Originally an 11 month trip the schedule has now been divided into key sections. (see hitting the brakes as to why).
Stage 1: USA, Japan, Tibet, Nepal, India (July to December)
(a) Seattle to San Francisco (1584 km) - the warm up
(b) Route around Japan – the navigation challenge (we now have a bilingual map to plan our route!) – Trip included Tokyo, pacific coast, up to Kyoto, over to Kobe, Shodoshima, Naoshima, Takamatsu, Tokushima and Osaka.
(c) Lhasa to Kathmandhu via Everest Base Camp. c 946km – the climb? This route changed on arrival… Unable to get Tibet visa so opted to cycle the Annapurna circuit instead! 5416m over Thorong-la mountain pass.
(d) Kathmandhu to India (it’s likely we’ll do some cycling in the North and then train to the south before flying home) – the curry trail? Opted for Rajasthan, Kerala and Goa. Involves a bit of bikes on trains but these are meant to be the best areas for biking. After Thorong la we didn’t fancy manali/leh!
IStage 2: Cairo to Capetown (January 2013-May 2013, 11,693km)
This section of the tour will operate through Tour D’Afrique.
Stage 3: Cycling from Epernay, east of Paris to Lecce in Southern Italy
Heading out to meet John’s father, Paulo. Catching the Tour de France on the way. Back to independent riding.
Stage 4: South East Asia, starting in Singapore and heading through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Finally heading back to Bangkok to fly home
Stage 5: New Zealand, and Australia
We arrive in Auckland on new years eve and will then head north before going on to explore the South island. On March 3rd we land in Brisbane and will then make our way around the coast to Sydney, inland to Melbourne and round the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide.
Following a short ride diversion to a wedding in Denmark we are now riding back to the UK from Trabzon, North East Turkey.
Hi there Congrats for your efforts.are you still.in.India woild be really nice to see you .. I am.also a regular cycclist in Mumbai … Reply me.on 09920198788 or mail me on nandumehul@gmail.com Thanks
Hi mehul
thanks for the post. Unfortunately we left mumbai on 8th dec and we are now home for christmas before heading out to africa. would have been great to meet another cyclist… we saw one indian guy in ooty and another as we were leaving margao.
happy cycling!
Just discovered what you are doing in raising money for your special charity.best wishes to you and keep safe.stella and bryan richens.
Great to hear about your travels – got you down for a Cycle Marathon at the next Olympics!! Stay safe and we know you will enjoy every minute X
Sounds great! Maybe my bike trip will be finished by the!, he he
Naomi san and John san,
Thank you for your visit to our Hamamatsu Tourist Information Center.
We hope your long long cycling journey goes well.
your photo in our city is here.
http://hamamatsutic2.hamazo.tv/e3338886.html
Kenji Tanaka
Hi Naomi,
I hope that the journey has started without too many problems.Your Mum and I will be going for coffee tomorrow.Don’t worry about her,I will keep an eye on her and try to encourage her to use the computer.Keep me posted.God Bless.Paula
Thanks Paula… I think she’ll get better!
Hi Naomi,
Looking forward to following your routes and your trials, tears and moments of great joy. Will stump up some cash when I next get paid! Mr Paul x
tears… will there be any!! don’t worry i am expecting some!!hope all is well with you – will have to cycle out and meet the pigs sometime!!2014?
Hi Naomi, what an amazing trip – will definitely be keeping an eye on your progress. I really admire your vision and courage to just ‘go for it’!
Huge Best Wishes for a brilliant trip; take care, Angela
thanks angela. your support is much appreciated….that vision board was such a great exercise!!