This blog is aimed to report my trip to Asia on my bicicyle(known as Dawy) on a worldwide scale and give the chance to other people (friends ,family and even travel acquaintances) to get to know about it.
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 inn a more genuine way. Hence, being often off the beaten track in small villages where a backpacker would hardly end up on his tourist route .
Ttravelling in this way might also mean that the traveller,being away from the tourist bubble, will be more likely to interact with the local community and meet more locals .
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 made a lot of reaserach for nearly a year by reading about these sort of trips (bike equipment, camping equipment,countries info,bicycle mechanic etc..) and going to bike shops during my lunch hour , whilst that “crazy” idea was becoming more concrete and real in my head day after day
I flew to Japan (Tokyo ) on the 6 September 2007 and headed to South Korea,Easter and Southern China,Vietnam,Laos,Nepal to eventually end in India (Delhi) on the 21 June 2008.
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