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Turkey November 2017 –
Georgia October / November 2017
Armenia September / October 2017
Iran August / September 2017
Turkmenistan August 2017
Uzbekistan July / August 2017
Kirgistan + Tajikistan June/ July 2017
China May / June 2017
Pakistan April / May 2017
Nepal March / April 2017
India February / March + April 2017
Thailand February 2017
Myanmar December 2016 – February 2017
Laos + Thailand December 2016
China July / August 2016 + December 2016
Vietnam July 2016
Laos June 2016
Cambodia May 2016
Last night in Cambodia – a fancy room in Stung Treng.
A two night’s top in Kratie due to some mechanic issues…
Small room in small town Chlong.
This fancy view from our guest house in Kampung Cham was in stark contrast to the muddiest day of our tour.
Ary and Claude invited us right off the street into their beautiful Pnomh Penh home!
Light and airy room at our host’s place in Phnom Penh.
The beautiful Garden Guesthouse in Chhnang.
First stop in Battambang at Tomate Guesthouse. Nice big room for a wek’s stay while recovering from a cold.
Thailand March 2016 –Â May 2016
Last night in Thailand, just before the border to Cambodia in Ban Laem. Awesome kind owners!
Way to fancy for us but the only option as it was already dark outside…
Wonderful cellar room in Ban Saladin in Chachoengsao.
A couchsurfer’s and warmshower’s paradise at Toom’s place in Bangkok.
A night outdoors in between haybales in the middle of Nakhon Pathom.
The hostel roof was the cheapest option in Samut Songkhram. And very nice, too!
A tiny room in busy Hua Hin.
A tiny room in a beautiful hotel in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Very much reccomended!
Two night’s stay on the beach in Ban Krut.
Tent or no tent? As the wind stopped as soon as we set up the tent, it was way too hot inside. So we just slept on the beach…
A fancy hotel for once (Chumphon) due to a voucher found on the internet. Best thing was the breakfast buffet of course :).
Us in our room after riding through Songkran festivities – so much fun!
Our base for Songkran and Lisi’s birthday. Not the fanciest, but quiet, nice people and fast internet, so perfect!
Beautiful beach bungalow on Koh Payam. Just the right pre-birthday present!
Couchsurfing stay with Weena somewhere before Ranong. Awesome room opening directly into the garden and fish pond!
Our first night in a temple between Suratthani and Ranong. Awesome outdoor sleeping!
Awesome airy bungalow in Suratthani.
Freecamp at the beach in Tha Sala.
Little beach bungalow somewhere after Songkhla on the east coast.
Couchsurfing with Tom in Songkhla at the icecream palace :).
First night in Thailand directly after the border in Padang Besar.
Peninsular Malaysia February 2016 -March 2016
Our beautiful room with ocean view at Virgina and Ty’s place in Penang. Once more it feels like home…
Comfortable beds in Ipoh. Interesting city with lots of Street Art!
Sungai Pauh Campsite in Tanah Rata, Cameron Higlands. Finally cold enough again to camp cofortably!
Camp at the clinic in Pos Betau on the way up to the Cameron Higlands.
Hide in Taman Negara. Sadly we didn’t spot any wildlife…
Trying to set up our not free standing inner tent in Maran at a rest area in the jungle. Works!
Our luxurious room in Stef’s palace in Kuantan.
Beautiful sunset as we pitch our tent at a chinese school in Nenasi right next to the beach.
One hammock and a cot make for a comfortable open air night once again at Raja’s place.
A simple wooden house along a tiny pathway next to the beach on Tioman, what more do you need?
Big red dog guarding our bed at Banghui’s when we visit her family in Kluang.
Sunrise from our tent at Raja’s place.
Three beds for the two of us in Bob’s wonderful paradise garden.
Our hopes were on finding a nice camp spot but as it got dark we were still in the outskirts of Johor Bahru. So another guest house it was.
Singapore February 2016
Our comfortable sofa bed in Ivy and Martin’s spacious apartment gives us peace and quiet in busy Singapore.
Indonesia (Kalimantan) January 2016 -February 2016
Our last night in Indonesia on Pulau Bintan.
Fancy room on beautiful Jemaja island.
As we were stuck on Siantan island due to strong winds this was our home for two weeks!
Cosy bunk beds on PELNI boat from Pontianak to Siantan.
A short but beautiful stay with Leonie’s family in Pontianak.
Sometimes you have to improvise. No formal accomodation to be found and camping wasn’t the best option either as a big thunderstorm rolled in. So we slept in a church. Not too bad except for the mozzies.
