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Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advice About Advice
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Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Cindie's Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

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We have bicycle toured in Central/South America, Asia, Australia, and Canada

1:39 Min. VIDEO


Bicycle Touring Laos in South East Asia

5:15 min. VIDEO


Where do you work and write as you bicycle tour abroad or travel overseas?

1:17 Min. VIDEO


Australian Radio (ABC) Interview with Cindie Travis
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Jeff A Go Go
A solo around the world bicycle tour


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Queridas Amigos:

Solo una semana, y yo aprendí muchos nuevos palabras de esplañol. Yo asisto quatro horas para dia in la escuela Se Habla La Paz. Mis nuevos amigos de la clase son muy amable, y despues la clase vamos juntos a comer or ver los peliculas. Este fin de semana, yo y dos otros estudiantes vamos a ver a Todos Santos, un pueblito cerca de aqui, par camion. Y la lunes proxima, yo comienco mi segunda semana de escuela.

Translation (at least I HOPE this is what I said):

[note to Lisa M.: if I messed up grammar, please let me know]

Dear Friends:

Only one week, and I have learned many new words of Spanish. I attend four hours each day in the school Se Habla La Paz. My new friends in class are very nice, and after class we go together to eat or see movies. This weekend, I and two other students are going to go to Todos Santos, a little town near here, by bus. And, next Monday, I start my second week of school.

So, the last week, since I arrived in La Paz on Sunday night was a little hectic. I assumed I would relax THIS week and start school next. Instead, Tuesday morning, I met with the education director of the Spanish Language Immersion School, and he told me they had a class that was at a perfect level for me . . .why I just start that day. My poor fellow classmates. I was wearing my stinky biking clothes (again, I was NOT expecting to be in class), and Tuesday night was my last at the hotel. I packed up Wednesday morning, went to school, then afterwards met my Familia Mexicana.

I have been living with them since. Mi madre Mexicana is a GREAT cook, and feeds me tons. First night was a huge steak, tortillas, beans, salad, ice cream, and it just keeps going like that. A big breakfast and huge dinner everyday, with a nice snack each day at school. This morning, at breakfast, my mother (who speaks only Spanish!) and I were talking about our families . . . what is was like for her living her whole life in La Paz, her son who I haven´t met, who is a mechanic for Aero California and lives in Sonora state, my brothers and where they live, etc. . . It´s kinda cool that I hadn´t studied any Spanish (except for my computer program in June), and I can already communicate (at a basic level), fairly comfortably.

Although the first two days of school were a little overwhelming, what with moving around, stressing about learning Spanish, and studying three to four hours a night on my own, things have slowed waaay down since. Last night all of the students in the two classes (6 of us), went for a late evening snack and watch the sunset over La Paz Bay. I had one of those "If you had told me two months ago this is what I would be doing . . ." moments, and felt incredibly lucky. Tonight three of us are going to the movies, and next weekend, I will probably take the bus with a woman in my class and spend the weekend in Cabo San Lucas at her family´s condo . . . I know, life is tough, but someone´s gotta step up to the plate and do the difficult jobs, and I´m just the guy to do it.

My fellow students are an interesting bunch . . . I realized, who else would sign up for language school, and we really have a fun time together. I will definitely be her next week, and will just take it week by week as it feels right. I´m definitely getting excited again about hitting the road at some point, but feel in no hurry and am just going to see what comes.

So, hopefully when next I start moving, I will be able to really communicate with the people I meet . . .

I think that´s it for now. La Paz continues to feel beautiful to me, the weather is gorgeous, and I love biking the two miles to school every day from my mexican family´s home, learning the city in depth more like a resident as opposed to a tourist.

Take care all . . . feel free to drop a note, and those of you who I owe personal responses, as always . . . they are forthcoming shortly,

Jeffrey


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Introduction

Friday, March 15, 2002 Santa Cruz, California Day 3

Friday, April 5, 2002 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

April 19, 2002, Santa Rosalia, Mexico

April 22, 2002, La Paz, Baja California Sur

Spanish Language School, La Paz, Baja Sur, Mexico

May 14  MDT La Paz, Baja California Sur

June 14, 2002 Back in Mexico

July 3, 2002 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

October 7, 2002 San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

November 29, 2002 Dateline: Curitiba, Paraná, BRAZIL

 

 

Our 3rd Book
Down The Road in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

A Bicycle Tour Through War, Genocide and Forgiveness

Our 2nd book
Down The Road in South America

A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.

Our 1st book
The Road That Has No End

How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure.

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