India resists introduction. It is too large, too layered, too contradictory to be reduced to a neat beginning. And yet every traveler who arrives—whether by…
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Cycling Toward the Atlantic: A Bicycle Journey Through France
My new book, Cycling Toward the Atlantic: A Bicycle Journey Through France, is now available on Amazon. This is not a guidebook. There are no…
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Cycling the Nakasendō Today: Minokamo to Hashima, Reality Along the Kiso River
Some cycling days in Japan unfold quietly, following rivers through wooded valleys or slipping past villages barely awake. Others are defined less by scenery than…
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Bike tour of the Azores: How Many Islands? And Which One to Pick?
There are nine islands in the Azorean archipelago, divided into three clusters: the Eastern Group (São Miguel and Santa Maria), the Central Group (Terceira, Faial,…
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Cycling Andalucía: A 360° Ride Around the Soul of Southern Spain
There’s something poetic about beginning and ending in Málaga, a Mediterranean city where sea light meets Moorish stone, where Picasso was born, and where a…
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Cycling South Korea: The Quiet Tensions and Unexpected Freedoms of the Land of Morning Calm
There’s a phrase South Korea has long claimed for itself: “The Land of the Morning Calm.” It conjures mist over tiled rooftops, temple bells ringing…
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The Wind, the Weather, and the Wildlife: The Things That Stay With You on the Great Ocean Road
The wind. It’s your invisible companion out here—and often, not a friendly one at all. I cycled the Great Ocean Road in late January, during…
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Between the Trail and the Tarmac: Cycling New Zealand’s South Island Off the Beaten Pack
A cantilever bridge clings like a ribbon to the sheer rock face above the Kawarau River, hanging high above the gorge, suspended between design and…
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Bicycle touring the Great Ocean Road
Back to Australia. This past January, I returned to Victoria to ride the Great Ocean Road — Geelong to Port Fairy — a route I…
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A new guide to cycling South Island, New Zealand
A new guide just added. It covers a route from Christchurch across the Southern Alps, West Coast route to Queenstown, the south from Cromwell via…
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