Footloose Cycling

Cycling the hurricane-battered La Farola road

Completed in the mid-1960s, the La Farola road (El Viaducto de la Farola) traverses the Cuchillas de Baracoa mountains and the Sierra del Purial range,…

Gaiole to Castello di Brolio; L’Eroica to Siena

First Sunday in October takes place the vintage (pre-1987) bicycles, accessories, and clothing L’Eroica event that starts and finishes in Gaiole. It was still May…

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Cycling Madura Island, East Java, Indonesia

Madura Island was in my plans to include in my circumnavigation of East Java, Indonesia, and an option would have been to include it as…

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Cycling Mendoza to Potrerillos; Argentina to Chile

Roadside shrine of Santa Teresita west of Mendoza on Ruta Nacional 7, Argentina, looking toward the high Andes. The panorama of the Andes mountain range…

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Jungle Route on Penang Island

The pavement ends abruptly at the west end of Gertak Sanggul village in the southwest corner of the Penang Island, Malaysia. Here begins an overgrown…

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