Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Tgon's Travels Nomadic lifestyle: Travelling the world! ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.tgon.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.tgon.co.uk/blog/) - [Week 83: Cape Town](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/02/11/week-83-cape-town/) - I spent this week in Cape Town, which is one of my favorite cities so far. I arrived on a local minibus taxi with a journey that should have taken 4 hours and actually took 10, luckily my CouchSurfing host didn't mind too much that I arrived so late. Cape Town is a beautiful city, - [Week 82: Port Elizabeth and the Garden Route](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/02/03/week-82-port-elizabeth-and-the-garden-route/) - This week I had to go into a town to get a chest X-ray examination, I was asked to get this done as part of my Australian visa application. During the application process they ask if you have spent more than 3 months in a country that isn't your home country, within the last five - [Week 81: Durban and Coffee Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/01/29/week-81-durban-and-coffee-bay/) - I arrived in Durban and made my way to my CouchSurfing hosts place. I stayed for most of the week with an Indian family visited the temple and attended a celebration. Before any of this I started looking up the prices of a new laptop and digital camera, I have been planning to get these - [Week 80: Diving in Sodwana Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/01/22/week-80-diving-in-sodwana-bay/) - This week has been really awesome, I stayed in Sodwana Bay doing my Open Water and Advanced Open Water scuba diving qualifications. The open Water course took 4 days, three of which included diving in Sodwana Bay. On one of the days we saw a group of dolphins and went snorkeling with them on our - [Weeks 78 & 79: Tofo, Mozambique to Sodwana Bay, South Africa via Swaziland](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/01/13/weeks-78-79-tofo-mozambique-to-sodwana-bay-south-africa-via-swaziland/) - Week 78 started with New Years Eve, Tofo was extremely busy and there was lots of loud music. New Years Day was very strange, I walked through the village looking for a place to eat breakfast and the streets were full of broken glass, empty beer bottles, people sleeping and the ones who were awake - [Week 77: Tofo, Mozambique](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/12/30/week-77-tofo-mozambique/) - This week has been slow and relaxed, I stayed at a lodge called Turtle Cove which is just outside of Tofo. On the 25th they did a hog roast and had a live band, the only problem was that instead of a big pig we had two small pigs. I have stayed in three different - [Week 76: Maputo and Tofo Mozambique](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/12/24/week-76-maputo-and-tofo-mozambique/) - I started the week hot, annoyed and exhausted after a 25 hour bus ride from Tete to Maputo. The bus dropped me on the edge of town at a little after 5am, after waiting for a minibus into town and seeing how full they were in rush hour (people hanging out of the doors), I - [Week 75: Mangochi to Maputo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/12/19/week-75-mangochi-to-maputo/) - I was sad to leave Cape Maclear and the wonderful people at Malambe camp, but I got up early and managed to get a free lift to Monkey Bay. Then I took the local minibus to Mangochi, which broke down several times on the way into town, from there I took another minibus to Zomba. - [Week 74: Recovering, Celebrating and Changing Plans](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/12/10/week-74-recovering-celebrating-and-changing-plans/) - Most of this week I felt like crap. I still had fever and headaches from the Malaria and I had pains in my teeth which I think was caused by grinding my teeth due to the pain while I slept. Luckily my condition improved a little each day and by the time it was my - [Week 73: Malaria](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/12/04/week-73-malaria/) - Yes, after almost a year in Africa without taking anti-malarial medication I have actually got Malaria. The weeks started with the Israeli girls leaving Cape Maclear to go on safari in Liwonde National Park. I stayed in Malambe with Gemma, a girl I originally met in Lilongwe who was driving to South Africa for charity, - [Weeks 71 & 72: Two weeks in paradise](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/11/28/weeks-71-72-two-weeks-in-paradise/) - After selling my motorbike I headed straight to my current favorite place, Cape Maclear in Malawi. I'm staying in a great lodge called Malambe Camp (http://www.facebook.com/MalambeCamp), it is owned by a very friendly English woman and has some of the most friendly staff I have ever stayed with. I first visited this lodge around five - [Week 70: Selling the Transalp](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/11/13/week-70-selling-the-transalp/) - This week I finally sold the Transalp, after a month on sitting around in Lilongwe, going crazy from the boredom. I got a call on Tuesday from a guy who had seen my advert on Lilongwe chat, he came to see the bike and then a couple of days later he called back to say - [Weeks 68 & 69: Site update, Drama and Jupiter's Travellers](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/11/05/weeks-68-69-site-update-drama-and-jupiters-travellers/) - Some of you may have noticed that the website has been updated, this is what I was doing during week 68. That and starting to work on my Africa Travel Story content, the site still needs a few finishing touches and the content will take quite some time. At the same time as doing this - [Week 67: Waiting in Lilongwe](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/10/21/week-67-waiting-in-lilongwe/) - This week has been quite uneventful, I have spent time hanging around the compound, socialising with my neighbours. I have had a few people come to view the bike, but have nothing of substance to report there. So instead of just having a very short post this week, I will tell you about some of - [Week 66: Moving in](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/10/15/week-66-moving-in/) - This week I decided to move into a self contained flat (two rooms, bathroom and bedroom). This will save me around 7000 kwacha ($23) a month, compared to the dorm room I was staying in before. I've spent most of the week hanging around with my new neighbours, Cuthbert, Ian, Jane and a couple of - [Week 65: Lilongwe](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/10/09/week-65-lilongwe/) - Well, I spent last weekend in Nkhata bay, relaxing by the lake, then started my week by driving the rest of the way down to Lilongwe. I checked into the cheapest place to stay (Welcome Lodge) and have been staying there all week. There is no internet access so I have been out of touch - [Week 64: Returning to Malawi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/09/30/week-64-returning-to-malawi/) - I started the week thinking I had a good plan, I would sell my bike in Stone Town, go to Dar es Salaam, sort out the paperwork for the sale of the bike, then get a bus from Dar es Salaam to Lilongwe. I had moved out of the school house and was staying in - [Week 63: Visa Countdown Begins](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/09/23/week-63-visa-countdown-begins/) - This week has been quite stressful, it started with the shocking news that my application to the Ministry of education had been cancelled by the headteacher of the school I was trying to work in. He was worried about getting into trouble because I didn't have a visa, even though immigration had said it was - [Weeks 61 & 62: Trouble in Paradise](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/09/17/weeks-61-62-trouble-in-paradise/) - The school finally reopened after Ramadhan but I am not teaching there yet. This is because of the visa problem I mentioned in my last post. After speaking with the people in Immigration it seemed clear that I just needed to get a letter from the Ministry of Education confirming that I am helping in - [Weeks 59 & 60: Website, working and visa trouble](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/09/04/weeks-59-60-website-working-and-visa-trouble/) - The last two weeks have been strange, after Katie left I was alone for the first time and I suddenly had nobody around to distract or entertain me. This meant that I had brief instances of loneliness followed by productive days. Week 59 was a bit of a surprise, although the official Ramadhan had ended - [Weeks 55 - 58: Nungwi, Dolphins and Goodbyes](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/08/22/weeks-55-58-nungwi-dolphins-and-goodbye/) - This is the longest I have gone without posting here, a whole four weeks, there is quite a lot to catch up on. Most of this time has been Ramadhan so food was an issue for a while. Week 55 was spent in Nungwi, the Aston group went to stay there for four nights, we - [Week 31 - New Year, New Drone!](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2023/01/14/week-31-new-year-new-drone/) - A couple of months back, when I was cycling out of the Peruvian Amazon, towards Cusco. I had an accident with my drone. It hit a palm leaf while flying at around 5m high. The fall wasn't enough to damage the drone itself. But the camera dislodged from its mounting and pulled on the cable - [Week 30 - New Years Eve in Lima](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2023/01/08/week-30-new-years-eve-in-lima/) - Happy new year guys! A quick trip to Lima In my last blog post I talked about the protests in Peru and how they had stopped overland travel while in full swing. With an announced gap in the protests, I decided to take the opportunity to head up to Lima. As I only have a - [Weeks 25 ~ 29 - Downtime in Urubamba and Protests around Peru](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2023/01/07/weeks-25-29-downtime-in-urubamba-and-protests-around-peru/) - After spending so many months on the move, I was looking forward to having some downtime in Urubamba. So after taking a trip out to Machu Picchu, I stayed in a really beautiful hotel called Casa Mama. It is the low season, so the hotel was empty and the owners were spending most of their - [Week 24 - Visiting Machu Picchu on a budget](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/11/27/week-24-visiting-machu-picchu-on-a-budget/) - This week I have spent some time relaxing in Urubamba, but I took one great trip. