Emission Free Traveling
Riding a bicycle down the coast with the ocean on the East is a tad different than California. The Red Sea makes up the Eastern coast of Egypt and provides stunning seaside road one would expect from Malibu. (Just change to ocean to the other side of the road and read from right to left) [...]
Could not ask for a better first ride! Sleep deprived at the airport, we assembled our bicycles and rode across the city to the West Bank of the Nile, only to be greeted by the only ancient wonder of the world still standing--The Great Pyramids of Giza. Where the Nile fans into the Mediterranean, at [...]
A bike messenger carries stories with them as they ride. The bicycle is a common experience to most people, and the idea of riding down the street, using your own power to push yourself forward, is commonplace in a child's upbringing. The bike messenger relates to that inner child within us when he ecstatically cheers [...]
Without a doubt the most adrenaline ever pushed through my body. In just a little over 6 miles, the road bends over Loma de Coyas and drops down to the river valley a full 5,000 feet below. At least a hundred hair bend turns along a narrow ridge. Every second requires an intense amount of [...]
Today I woke up in a hammock strung between a mango tree and a coconut palm. In these relaxing hangout spots of Costa Rica, I have learned that being conscious of the food we eat is a grand part of being aware of where you are. The family from Uvita that is hosting me has [...]
Maybe someone will come along with some ice cream... Maybe I'll get a flat tire on Christmas Eve Maybe someone will rob my bags while I'm not looking Maybe this hill will end around the next bend Maybe someone will be able to weld this pannier back together Maybe this food will make us sick [...]
6:30 a.m.--brrrrrring brrrring brrrring, Gustavo's alarm goes off. He wakes up to the sun rising over the Ulúa River valley, showers and puts on his electric company uniform. Gustavo's breakfast routine is coffee, eggs with a hand-made tortilla and a copy of the newspaper, La Prensa. He turns page after page of political strife of [...]
And he is off...to return to the place he has been. Having a destination makes the entire route feel different, as if free-drawn lines turn into a game of connect the dots. In a sense the same picture arises from both paths, especially because the traveler is the artist that invests himself fully into the [...]
In Entre Rios, a rural town in South-East Guatemala, students recite the poem Ay! Como me dueles Guatemala for a fifth grade assignment. A thirteen-year old child reciting a nationalistic poem about the problems within a country is a great example of an education. With a soul full of energy, admiration and emotion, Andrea spoke [...]
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