Planning

Cuba Plan

26 February 2013

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After the US, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala, it’s time for my 5th country – Cuba. Not being from the US, I have no problems going to the country. Return tickets from Cancun to Havana are about $280, bikes have no special fee and I’m allowed 40kg (90lb) of luggage, flying with Cubana. I can get [...]

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DF and onwards

11 December 2012

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I arrived in Mexico City at the end of June with the idea of taking a six-week course. 5 months and 3 courses later, I’m just about ready to leave. I’ve never been a great student, and while I studied a lot for the first course, and a good amount for the second, I didn’t [...]

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Culiacán -> Estación Obispo

2 June 2012

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During our rest days in Culiacán, Mike confirmed his plan to try to study Spanish there. He was feeling frustrated at times with the opportunities and conversations he was missing due to his limited language ability, and, for him, Culiacán made perfect sense as a place to study. The people we were staying with were [...]

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58 hours to LA

16 April 2012

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After almost a month, it was finally time to leave Cincinnati. I’d used the time to get some new things for my trip including two tyres, a wheel-lock, a chain, a bell and some legwear. I’d taken my bike to a shop to replace the chain, the first thing I’d had to replace outside of [...]

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Corinth -> Cincinnati

15 March 2012

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I forgot about writing this post and so it’s being written two weeks after the event. It’ll be just a short post reflecting my thoughts then. I’ll write another one in a few days to update with current thoughts – March 29th Chad & Loren needed to head to Kroger to buy some things soon [...]

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Palm Beach -> Sebastian

27 February 2012

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The night I’d arrived in Pompano, I’d met Noelle’s co-worker Gary. He put me in touch with a friend of his called Thomas who had also cycle toured and lived in Palm Beach. We’d been e-mailing and arranged to meet up just down the road from Mike’s place at 8am. It meant I had to [...]

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Pompano Beach -> North Palm Beach

26 February 2012

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I’d arrived in Pompano on Tuesday and had originally thought I’d be rolling out on Thursday. Having enjoyed my time there and with Noelle’s kindness, I stayed until Sunday, but then it was time to go. It was lovely relaxing, playing scrabble and going for a ride down the intracoastal with Tom, but the semblance [...]

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Homestead -> Miami

17 February 2012

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After a rest day with Jim & Ju, it was time to head up to Miami. I spent the morning relaxing and giving some thought to the next few weeks. I’m at a stage of the trip which is a little difficult to plan for. Being in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area, I’m strongly tempted to [...]

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Punta Gorda -> Fort Myers

1 February 2012

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I hoped to get up in time to speak with Earl, but he was out before I woke up. Karen was at home and we hung out until she had to head to work. She mentioned that Earl was at the bike shop and offered to give me a lift the 5 miles. It was [...]

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Tampa -> Bradenton

29 January 2012

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It had been 3 weeks since I’d last ridden. 18 days in Orlando was followed by a couple in Tampa and it had flown by. Orlando had seen me re-unite with both Alix and teaching. It’d been my longest break since I’d flown to the US back in April, and, while there was the temptation [...]

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Minneola -> Orlando

8 January 2012

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While the ride to Minneola the day before was the end of the loop, the true end of part 1 awaited me in Orlando. Since I had departed from Tampa in May, Alix, the friend who had inspired me to do this trip, had got married to Inseul and moved to Orlando. Therefore, I had [...]

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Pensacola -> Pensacola Beach

31 December 2011

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It was New Years Eve and I had less than 30 miles of riding to get to my destination for the day so I slept in and didn’t stir until past 9am. When I got up I was treated to breakfast and a relaxing morning while talking with Susann and her family. They mentioned that [...]

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