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I was planning to visit Machu Picchu. You may have noticed that I am travelling on a very limited budget, so doing a tourist trip like this needed to be done - [Week 23 - Cusco and Urubamba](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/11/19/week-23-cusco-and-urubamba/) - After around two months in remote areas, travelling through areas of the Bolivian and Peruvian Amazon. My bike and I were both ready for some comfort, a good clean and some repairs. Casa de Cyclistas, Cusco I arrived in Cusco and made my way to the Casa de Cyclistas. This one was located in the - [Week 22 - My first attempt at river crossings](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/11/12/week-22-my-first-attempt-at-river-crossings/) - After taking the boat ride from Boca Colorado to Boca Manu, I set off cycling to the south towards Cusco. The gravel road from Boca Manu to a town called Itahuania isn't shown on maps, but is actually better than a few roads I have cycled before, which were shown on maps. It leads you - [Week 21 - Iñapari to Boca Manu](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/11/05/week-21-inapari-to-boca-manu/) - In last week's blog post I had just been dropped off at the border between Brazil and Peru after the border was already closed. I ended up in a cheap hotel for a night before I could officially cross the border the next day. Iñapari to Puerto Maldonado I crossed the border and headed south - [Week 20 - Bolivia to Peru via Brazil](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/10/29/week-20-bolivia-to-peru-via-brazil/) - After being ill for most of the previous week, I was glad to get a rest day in the small town of Puerto Rico. But It was time to head off and get closer to the border. As I left town, the road surface suddenly stopped and I was riding on a compacted dirt road - [Week 19 - Getting sick in the Bolivian Amazon](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/10/24/week-19-getting-sick-in-the-bolivian-amazon/) - In my last vlog I had just finished a long journey north through the Beni region to Pando. I arrived at a very basic hostel and was finally getting some rest. Although, there wasn't a shower and only a long drop toilet. I took a rest day and I wasn't feeling so good. I thought - [Week 18 - The long road north to Pando](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/10/16/week-18-the-long-road-north-to-pando/) - At the end of my last vlog I arrived in the town of Santa Rosa. I wasn't looking forward to the next part of this route. Yuri had told me that it was a bad road. Not necessarily because of the road surface, but because it was boring. Knowing this, I tried to get a - [Week 17 - Doing repairs & riding San Borja to Santa Rosa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/10/10/week-17-doing-repairs-riding-san-borja-to-santa-rosa/) - After I arrived in San Borja with the French couple, we had planned to separate as they headed to Trinidad and I continued north. After spending so many nights in the tents, we decided to take some rest days before leaving town. In my case, this wasn't just to rest, but also to take care - [Week 16 - Caranavi to San Borja with some new friends](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/10/03/week-16-caranavi-to-san-borja-with-some-new-friends/) - After I arrived in Caranavi, I took a couple of rest days to sort out a few things I needed to do. Firstly, I needed to fix my gears as they had been playing up since the 'Death Road'. But I also needed to do my usual weekly blog and vlog posts. Luckily the gears - [Week 15 - Down the Bolivian 'Death road' and to Caranavi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/09/26/week-15-down-the-bolivian-death-road-and-to-caranavi/) - The Bolivian 'Death Road' got it's name from the number of traffic accidents that happened on the road. Most of them occurred when vehicles tried to pass each other on the narrow roads and rolled down the mountain. The road was built to link La Paz with the Amazonian areas of Brazil. It was started - [Week 13 - Solo Bikepacking Bolivia. Flamingos on the long road north.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/09/11/week-13-solo-bikepacking-bolivia-flamingos-on-the-long-road-north/) - This week I continued my way along the 550km route north towards La Paz. It was really nice to be back on the bike, out on the open road. Even though the road was sometimes difficult or going through the middle of nowhere. The first few days were difficult but I pushed through and managed - [Week 12 - Solo Bikepacking Bolivia. Leaving Uyuni & a new route through the Amazon](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/09/07/week-12-solo-bikepacking-bolivia-leaving-uyuni-a-new-route-through-the-amazon/) - As I mentioned in my blog post last week, Huong and I will be travelling separately from now on. Huong won't be cycling and instead she will travel north to Peru and volunteer on a farm for a while. This means that I will be cycling through South America alone. To start my new solo - [Week 11 - Bikepacking Bolivia. Entering Bolivia and the Salar de Uyuni](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/08/27/week-11-bikepacking-bolivia-entering-bolivia-and-the-salar-de-uyuni/) - This we left Chile and crossed the border into Bolivia. The 48th country I have visited so far. The road from Calama over the border to Uyuni, takes you through some unbelievably beautiful landscapes. The road climbs high into the mountains, passing small villages and huge, snow capped mountains. The border was easy enough to - [Week 14 - Solo Bikepacking Bolivia. From La Paz to the Bolivian 'Death Road'](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/09/17/week-14-solo-bikepacking-bolivia-from-la-paz-to-the-bolivian-death-road/) - I arrived in La Paz and took a few days to rest. I wanted to extend my visa, as it says 30 days. But the immigration office in La Paz told me that it is actually for 90 days because of my nationality. I am still not really convinced that it will go smoothly when - [Weeks 9 & 10 - Bikepacking Chile. San Pedro de Atacama and getting ready to leave Chile.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/08/20/weeks-9-10-bikepacking-chile-san-pedro-de-atacama-and-getting-ready-to-leave-chile/) - I started week nine by waking up with a hangover in a tent in the desert. The party had been great the night before, but now was the morning after. We packed up our things and headed back to Bahia Inglesa. We decided to stay there on a campsite for a few more days to - [Weeks 7 & 8 - Bikepacking Chile. The difficulties of bikepacking when you can't ride and the joys of partying in the desert.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/08/15/weeks-7-8-bikepacking-chile-the-difficulties-of-bikepacking-when-you-cant-ride-and-the-joys-of-partying-in-the-desert/) - In my last blog post I talked about the wonderfully kind family that we stayed with while Huong was healing. What I didn't get into was how difficult it was to leave. Not only because of how welcome they made us feel there, but also because we had all our stuff in boxes. Huong had - [Weeks 5 & 6 - Bikepacking Chile. Rest and Recuperation with a kind local family in Cachagua.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/08/08/weeks-5-6-bikepacking-chile-rest-and-recuperation-with-a-kind-local-family-in-cachagua/) - We spent weeks 5 and 6 staying in Cachagua with the super kind and awesome family who helped us when Huong fell off her bike. We were staying with Cote, she is a teacher in her local school in Cachagua. She teaches History and Geography. Her English is good, so we would spend the evenings Bikepacking Chile. Rest and Recuperation with a kind local family in Cachagua. - [Weeks 3 & 4 - Bikepacking Chile. Leaving Vina del Mar heading north, a fall, injury and the kindness of strangers.