Cheng Du: Most people will arrive in Sichuan in the capital Chengdu. This lively and modern city survives against the rising tide of motorized hell as a haven for cyclists. Bike lanes separated from the traffic by steel fences on almost every street which are full of bikers. Accidents are commonplace as the river of [...]

Lost in the Wilderness Dan Da Forest Trail Dan Da Forest trail is the mother of all mountain bike trails in Taiwan. Starting from Shui Li in Nantou County this rocky trail climbs to over 3000metres to Rainbow Lake. From here a steep track descends to Hualian on the East coast. How does seven days [...]

Taiwan: 1. Rock pixie forest trail: (Sha Li Xian Lin Dao) Real jungle, real monkies, real dirt, real speed, all just a short hop from Dong Pu hot springs. Take the bus from Taichung to Shui Li and change buses there to a bus to Dong Pu. total 3 hrs by bus either spend a [...]

November full moon event! 11./12. November 2000 We left Napoli on the party bus as planned, cramming in the bikes under the bus. As is the way with party buses noone got much sleep, and as we pulled into Fong Gang some of those who had come for the ride downed their last beer. On [...]

From Katmandu with the millennium approaching we bused down to Varanasi, the sacred Hindu city on the banks of the enormous Ganges river. Here we spent a few days getting lost in the tiny lanes that criss cross the city completely reliant on the street children that show you the way back to your guesthouse [...]

From the off road trails in Nepal in the Katmandu valley and the Annapurna Circuit Since reaching Nepal and celebrating a return to comfort and warmth we have spent less time on the bike, but instead used buses and trains to take us to world beating Mountain biking destinations. In Nepal we headed to Pokara [...]

The last leg of the friendship highway: Chilly weather man! From the monastry town of Sakya to the Nepal Border. This sees the highest mountains the coldest weather and the sidetrip to Everest basecamp! Leaving Sakya on the way back to the road we were six and the showdown with the hordes of kids began. [...]

We continued on and climbed a 4400m pass outside town which revealed a large plateau with herds of sheepgoats and Yak grazing. Down from here was a spectacular decent that took us to a steep sided gorge of yet another brown surging river. At the very bottom of the gorge was an army base with [...]

  Four wheels and a blonde     From Gyantse to Sakya takes in a few sights and hundreds of stone throwing kids! Rich and Dan got more from the Police station than just their permits (with Kath’s help). Gyantse is one of the highlights of Tibet , mainly because the Wu Tse hotel has [...]

From Ba Yi to Lhasa there is a choice of roads The southern and northern routes. The group split but the police forced us back together again! As it was only Dave and Gavin with Visa problems Roland and I decided to take the longer southern route to Lhasa so the group split with Britta [...]