The Road to Lalibela: Cycling Ethiopia’s Ancient Heartland – Page Two By Matthew Kadey At roughly a mile long, it would be wise to make it through this treacherous darkness before any one of many screeching diesels takes us out. Knowing Scotty has made it through here before unscathed is of little comfort as my…
Peru biking: David EXN Nghiem describes biking through tunnels in the Andes mountains of Peru and other tales of his South American biking adventure
Commemorate the War of 1812 with a Historic Lake Ontario Bike Tour By Peter Sacco Perhaps America’s finest moment came 200 years ago during the Battle of Fort McHenry. Shells erupted overhead, bullets whistled through the air, and when the smoke had cleared 35-year-old American Francis Scott Key stood tall aboard the HMS Tonnant. A…
BikeSherpa Combines Social Networking with Bike Touring Adventure By Helena Wahlstrom Social networking is used for just about everything these days, with online groups forming around every interest imaginable. Now bike enthusiasts can take that social group and go on a cycling adventure in Europe with BikeSherpa. BikeSherpa, co-founded by Robert Reimann, aims to take…
Zagreb, Croatia by Bike: touring the capital city of Croatia by bike and seeing its sights including the cathedral, small parks, stadiums and more.
Biking Pittsburgh’s Transformed Riverfronts By Sony Stark “Cycle tracks abound in utopia,” said H.G. Wells. If that’s true, then Pittsburgh, Pa., comes closer to utopia than any other metropolis in the country. The former “Steel City” has transformed itself into a rails-to-trails showpiece complete with 21 miles to bike, walk, board or blade. The Forks…
In Search of the Fairest Cup of All [On a ten-week bicycle tour of Thailand, Matthew Kadey and Tabi Ferguson visit the Doi Chang in the mountains of Northern Thailand where the Akha tribe have replaced the poppy crop with coffe beans that are said to be the most flavorful in the world.] By Matthew…
2009 has been a swell year at GONOMAD with more than 200 top-notch travel stories published; our writers have gone from Alabama to Zanzibar.
By Dale Fehringer If you could, would you be 28 years old again? That question, among others, occupied our time while we cycled through Chile’s Lake District in November, 2007. We were on a seven-day guided bicycle tour of southern Chile’s lakes and volcanoes, enjoying a spring-time glimpse of one of the most beautiful places…
The Road to Lalibela, Ethiopia. A story of an arduous yet rewarding bike excursion through the country.
Vieques Island, Puerto Rico By Michael Franco WHERE The islands that comprise the upper boundary of the Caribbean Sea are the big ones -Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. East of Puerto Rico, confident that their larger cousins are doing their job of guarding the warm blue waters of the Caribbean against the…