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/08/01/weeks-3-4-bikepacking-chile-leaving-vina-del-mar-heading-north-a-fall-injury-and-the-kindness-of-strangers/) - We left Valparaiso and cycled north around the bay to the tip of Vina del Mar, where we stayed with another Couchsurfing host. Gaby is a German immigrant who has lived in Chile since she was a teenager. We stayed with her for just one night as we were heading north. She lives in a - [Weeks 1 & 2 - Arriving in South America. Bikepacking Santiago to Valparaiso, Chile](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/07/23/weeks-1-2-arriving-in-south-america-bikepacking-santiago-to-valparaiso-chile/) - On the 6th of June I started travelling again. Now I'm bikepacking on a continent that I've never visited before, South America. I packed up my touring bike (Vivente World Randonneur) and a backpack full of gear, then flew from Manchester to Santiago de Chile, via Toronto and Bogota. But, as I went through security Bikepacking Santiago to Valparaiso, Chile. - [South East Asia Content & Starting to Travel Again](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2022/07/02/south-east-asia-content-starting-to-travel-again/) - Its been a long time since I updated my website or posted any new content. But I am starting to travel again so I have spent some time updating the site and adding content for my time in South East Asia. At the moment, I am in Chile with my bicycle. I have been here - [Weeks 148-156: Settling in to life in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/07/23/weeks-148-156-settling-in-to-life-in-yogyakarta-java-indonesia/) - It has been a long time since I posted on here, that is partly because I haven't been doing anything particularly exciting travel-wise, but also because I have been busy settling in to life in Yogyakarta. When I last posted I was about to head to Malaysia so that I could renew my visa and - [Weeks 146 & 147: Balikpapan and Changing Plans Again](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/05/11/weeks-146-147-balikpapan-and-changing-plans-again/) - Just a short post this time. After spending two weeks in Jess' home town of Balikpapan, fixing up her mothers fish pond and looking after her dogs, my Indonesian visa is almost finished. But in a last minute change of plans, I have decided to get a new visa and return to Java for a - [Weeks 144 & 145: Kuala Lumpur & Back to Borneo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/04/28/weeks-144-145-kuala-lumpur-back-to-borneo/) - From Kota Kinabalu we headed back to Balikpapan, where my bicycle was waiting for me, but the cheapest flights go through Kuala Lumpur. As we would be stopping in Kuala Lumpur anyway, I figured it would be better to stay there for a couple of nights so that we can explore the city a little. - [Week 143: East Malaysia and Brunei](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/04/15/week-143-east-malaysia-and-brunei/) - This week seems to have lasted at least two weeks, probably because we have squeezed so much into the last seven days. We arrived in Tarakan with our guide from Derawan and visited an area of mangrove that is home to a group of proboscis monkeys. We only stayed in Tarakan for one day and - [Week 142: Derawan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/04/06/week-142-derawan/) - What a great week! It started out in Balikpapan spending some time in the city, going to the cinema and eating out in the evening with Jessica's family. Then on Wednesday, while we were out using some free Wifi at the shopping mall, my bicycle arrived from Jakarta two days earlier than I had been - [Week 141: Orang-utans and Proboscis monkeys in Borneo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/03/31/week-141-orang-utans-and-proboscis-monkeys-in-borneo/) - This week I dropped off my bicycle as a shipping company office in Jakarta to have it sent to Jessica's house in Borneo, I was originally going to send it by cargo plane but it was half the price to send it by ship, although the ship could take a while. Hopefully it will arrive - [Week 140: Jakarta and Changing Plans](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/03/24/140-jakarta-and-changing-plans/) - I started the week in Yogyakarta saying goodbye to my host Jessica and her family. I only spent a week with them but they were so friendly and welcoming that it was kinda hard to say goodbye. I cycled to the train station behind Jessica's car and took my bicycle to the cargo company for - [Week 139: Yogyakarta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/03/16/week-139-yogyakarta/) - After a 14 hour train journey from Banyuwangi, I arrived in Yogyakarta and managed to talk the cargo guards into letting me unload my bike straight away, instead of waiting 4 hours for them to unload it. I managed to make the train journey productive, at least in part, by making some progress writing my - [Week 138: Visa Extension and East Java](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/03/09/week-138-visa-extension-and-east-java/) - This week has been much better than I had thought it would be. I had to wait around in Singaraja while the incredibly slow Indonesian immigration service took 4 days to do what most African immigration services can do in an hour. I dropped off my passport and filled in the application form on Monday, - [Week 137: Diving in Gili Air and back to Bali](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/03/03/week-137-diving-in-gili-air-and-back-to-bali/) - After staying with my first CS host in Mataram for just one night, I moved to my second host. A 24 year old local guy and his family on the edge of the city. We had a great couple of days hanging out with some of his friends and visiting the beaches. Unfortunately he was - [Week 136: Bali to Lombok](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/02/23/week-136-bali-to-lombok/) - This week has been great. I was planning to leave Kuta at the start of the week and ride to Ubud, but my couchsurfing host was really nice, so I decided to hang around for a few more days. We would go out to eat cheap, but really nice noodles and other local food, then - [Week 135: Bali](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/02/16/week-135-bali/) - After arriving in Bali last week, I have been staying with my CouchSurfing host Sita. One of the first things that I noticed when I wandered around Bali was that there are so many beautifully decorated buildings and small temples for people to leave offerings in each day (as the main religion here is Hinduism). - [Weeks 133 & 134: Leaving Australia, Starting SE Asia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/02/10/weeks-133-134-leaving-australia-starting-se-asia/) - Week 133 wasn't very eventful, I spent some time working and then made a bit of a mistake. I got my shifts mixed up at work and ended up being about 40 mins late for work. Unfortunately they had already covered my shift by the time I realised and called them. They then cancelled my - [Weeks 130-132: Working and Booking my Flight](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/01/26/weeks-130-132-working-and-booking-my-flight/) - Three weeks ago I decided to have one last try to get some work here in Melbourne, I made a new, simplified CV which concentrated on my work in bars and restaurants and also included a picture. After spending a few hours walking through the main areas for bars and restaurants, the last place I - [Weeks 127 - 129: Xmas, New Year and a New Bicycle](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2014/01/05/weeks-127-129-xmas-new-year-and-a-new-bicycle/) - Happy New Year guys, it has been a few weeks since i last posted on here, during that time we have had Xmas and New Years Eve. For Xmas we went down to the beach with some beers and some food for a BBQ, then in the evening we had a party with the Tiger - [Weeks 125 & 126: Turning 30](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/12/09/weeks-125-126-turning-30/) - I have spent the last two weeks staying with Alessio and Federico in St Kilda, looking for work and making preparations for my trip through Asia. While I may have a job on the way, I haven't as yet got anything confirmed. The problem is that I only have a limited time before my work - [Weeks 123 & 124: Melbourne](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/11/25/weeks-123-124-melbourne/) - For the last two weeks I have been staying in Melbourne, with Alessio and Federico, looking for work and researching equipment for my trip through Asia. It is now the start of summer, so there should be a lot of work opportunities opening up around the city. The only problem is the amount of other - [Weeks 121 & 122: Arriving in Melbourne](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/11/11/weeks-121-122-arriving-in-melbourne/) - Two weeks ago I spent my last weekend in Tasmania before flying back to Melbourne on the Tuesday. I went to stay with two friends in Melbourne, Alessio and Federico, both Italian guys who are working towards their citizenship. I spent some time looking for work and a room to rent, but haven't found anything - [Weeks 119 & 120: