Excuse the redundancy, but having found the secret to fixing my scanner I find myself needing to ‘re-package’ a few of these old ‘flashbacks’.
I lived near a river called Tamagawa for most of my 9 years in Japan. Without too much of an exaggeration, this long strip of cycling bliss probably saved my sanity on [...]
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Mitake-san (Japan) – Flashback #17
Posted in Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, tagged maruishi emperor, mitake-san, ome, tamagawa, tokyo on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nikko (Japan) 2005 – Flashback #16
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, tagged irohazaka, nikko, numata, toshogu shrine on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The scanner is back from the dead, so here is another older post beefed up with new pictures.
Cycling buddy Nigel and I did a couple of rides from Tokyo over the years (if you just can’t get enough of him, fret not! He is prominently featured in Flashback #5), starting with a 400 km loop [...]
Eastern Hokkaido (Japan) 1999 – Flashback 15
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, Japan, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, tagged hokkaido, kuril islands on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This entry is actually from a while back, but I’ve slapped a couple of photos in and added some more content.
I lived in Japan for nearly 10 years, and rode a lot. Unfortunately, I only did a few ‘real’ trips, the rest being up and down (and up and down, and up and…) the Tama [...]
Thinking Big
Posted in Asia / Australia, Cycling, France, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, North America, Rest of Europe, tagged cycling around the world on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hey, did I ever tell you my dream? I want to cycle around the world before my time is up. I used to think I’d do it in one go, but don’t know if that’s all that realistic now. Don’t know if I even want to do it that way – I’m more an ‘inch [...]
Flashback #12 – Tiger Leaping Gorge, China – 2000
Posted in Asia / Australia, China, Cycling, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Walking, tagged china, lijiang, michael palin, tiger leaping gorge on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 2000 Shoko and I quit our jobs (not the first time or the last…) to set off on an overland voyage that would take us from Hong Kong to southern India, where our trip was thwarted by a family tragedy (they always have bad timing, don’t they?), and we were sent back to Japan [...]
Flashback #11 – Ladakh, India – 1996
Posted in Asia / Australia, India, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Walking, tagged alchi, hemis monastery, himalaya, india, indus river, ladadh, lamayuru, leh, leh palace, thiksey, tibet on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After Flashback #9 I took the 2-day bus ride over one of the highest roads in the world (the Leh-Manali Highway – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh-Manali_Highway), crossing the Himalya and down into their shadow, near Tibet. In fact, Ladakh is known as ‘little Tibet’, a moniker most likely given to attract tourists, but possibly aptly named (I’ve never [...]
Flashback #10 – Batad, Philippines – 1995
Posted in Asia / Australia, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Philippines, Walking, tagged banaue, batad, hiking, philippines, terraced rice paddies on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before I discovered the wheel I was an avid hiker, and when I first travelled to Asia I brought along my hiking boots and Gore-tex and got into the mountains every chance I could. This little trek was the first one I did.
Batad is an ancient village high in the Cordillera mountains in the northern [...]
Flashback #9 – Malana, India – 1996
Posted in Asia / Australia, India, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Walking, tagged jari, kullu valley, ladadh, leh, malana, manali, manikaran, parvati valley on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another slow week for riding here in southern France, so I’m continuing to find old, scanned photos and put them to work. This entry is another on the ’self-propelled’ theme started with the Annapurna Circuit last month.
In the summer of 1996 I was in India, having spent a year in Australia, trying my damnedest to save enough [...]
Flashback #8 – Annapurna Circuit, Nepal – 1995
Posted in Asia / Australia, Longer Trips and Flashbacks, Nepal, Walking, tagged annapurna circuit, garuda, india, kali kandaki, nepal, sadhus, thorong la, vishnu on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m breaking out a little with this entry, and for those who think you can only have fun with spandex shorts and 24 speeds, I apologize. It’s not cycling, but at least it is ’self propelled’.
In 1995, while traveling around Asia, I did a long trek in Nepal – the Annapurna Circuit. Firstly, I have [...]