Our warmest room in a homestay that also rents rooms per hour. We chose the whole night though and were not too pleased when the fan got switched off in the middle of the night. Oh well.
A quick found guesthouse in Entikong where we arrive after a friendly border crossing from Borneo, Malaysia.
Malaysia (Borneo) January 2016
Our wonderful couchsurfing host Syakirah gives us her flat for a few days as she leaves town and it’s awesome to have a whole flat to ourselves for a while. And even more awesome to have dinner when she comes back!
The first two nights in Kuching at Jewels of Borneo Hostel. After cycling 145km into Kuching we just need sleep and it’s wonderful here!
Awang and Juria kindly invite us into their home in Maludam and treat us to wonderful coffee, Pao and dinner.
Through friends of friends we stay in this room in Roban. A tiny town which no formal accommodation. A roof and water to wash, all we need!
The kind family of John lets us sleep for two days in their living room in Sibu and spoils us to no end!
A night in Selangau where we spontaneoulsy meet other cycle travellers over dinner.
Our room in the small city of Tatau.
Another hostel style accommodation in Similajau National Park.
Loving the hostel accomommodation in Niah National Park!
Our living room in Lambir Hills National Park.
Carina is here! And this is our 3 person room in the 3rd floor in downtwn Miri – what fun to lug all the panniers up there ;).
The usual chaos in our room in Simon’s house in Miri.
Brunei December 2015
Camping at a rest house in Kuala Belait.
We can’t believe our luck as Amzah invites us to stay in this beautiful fancy room!
Our huge room in Jay’s palace – not too shabby!
Malaysia (Borneo) November 2015 – December 2015
With lots of discussion the owner of the Economy Hotel in Limbang gives us this room with a window and a fan. Previously al rooms with windows and fan (the cheaper ones) were booked…
In Lawas we find this lodging house (after some local advice and a guide).
So who would have thought, we take the train to Tenom again and surprise Barbara. And she insists on giving up her bed AGAIN!
Finally we cycl again and land in Beaufort. A town with a train connection to Tenom…
Our fanciest room so far – a bungalow near the beach in Kinarut is our christmas present for this year.
Two more nights in Kota Kinabalu and for the first time this trip we stay in a hostel dorm!
Through a warmshowers contact we end up staying two nights with Henny, Howard and Jonathan in Kota Kinabalu – incredibly nice people and awesome icecream makers!
Barbara lets us sleep in her own bed for more than a wek in Tenom and we almost didn’t leave!
The beds at the Sapulut church are just the best after a long hilly day.
In the middle of the jungle there is an Organic Farm and the very kind people let us stay and participate in their life.
The kind people at the Kalabakan Resthouse let us camp in their yard and make use of the toilet – thank you!
Bevor setting out towards the Kalabakan Road we stop for a night in Tawau Hills Park and camp on the soccer field.
When we get to Borneo, BMalaysia I feel properly sick so we end up staying almost two weeks in this lovely room.
Our spacious 6-person cabin on the PELNI boat Pare-Pare to Nunukan and we had it al to ourselves!
A nice place to stay (Hotel Gandaria) in Pare Pare on the first try – this almost never happens!
A homestay on the ride to Pare Pare with a built in bathroom.
Wonderful huge room at Donny’s and Maret’s place in Makassar.
A night on the PELNI boat Maumere to Makassar – forgot to take a picture of our actual bed in a cabin…
Finally we are in Maumere with Lia and her family and it’s just wonderful to be with them.
Best night’s sleep at Koka Beach with an electric storm over the distant sea at night – beautiful!
The little village of Moni is nice – even more without wanting to go to the Kelimutu Lakes.
And we take rest days again (Flores sure is exhausting) – this time at Hotel Ikhlas in Ende.
Two nights to rest at Hotel Johny in Bajawa.
A true homestay with Victor, Mr. Urbanus and Christina – just perfect!
A rest day in Ruteng – very much needed after all that climbing
Finally it’s cold enough to use our tent again – in Marcels yard on the way to Ruteng.
We stay with a teacher in Roe, in his woven bamboo house!
Huge room in the Kampung Bule Hostel in Labuan Bajo – touristy but I like it!
Twin beds in Sape, time to get some distance ;).
Nice hotel room in Bima with the friendliest manager who understood all about keeping our bikes safe.
Our hotel in Dompu.
Huuge hotel room in Empang.
Hotelroom in Sumbawa Besar.
Overnight stay at military base somewhere down the road to Sumbawa Besar.