Tasmania](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/10/30/weeks-119-120-tasmania/) - For the last two weeks I have been travelling around Tasmania. We had found a group of people who were renting a camper van and decided to join them, so we flew into Hobart as our starting point. Ben and I stayed with a local guy called Eric, who we met through CouchSurfing and then - [Week 118: Adelaide to Melbourne - The 'Great' Ocean Road](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/10/13/week-118-adelaide-to-melbourne-the-great-ocean-road/) - Last weekend I arrived in Adelaide after a quick dash across Australia, north to south. We were lucky to find a cool place to stay in Adelaide for a few days. Ryan, who I travelled from Carnarvon to Broome with, was still in Broome as I was arriving in Adelaide. He had met a couple - [Week 117: Darwin to Adelaide](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/10/09/week-117-darwin-to-adelaide/) - At the start of week 117 I arrived in the last town before the border, leaving Western Australia, Kununurra. We met up with a couple that we had been travelling with through the Kimberley and headed out to camp just outside the town. The next day we spent the day in the library, trying to - [Weeks 115 & 116: Karijini and The Kimberley](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/09/30/weeks-115-116-karijini-and-the-kimberley/) - Week 115 started off in Exmouth, on the far north of the west coast of Australia. From there we headed inland to Karijini National Park. The park is on the edge of a town called Tom Price, so we called into town to restock on supplies before heading into the park for a few days. - [Week 114: Carnarvon to Exmouth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/09/15/week-114-carnarvon-to-exmouth/) - We were luck to be staying in Carnarvon with Mex and Chie at the start of this week, we hung around the town, taking long walks and doing some work in Mex's garden in return for her letting us camp there. The town doesn't have much to offer in terms of entertainment but the people - [Week 113: Changing groups, the Kindness of Strangers](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/09/06/week-113-changing-groups-the-kindness-of-strangers/) - Last weekend we were staying in Shark Bay, saw the dolphins being fed on the beach and camped at a lookout where you can see dugong, sharks and dolphins swimming in the bay. From there we took a couple of days to travel up the coast to Carnarvon, but on the way we had to - [Weeks 111 & 112: Perth to Shark Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/09/01/weeks-111-112-perth-to-shark-bay/) - During week 111 I met up with Dave, he has been travelling around Australia in his VW campervan for just over two years and was looking for people to travel with him up to Queensland. He wasn't quite ready to set off so we planned to leave on the Wednesday of week 112. So I - [Weeks 109 & 110: Website Problems and Arranging a Ride](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/08/18/weeks-109-110-website-problems-and-arranging-a-ride/) - I thought that I would be on the road, heading north by now. Unfortunately the first ride I managed to find was cancelled because the vehicle broke down, so I have been waiting around in Perth, trying to find another group of people who are headed north. I think I may have found a ride - [Weeks 107 & 108: Finishing work and getting ready to leave Perth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/08/04/weeks-107-108-finishing-work-and-getting-ready-to-leave-perth/) - Week 107 was basically made up of me working, but I finished work on Wednesday, as it was the end of July and my contract was over. So now I am getting ready to travel north and follow the coast around Australia towards Melbourne. I have managed to find a group of people who are - [Weeks 96 - 106: Living in Perth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/07/21/weeks-96-106-living-in-perth/) - It has been a long time since I did my last blog post, mostly because I haven't been doing anything particularly interesting. Not that I haven't been enjoying my time here, I have, but its not really anything worth writing home about. I have been living in a nice big tent in the backyard of - [Weeks 92, 93, 94 & 95: Working... a lot.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/05/05/weeks-92-93-94-95-working-a-lot/) - It's been a while since I last updated the blog, this is mostly because I haven't been doing anything particularly interesting. I have been flying around Western Australia upgrading the computers in the Department of Water offices. It has been quite nice to see a few different towns, especially as it gives me a chance - [Weeks 89, 90 & 91: Earning and Spending](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/04/08/weeks-89-90-91-earning-and-spending/) - Time is passing so fast now that I am working, the last three weeks have been rather uneventful. Week 89 I was still working in the center of Perth, upgrading the computers in the main offices of the Department of Water. One of the evenings I was just coming back into the building after a - [Weeks 86, 87 & 88: Parties and Starting Work](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/03/18/weeks-86-87-88-parties-and-starting-work/) - It seems like such a long time ago now, but in week 86 I got a job offer, the job was to do sand-blasting and painting. When I actually arrived there I found out the wages weren't very good, and when the manager left me alone with some of the other workers, they told me - [Week 85: Settling in](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/02/25/week-85-settling-in/) - I am really enjoying my time here in Perth, and this week had a great start. On Sunday evening we climbed onto the roof of the house to drink some beer and one of my housemates (Dave) jumped off of the roof onto a tarp that is hung over the sofas. We recorded it and - [Week 84: Arriving in Australia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2013/02/17/week-84-arriving-in-australia/) - On Monday I met with my new friend Jedrek for a few hours before I had to head to the airport. Luckily I managed to share a taxi with some Japanese guys who were flying out of Cape Town too. In the end I decided to take the cheaper flight, rather than the direct one. - [Week 54: Mwaka Kogwa Festival](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/07/24/week-54-mwaka-kogwa-festival/) - This week was really nice, it started out with the Aston exchange trip arriving in Makunduchi. My daily routine remained pretty much the same, although I spent quite a few evenings visiting the Aston group. They get much better food than Mohammed has been getting and it makes a change from the food I cook - [Week 53: Settling in to Makunduchi life](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/07/17/week-53-settling-in-to-makunduchi-life/) - This week I have been settling in to my routine which will continue for the next month or so. I get some breakfast and ride down to the beach by bicycle, I take my laptop so that I can use the internet in the hotel. I teach the staff in the hotel at 12 each - [Weeks 51 & 52: A Year on the road](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/07/08/weeks-51-52-a-year-on-the-road/) - I started week 51 by moving out of the hotel and back into my old house in the village. There was also a guy called Mohammed arriving from England on the same day, he will be here for two months to teach in the school, his time here was organised through Zanzigap. We spent the - [Weeks 48, 49 & 50: Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/06/21/weeks-48-49-50-dar-es-salaam-and-zanzibar/) - Week 48 started well, we managed to get our bikes into Dar es Salaam port and onto a ship. Once the bikes had been secured we headed to the ferry terminal and took a ferry to Zanzibar. We hoped to get the bikes off the ship quite quickly the next day and head to Makunduchi, - [Weeks 46 & 47: Cape Maclear to Dar es Salaam](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/06/03/weeks-46-47-cape-maclear-to-dar-es-salaam/) - The last two weeks have been excellent, Malawi is one of my favourite countries. Week 46 started with the birthday celebration of Joana, one of the girls we had met in Monkey Bay. We stayed in Cape Maclear for a few days before we decided to head north, but on the day that we tried - [Weeks 44 & 45: Zambia to Malawi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/05/20/weeks-44-45-zambia-to-malawi/) - Week 44 started in Livingstone, Zambia. I took some time to make sure my paperwork was in order and sent it off to the customs office in Namibia, this is to claim back the 450 Euro deposit I had to pay in order to have a temporary import permit for my bike. Hopefully this will - [Week 43: Namibia to Zambia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/05/06/week-43-namibia-to-zambia/) - Last weekend we crossed over the border from Botswana back into Namibia and stayed in the Ngepi lodge, we met a cool Canadian couple who travel all around the world in a loe budget style. They walk and hitchhike around, staying in cheap places and finding cheap or free ways to see the tourist attractions. - [Week 