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

Cruelty in Paradise

Since we got to the Philippines many things drew our attention and almost all the time, with no exceptions, they were good things. Among all those good things was the lack of interest of the people in football.

PhilippinesNicolás Marino6 February 2013adventure, bet, bicycle, bloodbath, cockfight, cycling, gamble, north luzon, philippines, rooster, traveling

Hello Sir! Hello Madam!

It is possible that due to its geographical situation, most long-haul cycle travelers decide to bypass the Philippines. With more than 7000 islands spread across the

PhilippinesNicolás Marino23 January 2013adventure, bicycle, cordillera, cycling, mountains, philippines, rice, terrace

Trapped Between Whores and Casinos

I had never ever been interested in going to Macau but this time there was, at least apparently, no other choice. Back in 2007 I had experienced the nightmare that

MacauNicolás Marino3 January 2013adventure, bicycle, brothel, china, cycling, macau, prostitution

From Relief to Boredom

I won't deny the fact that despite its great beauty, I felt relief when leaving Guizhou贵州. Afterall, it had been a very demanding physical beginning and that's the very reason why the body suffered

ChinaNicolás Marino19 December 2012adventure, bicycle, china, cycling, photoraphy, rural, traveling

Up and Down, Up and Down, Up Up Up..... the Endless and Exhausting Ride across Guizhou 贵州.

It was the mix between an enormous enthusiasm, the excitement of being riding around the world again, the strong need to get to see the “new” stuff, the

ChinaNicolás Marino12 December 2012adventure, bicycle, china, cycling, ethnic minority, guizhou, photoraphy, rice, rural, terrace, traveling, trip

Sichuan 四川. Leaving Home.

No matter how big the enthusiasm within is and no matter how many times one has gone through this process, leaving the place where you settled down for a fair amount of time, is never easy.

ChinaNicolás Marino5 December 2012adventure, bicycle, chengdu, china, cycling, rural, sichuan, traveling, trip

Resign and Departure

Well, for the first time probably I will try to keep a steady flow of posts written in English. Some might be direct translations that I do from my original posts in Spanish, as well as posts written in English from scratch.

ChinaNicolás Marino30 November 2012chengdu, china, sichuan, cycling, adventure, bicycle, bicycle touring, preliminary

A lesson in empathy

During the last three years I have cycled again and again along different regions of the Tibetan plateau and no matter how tough the conditions might have been, there is something about this massive piece of land elevated at 17.000ft that doesn't cease to captivate me and attracts me like a magnet from which I cannot detach myself.

TibetNicolás Marino28 May 2012bicycle, cycling, photoraphy, rural, tibet, tibetan plateau, traveling, trip

Viajero Solitario. English Version

MiscNicolás Marino23 April 2011