I came across this site while doing some browsing on the internet recently. This will allow you to generate and print maps for cycling through the entire country of Switzerland! You can even print it out in different scales (lowest is 1:25000) and even add Points of Interest on the map. What a wonderful service, I hope to see more countries follow suit! Website: http://map.veloland.ch/
Dec 282009
Jul 262009
As I sit indoors during one of the hottest days Vancouver has seen in years (the next few days are to hit 30-40 celsius), I’m having a minor anxiety attack over finances, and how much this trip is going to actually cost. Reading other peoples journeys and blogs, I have been accounting for $15 a day in expenses, of course over the course of the trip on average. So if I was to do some very simple math here based on my assumptions and that I have all equipment with [read more]
Jul 162009
Well, we made it. In one piece. Really. Before we left to the Soundwave Music Festival we arranged a friend to drive our car up there after us to meet up with us, bring more supplies (beer and costumes) and if we needed it, get us back home. We needed it. Our last leg of the trip consisted of dealing with a bit more of the pouring rain in Port Alberni, before we boarded the M.V. Frances Barkley. All I have to say is WOW. 4.5 hours on the boat [read more]
Dec 302008
Have been filling out the equipment section of this site a bit, eventually once each of the pieces are used I will write a detailed review on it. I decided I will take my SLR camera with me, even though it is bigger, it is a wonderful camera, and I have barely used it. I nearly lost it in the past couple of weeks, and am glad to have it back. The one drawback is that it doesn’t allow me to take video, so I do ponder with a point [read more]
Dec 292008
This is the first post to the site, and I’m sure it is going to grow over the years, but I have to start somewhere. So tonight, my good friend Mijo (we call him Training Wheels/T-Dub) mapped out the first leg of my trip. We can call this the Training Wheel run. In the first week of May, I will be riding my bicycle down the coast of Washington, and Oregon. I did the same trip in 2008 with a friend in a car, and had a wonderful time. This [read more]