42: Northern Namibia and Botswana](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/04/30/week-42-northern-namibia-and-botswana/) - From Sepupa we headed east across the northern border of Namibia, it was on one of these sandy pistes that we met a group of Namibian motorcyclists who were on a weekend break. We decided to camp with them and found that one of them owned a garage in a town further east. We arranged - [Week 41: Namibia and the crash](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/04/22/week-41-namibia-and-the-crash/) - Last weekend we left Windhoek, heading south to Rehoboth before heading south west through the mountains towards the Namib desert and a town called Sesriem. Sesriem is on the edge of a national park in the desert, we arrived there after dark and set up camp. The next morning we got up at 5am to - [Week 40: Getting the bikes back](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/04/14/week-40-getting-the-bikes-back/) - On Monday, Charlie arrived at around lunch time and we went for some pizza in 'The Raft', a restaurant on the Walvis Bay lagoon, afterwards we walked into town and met four of the other people who shipped their bikes with us. Everyone checked into the hotel where I had been staying so that we - [Week 39: Windhoek and Walvis Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/04/10/week-39-windhoek-and-walvis-bay/) - I arrived in Namibia on the 30th of March and stayed in Windhoek for 4 night before I headed out to Walvis Bay. Windhoek itself is not a great place to spend your time, the streets are wide and clean but they are empty, there doesn't seem to be any people around even though it - [Weeks 37 & 38: Ghana to Namibia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/04/01/weeks-37-38-ghana-to-namibia/) - Week 37 started with Charlie leaving to fly to the UK while we are waiting for the bikes to be shipped to Namibia. I decided that I would go back to the Green Turtle Lodge in the West of Ghana, but when I arrived I met Bahar and a couple of English guys, they were - [Week 36: The Coast of Ghana](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/03/20/week-36-the-coast-of-ghana/) - This week the time has flown more quickly than usual, After spending a night in Akosombo we (Me, Charlie and Matt) headed south to Ada Foah, a coastal town east of Accra. We stayed the night in a hotel there called CocoLoco, we were actually thinking of staing a few days, until we realised that - [Week 35: Shipping and the Volta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/03/13/week-35-shipping-volta/) - This week has seen a huge change in our method of travel, from Elmina we drove to Tema to meet the other people who are shipping their bikes. We arrived to meet the seven people and their six bikes (Heidi and Janz with their two diesel Enfields, Max and Marrian on their KTM, Hubert on - [Weeks 33 & 34: Togo & Ghana](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/03/05/weeks-33-34-togo-ghana/) - I didn't manage to post last weekend so we have a double post this week. Last week I arrived in Togo, we drove straight to the capital city, Lome. The coast of Togo is really beautiful but short, it didn't take long for us to cross the country and we were soon checked into our - [Week 32: Benin](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/02/21/week-32-benin/) - It has been an action packed week, we set off from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, travelled the full length of Benin and the width of Togo. We left Ouagadougou after collecting our Visa Entente, driving towards the border with Benin. It was getting late so we stopped just before the border in an expensive hotel - [Week 31: Ouagadougou](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/02/13/week-31-ouagadougou/) - We haven't done too much this week, we spent a couple of days in Bobo before we headed to the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. We checked into a hotel while we applied for the visa Entente, this visa covers five different countries, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Niger and Ivory Coast, all for 25,000 CFA - [Week 30: Bamako to Burkina](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/02/08/week-30-bamako-to-burkina/) - This week has been truly awesome, after spending some time at a waterfall last week, a group of us decided to visit another waterfall for a few days, down by the border with Burkina Faso. We stopped in the nearby town of Sikasso to collect some supplies and headed to a village called Woroni. Woroni - [Week 29: More Mali](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/01/29/week-29-more-mali/) - Charlie and I arrived back in Bamako last weekend in time for a music festival which was taking place close to the hotel we stay in. The festival was really good, live music, beer, food and a good group of people. We then spent a few days relaxing around Bamako, moving between our hotel and - [Weeks 27 & 28: Mali](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/01/21/weeks-27-28-mali/) - I didn't manage to post last weekend due to the lack of a reliable internet connection while travelling. Week 27 was a strange mix of complications and solutions, some things proving more difficult, and others much easier, than first thought. We arrived in Bamako and checked in to the Sleeping Camel hotel and camp site, - [Week 26: Through Mauritania into Mali](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2012/01/09/week-26-through-mauritania-into-mali/) - It has been over a week since I last added a post, it feels like it has been a long time, a lot has happened. On New Years Eve we were camping on a beach just outside Dakhla in Western Sahara, we bought some fish and chicken from the market and we cooked them on - [Week 25: Southern Morocco and Wesern Sahara](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/12/31/week-25-southern-morocco-and-wesern-sahara/) - Happy New Year! OK, so technically Western Sahara and Southern Morocco is the same place, but when I say Southern Morocco I mean the part before you reach Western Sahara. So, This week we I have travelled south with Tony. From Agadir we headed to Legzira and stayed in a very basic hostel. They only - [Week 24: Christmas in Morocco](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/12/25/week-24-christmas-in-morocco/) - Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to those of you who celebrate. This has been a very good week, it started with randomly meeting a guy who I had already met in Spain, Graham the guy on the Paris to Dakar hitch-hiking race, after spending some time catching up with him I went to collect my - [Week 23: Northern Morocco](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/12/18/week-23-northern-morocco/) - Fes was nice, I stayed there for a couple of nights and went on a tour of the medina. Fes is an ancient city with loads of history and the medina is really interesting, there is still a tannery which treats the leather in the traditional way. First soaking it in lime and pigeon poo, - [Week 22: Into Africa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/12/13/week-22-into-africa/) - It has been an unplanned, but enjoyable, week. I spent a few days in Gibraltar with some awesome CouchSurfing hosts, Shawn and John, while I was there a lot of other Couch Surfers passed through. I spent two days exploring Gibraltar with three German Couch Surfers, Steph, Ronny and Fabian, we wandered around the city - [Week 21: Malaga to Gibraltar](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/12/04/week-21-malaga-to-gibraltar/) - This week was full of preparations, I started to week meeting a friend I had met in Valencia, at the same time I found the immunisation centre in Malaga. The next day I went back to Malaga to try to arrange an appointment for my immunisations, surprisingly they offered to give me all the immunisations - [Week 20: Madrid to Malaga](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/11/27/week-20-madrid-to-malaga/) - I spent last weekend in Madrid, then drove south to Cordoba to stay with a couch surfing host for a few days. Cordoba is a really nice city, especially in the old parts, where there are narrow cobblestone streets and Arabic styled buildings. One afternoon we went to a Moroccan style tea house for some - [Week 19: Portugal to Madrid](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/11/20/week-19-portugal-to-madrid/) - After spending a night in Vila Nova de Foz Coa, I decided to change my route slightly, I noticed there was a small road which went through the hills and then across the countryside to Salamanca. The ride was really nice but all the way to the border the weather was horrible, cold and wet. - [Week 18: Portugal](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/11/14/week-18-portugal/) - I have spent this week travelling north through Portugal, firstly I left Tavira and headed to Lagos. Lagos is a nice coastal town, which was quiet because of the time of year, the weather was awesome so I wandered around the town in the day and headed to a pub for some Guinness in the - [Weeks 16 & 17: Malaga to Tavira](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/11/06/weeks-16-17-malaga-to-tavira/) - As