Footloose Cycling https://footloosetravelguides.com/ The Joy of Riding a Bicycle: Explore the World at Your Own Pace Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:56:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 182634245 Crossing South India by Bicycle: From the Deccan Plateau to the Malabar Coast https://footloosetravelguides.com/crossing-south-india-by-bicycle-from-the-deccan-plateau-to-the-malabar-coast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crossing-south-india-by-bicycle-from-the-deccan-plateau-to-the-malabar-coast https://footloosetravelguides.com/crossing-south-india-by-bicycle-from-the-deccan-plateau-to-the-malabar-coast/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:46:47 +0000 https://footloosetravelguides.com/?p=11781 There are journeys in which the destination is the point, and others in which the fascination lies in watching one world gradually become another. Cycling…

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]]> https://footloosetravelguides.com/crossing-south-india-by-bicycle-from-the-deccan-plateau-to-the-malabar-coast/feed/ 0 11781 Cycling Tuscany & Umbria: Beyond the Postcard Italy https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-tuscany-umbria-beyond-the-postcard-italy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cycling-tuscany-umbria-beyond-the-postcard-italy https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-tuscany-umbria-beyond-the-postcard-italy/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:41:53 +0000 https://footloosetravelguides.com/?p=11754 There is a problem with Tuscany. Almost everyone already knows what it looks like. Long before arriving, we have seen the cypress-lined roads, vineyards rolling across hills,…

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]]> https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-tuscany-umbria-beyond-the-postcard-italy/feed/ 0 11754 Cycling Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way: The Road Is Only Part of the Journey https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-irelands-wild-atlantic-way-the-road-is-only-part-of-the-journey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cycling-irelands-wild-atlantic-way-the-road-is-only-part-of-the-journey https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-irelands-wild-atlantic-way-the-road-is-only-part-of-the-journey/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:55:23 +0000 https://footloosetravelguides.com/?p=11733 The first Wild Atlantic Way sign I saw was outside the railway station in Westport. I had just arrived from Dublin with my bicycle. It was…

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]]> https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-irelands-wild-atlantic-way-the-road-is-only-part-of-the-journey/feed/ 0 11733 Cycling Around Taiwan: More Than Route No. 1 https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-around-taiwan-more-than-route-no-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cycling-around-taiwan-more-than-route-no-1 https://footloosetravelguides.com/cycling-around-taiwan-more-than-route-no-1/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:25:14 +0000 https://footloosetravelguides.com/?p=11726 There are countries where traveling by bicycle means finding a way through a landscape never designed with cyclists in mind. And then there is Taiwan. Here,…

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