Mohammed invites us off the road to his home – amazing!
Nice little room in Pemenang, Lombok.
Best. Sleeping space. Ever. On Gili Kondo with only friends around.
Rumah Singgah in Mataram, Lombok. A shared house with and for travelers – this is Lisi’s bed.
Rumah Singgah in Mataram, Lombok. A shared house with and for travelers – this is Torsten’s bed.
First nights in Mataram, Lombok.
A nice little room which stills fits our bicycles in Padang Bai.
We enjoy our holidays thoroughly in this beach side bungalow in Amed.
Stay in an air-con room in an otherwise empty house. Someone tries to come into our room at 4am. Strange experience…
Two nights in Kintamani – one was planned, the second due to some bad food. The nicest owners though – kept bringing me bananas and snacks!
And we stay even longer in Ubud, Bali – our room in Soca House directly next to a rice field is just too nice!
First two nights in Ubud
Australia July – September 2015
Our last and oh so comfortable bed in Cairns, Australia with our lovely hosts Les, Mandy, Kady and Erin
In the woods near Wonga Beach – looks like someone cleared it for us!
Nice and easy going campsite in Julatten
Awesome days with Dale and Jeffrey in Mareeba
Free Camp in Kairi with a cooold Shower
Hidden in the woods near Millaa Millaa
Another Free Camp at Jappoonvale Rest Area
First flat of the day at Meunga Creek Caravan Park
Free Camp at Frances Creek Rest Area
Beautiful guestroom in the airiest, most beautiful house with Kay and Mozzy
Camp at the Showgrounds in Home Hill
Backyard camping in Bowen
And some peace and quiet in the dried out riverbed of Proserpine River
Busy Bush-Campsite at Boulder Creek
In Mackay we relax in our cosy room at our warmshower’s hosts Peter and Jacki
Our tent and our next door neighbours on the basic Funnel Creek Campsite – no crocs here, so good enough!
The school principal of Clarke Creek kindly allows us to pitch our tent in the school yard – how cool is that!
Our already deflated tent between lots of campervans on the Marlborough Hotel Grounds
A beautiful room in the Tom’s coolest house in Rockhampton
One more comfortable bed in Gladstone with our couchsurfing host Stephen
Best relaxing stay at Bush Chooks Travellers Village with Free Upgrade from Tent to a comfortable bed with…
… our own bathroom!!!
Full full Caravan Park next to Petrol Station in Miriamvale.
Freecamp in the woods between Noosa and Maryborough. Really nothing else there.
Warmshowers with Rae and Bob in Paradise.
Freecamp next o Avondale Tavern. Shower, Dishwashing Area and Toilet all in one Portaloo!
A quite comfortable rest area at the M1.
Beautiful sunrise at some park near Redcliffe.
And more relaxing in our huge room at Fiona’s, Elizabeth’s and Donald’s place.
Two relaxing days at Dan’s and Phoebe’s house!
Robyn and Kevin spontaneously invite us into their beautiful home as we change our route due to exhaustion.
Over gravel and hills we go up up up to the Mebbin National Park Campsite.
Then we ride over steep steep hills to Rod and Jean and get to sleep in the room with his travel library – awesome!
Camping in the woods on the Summerland way. Not much else there.
Misty morning at Synchronicity Farm where we’re resting our cycling muscles for a few days.
Shortly before dark after exactly 100km (our record so far) we arrive at this little hidden spot which is again right next to the beach.
Back to a campervan at our warmshowers host’s Eileen’s place.
One more rest day in Port Macquarie with our wonderful hosts Sanne and Marc!
Beautiful camping spot in Port Macquarie and we arrive right on time for a wonderful sunset.
In exchange for having a couple of beers and some food we’re allowed to camp right next to this pub and meet lots of motorcyclists. One of them invites us to stay with him in Brisbane!
A rest day in Booti Booti National Park right next to the beach…
Our tent on a national park campsite on Myall Lake which is a saltwater lake. Note that coffee with water from said lake does not taste good. At all.
Next night we arrive in Myall River Camp when it’s already dark.
Then we get invited by Maria and Graham who we just met on the road the day before and once again have an amazing bed!
On the second night we meet our wonderful warmshowers hosts Rod and Deb and enjoy their beautiful guest room with a view of the ocean…
First night on the road and we’re tenting in an old quarry. So here’s to our tent which easily fits all our gear!
Our second warmshowers host in Sydney – another comfortable bed while we were still waiting for our package…
In Sydney we stayed with a warmshowers host to wait for a package and get all of our gear ready.