some of you may have noticed, I didn't add an update last week, so this update covers both weeks. I spent about a week and a half in Malaga, staying with friends, most of the time I was researching the documents that I need to travel through Africa. We also had a Halloween party - [Week 15: Andorra to Malaga](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/10/24/week-15-andorra-to-malaga/) - This week has passed by quickly, probably because I was rushing to get here in Malaga to start my carnet application. I left Andorra headed for Barcelona and stayed with my first couch surfing host here in Spain, a French guy living in a coastal town north of Barcelona, called Blanes. I stayed there for - [Week 14: Italy to Andorra](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/10/16/week-14-italy-to-andorra/) - Week 14 of my journey has come to an end and I find myself in Andorra, a country I hadn't heard much about but it is great. After my last post I travelled from Verona to Aosta in north-west Italy, the journey took a lot longer than google maps suggested, around 6 hours. Luckily the - [Week 13: Circular trip through Northern Italy](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/10/13/week13/) - Ok, well its actually more like 13 and a half weeks, but the trip I just finished started on a Wednesday and ended on a Wednesday, so it makes sense to include the extra half. Since my last post I stayed with Federico in Verona for a couple of days, left most of my stuff - [Week 12: Couch Surfing Northern Italy](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/10/04/week-12-couch-surfing-northern-italy/) - Three months on the road and still loving it. This week I have managed to arrange couch surfing, although I have had difficulties doing this in Italy. I sent out lots of requests, some of which were rejected, most of them were just ignored. I eventually placed some posts in the SOS emergency last minute - [Week 11: Pompeii, Rome and Pisa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/09/27/week-11-pompeii-rome-and-pisa-2/) - I have been travelling for just over 11 weeks and am currently in northern Italy. Since my last post I have visited Pompeii, Rome and Pisa. Pompeii was a strange place to visit, it is a lot bigger than I expected and I got a little bored after a while because all the interesting things, - [Africa Route Problems](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/09/23/africa-route-problems/) - As you probably know, I will be arriving in Africa in a month or two. With this in mind I decided that it was probably about time that I planned the route, but I am having some problems. Firstly the border between Morocco and Algeria is closed. Secondly Libya. As I see it there are - [Week 10: Athens to Naples](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/09/19/week-10-athens-to-naples/) - After I left my last couch surfing host I travelled into central Athens to find a cheap hostel. I drove around for about an hour, asking people for directions as I went, before I actually found the place. I checked in and went to relax in the room. Later in the day I was joined - [Week 9: Athens](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/09/11/athens/) - My ninth week of travelling is over and I have arrived in Athens. After I last added a post to the site I stayed a night on the sofa of Apostolis, my friend from Starbucks, after we had been to a party at one of his friends houses. The next day we took my bike - [Friendly Greeks](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/09/06/friendly-greeks/) - This is not about another encounter on a gay beach. I have been in Greece for over a week, at first I didn't meet many people and when I did they didn't seem to be all that friendly. But thinking back people have been friendly all the way through. Firstly there was the bar owner - [Week 8: Greece](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/09/04/week-8-greece/) - My eighth week of travelling has come to an end and I am still in central Greece. I have been in Greece for a little over a week, slowly travelling along the coast, sleeping on the beaches. This was not just because the beaches are beautiful but also because there is a lack of cheap - [Sleeping on Greek beaches](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/31/sleeping-on-greek-beaches/) - I'm about half way through my eighth week of travelling and I'm about half way through Greece. I have been working my way along the coast from East to West, camping on the beaches. The first few nights I managed to find a bar owner who said I could camp at his bar for free. - [Week 7: Awesome beaches, Rejection and Greece](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/26/week-7-awesome-beaches-rejection-and-greece/) - I left Romania last Sunday and headed into Bulgaria where I stayed in a hostel in Varna for two days. Varna is a very popular beach destination but was not really my kind of place, there were too many tourists and pub crawls. But I'm sure that foam parties, pub crawls and people getting so - [Week 6: Vama Veche and Bulgaria](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/21/week-6-vama-veche-and-bulgaria/) - I spent most of this week camping on Vama Veche beach in South-East Romania. Vama Veche is the most fun loving beach village in Romania, with lots of freedom to enjoy yourself. Nudism, Cheap alcohol and the occasional smell of marijuana. As we were camping on the beach I was a little worried about getting - [Short update to cap off week 5](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/15/short-update-to-cap-off-week-5/) - Since Bucharest I have spent a few days on the coast of the Black sea, working my way down towards the Bulgarian border. I have heard of a town on the border called Vama Veche which is supposed to be some kind of alternative, hippy beach resort. I think I will stay there a night - [Mountains, Burns, Police and Pain](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/11/moutains-burns-police-and-pain/) - Since my last update I have had quite a varied few days. Firstly I went back into Brasov and had a few drinks and found a geocache near the Black church. A day or so later I travelled back on to the Transfagarasan and then hiked in the Fagaras Mountains with some friends. We hiked - [Week 4: Brasov and surrounding areas](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/06/week-4-brasov-and-surrounding-areas/) - Since arriving in Codlea, from the Transfagarasan, I spent a few days staying in a friends house and then checked into a hotel close to their house. We have spent the days visiting the local areas, Codlea is the town in which she lives and it has a medieval fortress with an old church inside. - [Transfagarasan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/08/02/transfagarasan/) - I stayed in a hotel in Sibiu which meant I had to pay a little more than I was comfortable with, although it was still cheap, around 30 Euro. But to make sure I got a fair deal I really had a great breakfast. I started with a bowl of cereal, then had scrambled eggs - [Week 3 catch-up](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/31/week-3-catch-up/) - I have had a great week and an awesome weekend. The last time I updated the blog I was just about to go out for my last night in Budapest, we ended up visiting three or four ruin bars, finishing the night in szimpla (The best ruin bar). There were six of us out, me - [Budapest](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/26/budapest/) - I left Bratislava a couple of days ago, drove into Austria and around Vienna for a while. It was starting to rain as I left Vienna and headed towards Hungary. I had seen a large lake on the map and decided that I would drive to it and try to find a place to camp. - [Slovakia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/24/slovakia/) - I have spent the last two days and nights in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I drove down from the beautiful hotel in northern Slovakia, almost running out of petrol on the way due to the rarity of petrol stations on the Motorway, and checked into Patio Hostel. The first night I met an Australian - [Poland](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/21/poland/) - The drive from Prague to Auschwitz took longer than I thought it would, the roads in Czech Republic were good and I managed to keep a good pace all the way to Poland. Once I crossed over the border there was a definite change, the roads were uneven with a lot more bends. I had - [Prague](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/20/prague/) - I arrived here in Prague yesterday and booked into this hostel. I spent most of the day trying to sort out how to replace my missing documents after the theft, but eventually I managed to get out into Prague. I walked down to the side of the river and followed it towards Charles Bridge. As - [Amsterdam to Prague](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/19/amsterdam-to-prague/) - Ok, so I left Amsterdam a couple of days ago and drove through Germany. I went almost the whole way using the autobahn system. Really great riding, the roads are wide