Posts tagged city

I have said it more than once already and I like to say it again: the entrance to (and exits of) the great cities of the world by bicycle is not easy and it is rarely a simple experience. It is a

EthiopiaNicolás Marino20 July 2014addis abeba, adventure, africa, capital, city, cycling, ethiopia, merkato, mess, touring, urban

Arriving at Indonesia's biggest metropolis

Once completed our journey through the volcanoes, we wanted to get to Java as fast as possible. Java, with the exception of the spectacular east of the island, is where the majority of the population of the country lives, and in a country of 200 million people, that is not a minor thing.

IndonesiaNicolás Marino1 July 2013borobudur, central, chaos, city, indonesia, jams, java, jogjakarta, merapi, overcrowding, poverty, slum, temple, traffic, volcano, yogyakarta

Volcanos, Solitary Bays and Rice Fields

Entering and leaving big cities by bicycle is rarely a pleasant experience and Manila is not the exception. Actually it is the perfect expression of the immense stress that involves such process.

PhilippinesNicolás Marino12 February 2013adventure, bicycle, caramoan, city, cycling, donsol, isarog, luzon, makati, manila, mayon, philippines, poverty, rice fields, slums, south luzon, traveling, volcanoes, whale sharks