This blog is aimed to report my trip to Asia on my bicicyle(Dawy) on a worldwide scale and give the chance to other people (friends ,family and even travel acquaintances) to know about them.
About 4 years ago I met a guy who was telling me how he wanted to travel the world by bicycle,at first I thought it was “ideally” a very cool thing to do, but also very crazy . I mean, why do you need a bike to travel around the world?Why making things more complicated by having to worry about health, safety and even gear more than a normal simple backpacking trip ??What is wrong with the local transport??
Travelling by bicycle means being forced to travel “slowly” ,which allows to explore the country in n a more genuine and complete way.
Being often off the beaten track in small villages where a backpacker would hardly end up on his tourist route .
Hence, travelling in this way might also mean that the traveller will be more likely to interact with the local community
and meet more locals being away from the tourist bubble.
This is the way I attempt to travel.Being freely independent but trying to live the country as an insider rather than as an outsider.
Before leaving I did a lot of reaserach for nearly a year by reading about these sort of trips (bike equipment, camping equipment,country info,bicycle mechanic etc..) and going to bike shops during my lunch hour of work, whilst that “crazy” idea was becoming more concrete and real in my head day after day
I flew to Japan (Tokyo ) on 6 September 2007 and headed to South Korea,Easter and Southern China,Vietnam,Laos,Nepal to eventually end in India (Delhi) on 21 June 2008.
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