with really gentle curves lined with, what I thought were, Red Oak trees. I drove out near to Hanover and turned off into the - [Leaving Amsterdam](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/17/leaving-amsterdam/) - Ok, I've stayed in Amsterdam for 3 days and 2 nights. This Evening I'm leaving and heading through Germany towards Berlin. I may be without internet for the next few days but possibly will be able to get on in Prague or Bratislava. I've added some pictures to the facebook group. Now got 100 likes - [First night in Amsterdam.](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/16/first-night-in-amsterdam/) - My first night in Amsterdam was great. After I had changed all my passwords and bought a camera I was ready to come back and check in to the hostel. I had a shower and headed out to a bar. The first bar I went in I bought a Guinness and thought about my missing - [Day Six: Ups and Downs](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/15/day-six-ups-and-downs/) - Ok, this morning I got off to a bad start. I woke up some time between 4 and 5am to find someone scrambling out of my tent. I jumped out and chased them a short way in my boxer-shorts as they jumped into a car and drove away. I came back to the tent and - [Recap: The first five days](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/15/recap-the-first-five-days/) - I originally wrote this section from a tent in a car park just a small distance south of one of the bridges to Rotterdam. It was the fifth day of my journey and it still feels like I've just set off. Day One: I left on the 10th July 2011, a Sunday. The previous week - [Day One: Leaving Sheffield](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/10/day-one-leaving-sheffield/) - So today is the first day of my trip. I've spent the last week living at my parents house and spent my last day seeing two of my best friends get married and catching up with an old friend. In around 5 hours I'll be on my way down to London hopefully accompanied about half - [Germany Camp Video](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/07/19/germany-camp-video/) - A video of my first camp in Germany - [Departure date is getting closer!!](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/06/30/departure-date-is-getting-closer/) - Tomorrow is my last day at work. After that I'll be moving out of my flat and sleeping on my parents sofa for a week. Then going to my friends wedding next Saturday and leaving on Sunday. Got almost all my equipment, just need to get some bungees, a puncture repair kit and an air - [An awesome video from Partireper](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/05/27/an-awesome-video-from-partireper/) - I am really jealous of this guy. I cant wait to get out there and see these places! Roll on July!!! Check out more of his stuff on www.Partireper.it - [Graham Hughes: A Journey To Every Country In The World](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/05/29/graham-hughes-a-journey-to-every-country-in-the-world/) - I've been watching some of this guys videos, he seems to have done LOTS of travelling and has some good tips for travelling on the cheap. Well worth a look. http://theodysseyexpedition.com/ - [Partireper.it - Another Transalp World Trip](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/04/22/partireper-it-another-transalp-world-trip/) - Another amazing looking trip. Definitely worth a look. www.Partireper.it - [daninviaggio.it - Round the world on a Transalp](https://www.tgon.co.uk/2011/04/26/long-way-dany-round-the-world-on-a-transalp/) - Long Way Dany - Round the world on a Transalp Looks like this guy had an awesome trip. www.daninviaggio.it ## Pages - [Where am I now?](https://www.tgon.co.uk/) - Hi, My name is Tony and I have spent the last decade travelling the world. I am planning to spend the next few years travelling through the Americas by bicycle. Below is my route map, showing where I have travelled so far. My current location is marked with the green pin, the Green lines show - [About Me](https://www.tgon.co.uk/info/about/) - My name is Tony Gahegan. When I was 21, for my third year at university, I arranged to spend the year in Tanzania doing charity work teaching Maths, English and IT in Makunduchi secondary school. The school had been donated computers from the UK, and due to the dust, heat and untrained users, they were - [South America 2022-23](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/south-america-2022/) - I have started a new trip cycling through South America. I will be updating this page periodically, as I make progress through the continent. Chile My journey in South America started in the capital of Chile, Santiago de Chile. For the start of my journey, I was joined by a friend from Vietnam. Huong - [SE Asia 2014-22 Archive](https://www.tgon.co.uk/blog/se-asia-archive/) - [South America 2022-23 Archive](https://www.tgon.co.uk/blog/south-america-2022-archive/) - [South East Asia 2014-22](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/south-east-asia/) - Other useful links: South East Asia Photo Gallery Tony Gahegan - [Australia 2013-14](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/australia/) - 8,618 miles / 13,870 Km by Ride-Share/Hitchhiking Western Australia I arrived in Perth in February 2013, luckily my first CouchSurfing hosts were really cool and I stayed there for my first six months in Australia. I worked and saved up some money to travel further, as well as replacing a some of my electrical equipment. - [Africa 2011-13](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/africa/) - 17,498 miles / 28,161 Km by Motorbike Morocco I arrived in Africa in December 2011, by ferry from the South of Spain into Morocco. I had been given some advice to visit some of the villages in the north of the country, so I spent the first few days heading through the mountains, ending up - [Europe 2011](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/europe/) - 10,350 miles / 16,656 Km by Motorbike England This trip around Europe, is the first stage of my long term goal, to travel around the world. I started my journey on Sunday the 10th July from Sheffield and headed south to London. I was joined for part of this journey by my Dad, with my - [Ireland 2010](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/ireland/) - 1,420 miles / 2,285 Km by Motorbike Before leaving the UK to travel through as many countries as possible, I thought it best to visit the countries in and around the UK. My family originates from Ireland and it is a place that I had often thought about but never visited. Having travelled around Scotland - [Scotland 2009](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/scotland/) - 1,650 miles / 2,655 Km by Motorbike During the summer of 2009 I took a trip on my bike around Scotland, the first two days I was joined by my Dad and his friend. We set off from Sheffield up the A1 to Edinburgh via Berwick, staying our first night in a B&B just outside - [Tanzania 2006](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/tanzania/) - During my year teaching in Zanzibar, through the Zanzigap organisation, I took two trips to mainland Tanzania. The first of which was to go on Safari, one of my friends from the UK came over to visit for 2 weeks. We spent a week in my house and my friend relaxed at home while I - [Zanzibar 2005/06](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/zanzibar/) - Tgon's Travels - Zanzibar 2005/06 - Tony - [Countries Visited (50)](https://www.tgon.co.uk/info/countries-visited/) - [Trips](https://www.tgon.co.uk/trips/) - -: Current trip :- South America 2022 South East Asia 2014-22 Australia 2013-14 Africa 2011-13 Europe 2011 -: Previous trips :- Ireland 2010 Scotland 2009 Tanzania 2006 Zanzibar 2005/06 - [Equipment (Bicycle)](https://www.tgon.co.uk/info/equipment-bicycle/) - Changing from motorbike touring to bicycle touring meant that I had to rethink each piece of equipment that I take with me. Space and weight became more of a concern, so I took the time and money that I had in Australia to prepare for my bicycle trip. Again I have separated the equipment into - [Equipment (Motorbike)](https://www.tgon.co.uk/info/equipment-motorbike/) - As you can see in the picture above, I started my journey with far too much stuff on my bike, but I did managed to slim it down further into my trip. Carrying too much luggage makes the bike heavier and less fun to ride, but it also over complicates your trip by giving you - [Australia 2013-14 Archive](https://www.tgon.co.uk/blog/australia-archive/) - [Africa 2011-13 Archive](https://www.tgon.co.uk/blog/africa-archive/) - [Europe 2011 Archive](https://www.tgon.co.uk/blog/europe-archive/) - [Support Me](https://www.tgon.co.uk/support-me/) - If you would like to help support the continuation of my content, photographs, blog posts, vlogs and other videos. 