Former-Soviet-Union | Cycloscope: bicycle touring planet Earth

Estonia Cycling & Camping: 8 Gorgeous Bike Routes + Touring Hacks

Ungru Manor How to organize a bike and camping trip in Estonia: the most beautiful itineraries and the less known attractions, where to sleep, the costs, the climate. In short, everything ...

Traditional Winemaking in Georgia – the Oldest Wine in the World

Reportage, Caucasus, Georgia

A Georgian wine cellar - image from Tamada The history of Georgian wine, the oldest wine in the world Traditional winemaking in Georgia and the future of Georgian wine Georgian wine is being recently re...

Georgian big dams and the price of hydroelectric: history of Svan people and actual threats to their existence

Caucasus, Georgia, Reportage

Svan people, their culture, dwellings, and crafts. All of this could disappear to produce so-called "clean energy". History of Svaneti and Khudoni hydropower plant.

Cycling Poland – GreenVelo and EuroVelo routes (tips and maps)

Poland, Baltic Countries, Europe, Guides

Organizing a bicycle touring trip in Poland climate, roads, where to sleep and the 7 most interesting cycling routes. GreenVelo and EuroVelo, the great European cycle network Poland may not seem to be amongst ...

Osturňa – a Guide to a Hidden Gem of the Carpathians

Europe, Slovakia

Osturna, Slovakia: history, architecture, what to see, where to stay A guide to a hidden gem of the Carpathians There are many small and hidden gems in Slovakia, one we really feel like recommending is th...

Breathing Ice – Cycling Siberia in Winter with Dino Lanzaretti

Advice, Central Asia, Reportage, Russia

Cycling in winter, in the coldest places in the world trip to Siberia: an interview with Dino Lanzaretti Cycling in winter is not pleasant to everyone, many await the arrival of the mild season to get the b...

Arslanbob: Living in the Biggest Walnut Forest in the World

Reportage, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan, Silk Road, Central Asia. This is said to be the birth place of all the walnuts in the world. People live inside this huge and magical forest, like in a fairytale. The harvest season is here, and we came to see how it is.

Kok Boru at World Nomad Games - Kyrgyzstan

First World Nomad Games – History Sets Foot in Cholpon Ata

Reportage, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, Issyk Kul lake, Cholpon Ata town, First World Nomad Games. Play polo with a dead goat (Kok Boru or Buzkashi), throw your opponent from his horse in a tense Enish fight, or grab your bride (or slap your groom) in a Kyz Kuu race!

Freedom in Kyrgyzstan – From Kara Balta to Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Bicycle Touring from Kara Balta to Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan Independence Day, Osh bazar, Visas and other things to do in Bishkek, a laid-back Silk Road city. Today is Independence Day, we go downtown to attend the celebrations. Kyrgyzstan is a nation of very tough people, they made two revolutions in the last 10 years and their nation pride is quite high.

Aralsk: what’s left of a sea

Kazakhstan, Reportage

what's left of the port of Aralsk We keep on rushing our way through the steppe of Kazakhstan. Due to the Uzbek visa denied by the drunk consul in Azerbaijan, our bicycle trip in Central Asia rec...

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