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Accommodation
- Craigs List Istanbul Useful classifieds site for istanbul and other cities. Includes accommodation section.
- Hedonist Hostel Belgrade Very friendly hostel with a nice central courtyard. Belgrade, Serbia
- Pinocchio Hotel. Sa Pa, Vietnam Extremely friendly staff and tasty breakfasts.
- Sahibinden Classifieds site for Istanbul, Turkey. Includes accommodation section
- Sim's Cozy Garden Hostel Friendly YHA hostel. Clean, comfortable and reasonably priced. Chengdu, China
- Teddy Bear Hotel Good hostel in Baoguo town, Sichuan Province. China.
- Upland Hostel stylish hostel with great rooms and very helpful staff who helped us rescue a package that was being held by customs. Kunming, Yunnan Province. China
Established Adventurers
- Alastair Humphreys British adventurer
- Benedict Allen Author, explorer, TV filmmaker-presenter and international motivational speaker
- Ed Wardle Documentary film-maker. Watch his incredible and disturbing documentary ‘Into the Wild’. Search for it on www.channel4.com/programmes/4od
- Josie Dew Cycle touring author who inspired Mary to buy a Thorn and planted the seed of cycle touring
- Rob Lilwall Adventurer, author and speaker
- Tim Cope Journeys Australian Adventurer and National Geographic Adventure Honoree 2007
Friends
- 2 moto 2 Robin and Keeley motorcycle-touring around and about
- Aaron and Jacqui. Cycing from Australia to England Met these guys on the ferry from Yalova to Istanbul.
- All Terrain Photograpy Our friend Julien’s travel photography blog
- Are We Dreaming Underwater photography by Thomas Ozanne
- Around the World in 800 days Our friend Andy’s drive around the planet
- Auf grosser Fahrt A Swiss couple, Stephan and Simone, we met on the ferry from Chios to Cesme, driving from Switzerland to South Africa in a very cool truck
- Bays away Danny and Natalie’s travel blog. A couple from New Zealand we met on a campsite near the lake of Konstanz, Germany
- Cultural Exchange Serbia
- Cycle Strongman Chris Roach’s Odyssey to Explore the Globe
- Cycling to Thailand Nick, Tom and Nye cycling to Thailand from London
- Durchgedreht Esther und Christoph, a Swiss couple whose paths we keep crossing since Istanbul
- Europe to Asia overland Stefan Ulmer’s overland travels from Europe to Asia
- Luxury Cornish Yurts A small family run business on the edge of Bodmin Moor run by our friends David and Lindsey
- Podere il Fornacino Marco and Lora’s farm stay in Tuscany. Go there. It’s very nice!
- THE (NEXT) ESCAPE Sweden – Singapore on a bicycle!
- The Adventures of BajaTwin Holland to Thailand on a motorbike – Roemer & Lisan
- The Orient: Hanoi to Bangkok Cycling from Hanoi to Bangkok – Peter Newberry
- Tout au Sud Switzerland to South Africa by motorcycle. Our friend Gilbert, who we met just outside Athens.
- Velosophie Our Swiss pals Tobias and Marianne cycling to the Far East
- Wander Cyclist We met Ellen is Dushanbe. Cyclist, photographer, explorer…
- World by bike Arian and Moniek cycling around the World
- Zentralschweizer biken durch Asien Claudia and Alexandre cycle to Singapore
Other
- Alpinist Outdoor Sports Very helpful, comprehensive Turkish online outdoors store with quick delivery within Turkey. A good last chance to get new parts before heading further east.
- Atlas Obscura Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations
- Help Exchange Online listing of host organic farms, non-organic farms, farmstays, homestays, ranches, lodges, B&B, inns, backpackers hostels and even sailing boats who invite volunteer helpers to stay with them short-term in exchange for food and accommodation (boa
- Le hoang Probike co. ltd Good bike mechanic in Saigon, Vietnam. Ask for Hung
- Legalise Wild Camping Information in wild camping in England and Wales
- PJ Hayman – Travel Insurance UK travel insurance company. We took out the 18 month Longstay & Backpacker policy – Super Worldwide. Quite expensive at £918 for two of us. We successfully made two claims (£250 and £350), the first took a few months to process, the second was much f
- STANTOURS Very helpful travel agency specializing in Central Asia
- Work Away Work abroad, integrate in local cultures, learn a language, acquire new skills, make new friends through……
- World of Wild Camping Worldwide directory of free camping sites
Other Cycle Blogs
- A bicycle trip around this small blue planet A Crazy Guy on a Bike blog
- A Long Ride Home A Crazy Guy on a Bike blog
- Adventure Cycling Association Premier bicycle travel organization in North America with 43,500 members nationwide
- Bicycle Adventures
- Bicycle Travel Bloggers A resource ın association with the adventurecycling.org
- Biking Asia with Mr Pumpy! The rides, the roads, the facts! Cycle touring info based around SE Asia
- Crazy Guy on a Bike The mother of all cycle blogs
- Cycle Tourer Detailed cycled blog
- Cycle UK to China Chris Smith
- Cycling Silk
- Cycling to India
- Free Wheels East
- Going Slowly Bicycle touring around the world
- Kiwis on Giant Tiki Tour A Crazy Guy on a Bike blog
- Mark Beaumont The man who cycled the world
- Odycycle A bicycle odyssey from London to China
- One Little Wheel Overland from UK to Thailand
- Rolling-Tales Detailed cycle blog
- Sahara Mike
- Scott and becky go East
- Soulcycler
- Tom Bruce Cycling Around the World bike trip
- Tom Bruce Cycling blog Around the World bike trip… blog/ journal
- Tom's Bike Trip
- Travelling Two One of the most detailed and useful cycling blogs
- Trento Bike Site with links to loads of other cycle blogs
- World by bicycle Another great cycle blog
- World Cycling Tour by Rebecca and Ryan
- WorldCycle Vimeo Channel Cycle adventure films on Vimeo
- Yaksite Swiss cyclist Claude Marthaler… a very long World cycle tour. Site contains loads of nice photos of his trip
Routes, maps, GPS etc...
- Bike Map Online bike routes
- Bike Route Toaster Route planning site that uses Google Maps and includes elevation data
- Bikely Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes
- GPS Visualizer Download GPX files from Google Maps
- VIA Claudia Augusta Interactive map of Via Claudia Augusta route through the Alps from Germany, Austria and Italy
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