http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob Pedalling 40,000 KM back home to England from a remote town in North East Siberia (with an island hopping detour to Australasia added on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:10:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To return to my homepage, please go to: www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com HOT OFF THE PRESS: Alastair Humphreys (the friend who I cycled through Siberia with) has just published a book about his ride through Africa in 2001-2002 - the first leg of his epic "round the world by bike" expedition. It is ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/two-significant-steps-towards-home-the-nullarbor-plain-and-the-boat-to-singapore.html Current Location: Streaky Bay (South Australia) "There were so many fewer questions when stars were still just the holes to heaven" -Jack Johnson, On and On "Isn't there something in living dangerously?" - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Some comparative stats for all you statisticians (some of these are estimates): Distance pedalled: Year 1: 12,652 km Year 2: ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/a-second-year-in-the-life-of-a-siberian-cyclist.html To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Current Location: Hamilton (a country town between Melbourne and Adelaide) Nights spent in hospital in Melbourne: 3 "I told him where I was staying and he asked after Tim. I said I thought Tim was a man who had reached his limit and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/farthest-south-on-from-sydney-holiday-in-new-york-unexpected-illness.html To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Cyclone Larry had gusts of 290 km per hour Km cycled: 17,900 Current Location: Byron Bay, Australia "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/voyage-to-a-wealthy-land-a-cyclone-and-a-haircut.html To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Current Location: Port Moresby (Capital City of Papua New Guinea... voted in the Economist 2005 as the worst city in the whole world to come on a business trip!) Number of days of toil and sweat it took me to cover the final ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/the-long-struggle-to-port-moresby-the-surprises-of-papua-new-guinea.html To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Islands hopped: 10 Years lived: 29 ! Current Location: Vanimo, Papua New Guinea “Now I remembered that the real world was wide and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/boating-and-biking-to-the-southern-hemisphere.html To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com The following update is focused on the three weeks I spent in Manila visiting various Viva Network partner projects (mostly to do with Street Children). "Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I will understand." - Chinese Proverb "If ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/the-street-children-of-manila.html To return to my homepage please go to: www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for"-Grace Murray Cooper "...but i would be content with nothing but going to sea..."-Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Dafoe) Current Location: Manila, The Philippines Km cycled: 12, 802 Km sailed: 1,100 Days ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/across-the-south-china-sea-six-days-in-the-life-of-a-siberian-sailor.html To return to my homepage please go to www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com "Siberia impends through the darkness as the ultimate unearthly abroad... the place from which you will not return" – Colin Thubron "Every step that you take, could be your biggest mistake, it could bend or it could break, but that's the risk ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/one-year-in-the-life-of-a-siberian-cyclist.html TO RETURN TO MY HOMEPAGE, PLEASE CLICK ON www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com Current Location: Hong Kong Distance cycled: 12,652 Km Distance to home: 27, 348 Km (approx.) (if anybody has contacts in NEW ZEALAND I would really appreciate it if you could put me in touch – many thanks) “Our moral nature is such that we cannot be ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rob/into-hong-kong-the-floods-and-the-oasis.html