About us and our trips . . . . .
Tadek Zwan (Polish) & Teresa Withey (English)
Over the past couple of years Tadek has been hatching plans to cycle the world - the first section of this ambition was a 3 month trip to Cuba and Central America. We spent one month cycling the length of Cuba from Havana to Baracoa, then returned for a flight to San Jose, Costa Rica.
Excepting our flights, we were very flexible with our itinerary, stopping over where the scenery, architecture and people made us welcome. Once in Costa Rica, we ventured to Panama and Nicaragua. The next short excursion is to Laos, via Thailand - hopefully a sedate 5 weeks enjoying the laid back vibe in sleepy Laos. We are very inexperienced cyclists, but with a passion for travelling. A chance meeting with a long distance cycle tourist in Poland (thank you Eric!) spurred Teresa on to take part in some (of the more comfortable) parts of the anticipated world tour. Over 2010, we slowly acquiring bikes, panniers, clothing and the tools that we thought we might need. Thanks must be given to Nicolai Bangsgaard for his excellent description of his bike travels. |
Tadek found a, very well recommended, Koga Miyata World Traveller for sale in Switzerland and picked it up when we were in the French Alps working a ski-season. I found my first and second bikes on Allegro (the Polish eBay) at a very reasonable price. The first, which I used in Central America was a sturdy, VSF Fahrrad Manufaktur T100, but was actually a little on the large size for me. As I wasnot sure how much cycling I really wanted to do, it did not make sense to purchase something too expensive. My bike for Thailand and Laos is a slightly smaller Koga Miyata Traveller (Ladies version from 2006). We''ll keep you up to date on the suitability of the equipment and the gear list on the equipment page.
Photos of the trip . . . . .
Below we have posted some of our photos to Flickr which you can see below - unfortunately we have reached our storage limit, so you will now see all our fresh photos on the DAILY DIARY - PAMIETNIK page. On each of the country pages, there is basic information regarding the country.
Country Pages:
Leaving POLAND
CUBA
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
NICARAGUA
THAILAND
LAOS
Country Pages:
Leaving POLAND
CUBA
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
NICARAGUA
THAILAND
LAOS
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