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[FEATURE: National Geographic Traveler Nederland] A year on bicycle through South America

November 11, 2016January 31, 2017Jesse

Bicycle Touring Chile

June 2, 2016November 15, 2016Jesse

Chile a Argentina via Paso Los Libertadores

February 25, 2016March 28, 2016Jesse

A small collection of thoughts on small Chilean towns (and cities)

February 8, 2016October 1, 2016Jesse

Una memoria imprecisa del año nuevo

January 24, 2016October 1, 2016Jesse

The end of Patagonia and the road North

December 31, 2015March 28, 2016Jesse

Ruta Siete, Chile’s famous Carretera Austral

December 10, 2015March 28, 2016Jesse

Torres, Tans, and la Ruta de la Hospitalidad.

November 18, 2015March 28, 2016Jesse

Fun (read: Humiliating) experiences in Patagonian gales

November 1, 2015October 1, 2016Jesse

The Beginning. El Fin del Mundo and the Land of Fire.

October 24, 2015March 28, 2016Jesse

Who’s Musing?

I'm an engineer from Sydney Australia, scratching my head and feet on American soil - travelling by bicycle.

Where am I now?

Currently: USA

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It's two years ago today I rode my bike in to Yakima, Washington after a few years of living on the road, out of my tent. I'd spent two years riding and hiking North from the bottom of the Americas, with no real aim other than a general amble North and an overarching goal of learning about language, culture, myself - I guess I figured that these three goals were profound enough by themselves.Two years ago today I realised that there were a few other lessons to be learned along the way which I couldn't have predicted.

I arrived in Yakima without much more direction than I had started with - any plans i did have were tossed aside when I was absorbed by the locals and invited to stay and shake off a cold. I left a week later, secretly in love with Yakima, and my warmshowers host, and sure that I wouldn't see the place or the woman again.

I made it one day ride from Yakima and spent a cold night in a baseball dugout in Ellensburg. I still remember being up late at night messaging my host, laying in my sleeping bag until late in the morning, and wishing I hadn't left. I received one call that morning and answered from my sleeping bag. They were asking me to come back to Yakima for Christmas. "Are you in? or are you in?", the call went. "I'm in". And I still am. Now Yakima is my home, and things have been overwhelmingly more spectacular and unpredictable than any length of bike tour could have ever been.

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#alldaysarenicedays

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Saturday mornings are for bike hacks, which means Sydney has exhausted me and I'm taking this show on the road again shortly.
#bikehacks #blackburndesign #bikepacking #intergalacticsurlybikes #surlyecr #adventurecycling

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Central Coast reconnaissance.
#intergalacticsurlybikes #bikepacking

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Public Holidays are for nicking extra days and pissing right off.

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Bicycle Touring (49)
- Central America (2)
  - Costa Rica (1)
  - El Salvador (1)
  - Guatemala (1)
  - Honduras (1)
  - Nicaragua (1)
  - Panamá (1)
- Countries in Review (9)
- North America (6)
  - México (3)
  - USA (3)
- Oceania (6)
  - Australia (5)
  - New Zealand (1)
- South America (34)
  - Argentina (10)
  - Bolivia (10)
  - Chile (10)
  - Colombia (3)
  - Ecuador (3)
  - Peru (8)
- Videos (4)
Featured Content (2)
Hitchhiking (6)
- North America (6)
  - Canada (6)
Reflections (6)

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