanks to the successful Aussie travel marketing and a dozen Australian animal children books, that we borrowed from our friends in Bali, we were well prepared. On our […]
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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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