When you’re on a bike tour, people ask you almost every day: “Where are you going?” Sometimes we give the short answer, and say the name of the next town or next major city. But if they seem genuinely interested in our trip, we give the final destination for whatever leg of the journey we’re...
We felt like we were racing the clock through much of Malaysia. In our 10 days of riding there, we covered about 1,000 kilometers from the northern tip to the Singapore border. While we are looking forward to our soon return to North America, we certainly wouldn’t have minded spending more time in this country....
People often make comments to us about our “extended vacation,” since our journey is on the long side of average. But we beg to differ. We don’t see our trip as a vacation. In fact, it’s a lot of work! We spend 5-6 hours every day doing tough physical activity: riding two, fully loaded touring...
“Two weeks in Bangkok? WHY?!” That’s been the response we’ve gotten from several people when we shared our travel plans. As far as touristy activities go, Bangkok does not merit that long of a stay. But Bangkok offered a lot more to us than just popping in a few wats and shopping malls (though it...
Cambodia is the first country in Asia where we did zero camping. Several factors played into this decision–I had recently recovered from a rough stomach infection in Laos, so we thought rooms would be a little more comfortable. Of course the heat was a huge element as well, and by getting a room we were...
Four years ago, on March 14, 2009, Dave and I stood before family, friends and God and entered into the holy covenant of marriage. People told us that the first year of marriage would be tough… that it would be and full of difficult lessons in communicating and living together. We fortunately found quite the...
