Posts tagged lake

Walk on Water

Only 35 days had passed since we returned to Africa. What we had been through in the last four countries was so intense that they seemed 350 days. We accumulated more than 2000km of exuberant mountains, crystal-clear blue lakes, african jungle, savanna and bush filled with wild animals.

MalawiNicolás Marino20 December 2014adventure, africa, bicycle, cycling, fish, fishermen, fishing, lake, malawi, plantations, tanzania, tea, water

If You Want Money, You Ask for it

Sometimes, massive human tragedies such as genocides need to happen in some countries, that are unimportant (and sometimes completely unknown) for most people in the world, to be recognized in the map of humanity.

BurundiNicolás Marino5 November 2014adventure, africa, bicycle, bujumbura, burundi, cassava, cycling, genocide, lake, poverty, tanganyka, touring, tragedy

Lake after Lake

The journey to Lake Hövsgöl left us completely exhausted. We spent 12 days and cycled 648 km riding at an average of 35 to 45 km per day, through trails of sand, mud, r

MongoliaNicolás Marino12 September 2013adventure, bicycle, cycling, ger, grass, grassland, horses, hovsgol, lake, mongolia, nomad, remote, riders, shepherds, stars, steppe, sunset, taming, tent, terkhiin tsagaan nuur

Problems and No Problems

In terms of physical rigor, the entire journey to Erdenet had passed almost unnoticed. Having just passed 10,000 km and 6 months in the tropics cycling steep

MongoliaNicolás Marino4 September 2013adventure, asia, bicycle, cycling, forest, grassland, hovsgol, lake, mongolia, river, siberia, steppe, touring, woods

The Long Crossing of Sumatra

Several people had told me that Sumatra was "the best of Indonesia", but honestly, after more than three months of cycling through this country, where over and over we had been

IndonesiaNicolás Marino16 July 2013Sumatra, Toba, adventure, bicycle, cycling, hospitality, indonesia, jungle, kerinci, lake, manis, martabak, monkeys, palm oil, plantations, tea, teran bulang, valleys