OUR WORLD TRIP STORIES
On Friday 30th of September 2016 we left Amsterdam by bicycle for an unlimited world trip! For a long time we kept all options open and we had no idea when, how, for how long and where we would leave. This is the way we want to travel, the best things happen when you don't plan. At the beginning of June 2016 the idea arose to leave from home and we would use the bicycle as our first mode of transport. Three years later we travelled more than 35.000 kilometers on human power. We cycled to the end of the world, and then started going back to the north. Read all our world trip stories below.
And discover everything about our route, the stats and our next plans!
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August 14, 2019
The first days with Simon, Olivier's brother, we have thunderstorms every day. It is again Winton, our trail coach, who has already picked us up twice from the trail,
July 26, 2019
For the second time we wake up in the soft bed on the upper floor in Winton's and Lisa’s house. We bake an egg in the kitchen and quietly eat our breakfast...
July 26, 2019
The idea of the Appalachian Trail originated in 1921 when forestry engineer Benton MacKaye came up with the visionary idea of a long-distance hike...
July 26, 2019
We are in the car with Fernando and Novita, our hosts from Atlanta. It's pouring rain as we swing along the mountain roads in northern Georgia...
June 6, 2019
We always try to enter a country without expectations and prejudices. In Uruguay or Paraguay that is easy because we really have no idea what to expect
June 6, 2019
We cycle with little nerves to the border with Mexico. This time it are not unpleasant men on the side of the road that make us tickle, but it is the 7-day stamp in our passport...
June 4, 2019
“Be careful, it's dangerous there!" We know the statement. People warn us nearly everyday. It is a villager who talks about the next province...
May 20, 2019
What is it that some countries take a place in your heart and others not at all. We often ask this question ourselves during the trip, but we haven't found...
December 14, 2017
With cleaned bicycles we leave the last big city on the Carretera Austral. From now on it's 100 kilometer of Asphalt and 500 kilometers...
November 21, 2017
The number one route for cyclists, the Carretera Austral, is in all top 10 lists and a bucket list item for Overlanders, motors, ...
November 12, 2017
We wake up with the tent in the middle of a lake. Around us everything is flooded with water. Astonished we are looking around, asking...
October 24, 2017
It feels like starting our world over again and that almost one year after leaving Amsterdam. At Daniel's place we prepare...
September 26, 2017
In Mendoza we jump into Simon and Maxim's arms after one year without seeing them. We travel together to the North of Argentina and...
August 26, 2017
From the bus terminal we cycle to the aero club in Rio Quarto. We wont take off, but Tatalo arranged us a camp spot at the private...
August 25, 2017
From the first moment our legs push us to Argentina. Off course with a detour due to the wind. Argentina is the country of landscapes...
July 30, 2017
The world is still covered in a dense fog when we step on the bicycles early in the morning. There last two short kilometers to the...