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[Wli](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/wli/) - [Tafi Atome](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tafi-atome/) - [Akosombo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/akosombo/) - [Ada Foah](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ada-foah/) - [Cape Coast](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cape-coast/) - [Takoradi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/takoradi/) - [Green Turtle Lodge](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/green-turtle-lodge/) - [Namibia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/namibia/) - [Windhoek](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/windhoek/) - [Kakum](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kakum/) - [Brenu](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/brenu/) - [Busua](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/busua/) - [Walvis Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/walvis-bay/) - [Loubser](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/loubser/) - [Dune 7](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/dune-7/) - [Swakopmund](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/swakopmund/) - [Gamsberg Pass](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/gamsberg-pass/) - [Rehoboth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/rehoboth/) - [Remhoogte Pass](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/remhoogte-pass/) - [Sesriem](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/sesriem/) - [Sossusvlei](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/sossusvlei/) - [Gaub Pass](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/gaub-pass/) - [Cape Cross](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cape-cross/) - [Uis](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/uis/) - [Warmquelle](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/warmquelle/) - [Opuwo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/opuwo/) - [Epupa Falls](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/epupa-falls/) - [Himba](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/himba/) - [Ruacana](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ruacana/) - [Oshakati](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/oshakati/) - [Rundu](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/rundu/) - [Divindu](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/divindu/) - [Botswana](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/botswana/) - [Okavango Delta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/okavango-delta/) - [Seronga](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/seronga/) - [Ngepi Lodge](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ngepi-lodge/) - [Caprivi Strip](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/caprivi-strip/) - [Katima](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/katima/) - [Zambia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/zambia/) - [Livingstone](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/livingstone/) - [Victoria Falls](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/victoria-falls/) - [Lusaka](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lusaka/) - [Chipata](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/chipata/) - [Malawi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/malawi/) - [Lilongwe](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lilongwe/) - [Monkey Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/monkey-bay/) - [Cape Maclear](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cape-maclear/) - [Kande Beach](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kande-beach/) - [Nkhata Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/nkhata-bay/) - [Mbeya](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mbeya/) - [Dar es Salaam](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/dar-es-salaam/) - [Stone Town](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/stone-town/) - [Jambiani](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/jambiani/) - [Zanzigap](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/zanzigap/) - [Mwaka Kogwa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mwaka-kogwa/) - [Ramadhan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ramadhan/) - [UK](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/uk/) - [Europe](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/europe/) - [Holland](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/holland/) - [Berlin](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/berlin/) - [Dresden](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/dresden/) - [Visa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/visa/) - [Welcome Lodge](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/welcome-lodge/) - [Mabuya Lodge](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mabuya-lodge/) - [Jupiter's Travellers](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/jupiters-travellers/) - [Honda Transalp](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/honda-transalp/) - [Malambe Camp](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/malambe-camp/) - [Malaria](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/malaria/) - [Zomba](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/zomba/) - [Mangochi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mangochi/) - [Blantyre](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/blantyre/) - [Mozambique](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mozambique/) - [Tete](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tete/) - [Maputo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/maputo/) - [Tofo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tofo/) - [Christmas](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/christmas/) - [Xmas](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/xmas/) - [Swaziland](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/swaziland/) - [Mlilwane](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mlilwane/) - [Sodwana Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/sodwana-bay/) - [St Lucia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/st-lucia/) - [Durban](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/durban/) - [Coffee Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/coffee-bay/) - [Port Elizabeth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/port-elizabeth/) - [Wild Spirit Backpackers](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/wild-spirit-backpackers/) - [Garden Route](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/garden-route/) - [Australian Visa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/australian-visa/) - [Chest X-Ray](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/chest-x-ray/) - [Cape Town](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cape-town/) - [Qatar](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/qatar/) - [Doha](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/doha/) - [Australia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/australia/) - [Perth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/perth/) - [Sandy Cape](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/sandy-cape/) - [Sand Boarding](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/sand-boarding/) - [Wedge Island](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/wedge-island/) - [Geraldton](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/geraldton/) - [Kalbarri](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kalbarri/) - [Shark Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/shark-bay/) - [Monkey Mia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/monkey-mia/) - [Carnarvon](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/carnarvon/) - [Rocky Pool](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/rocky-pool/) - [Exmouth](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/exmouth/) - [Cape Range National Park](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cape-range-national-park/) - [Karijini](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/karijini/) - [Tom Price](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tom-price/) - [Broome](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/broome/) - [Derby](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/derby/) - [The Kimberley](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/the-kimberley/) - [The Kimberlies](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/the-kimberlies/) - [Kimberley](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kimberley/) - [Windjana](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/windjana/) - [Mitchell Falls](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mitchell-falls/) - [El Questro](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/el-questro/) - [Kununurra](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kununurra/) - [The Kimberleys](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/the-kimberleys/) - [Lake Argyle](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lake-argyle/) - [Katherine](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/katherine/) - [Darwin](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/darwin/) - [Alice Springs](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/alice-springs/) - [Uluru](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/uluru/) - [Kata Tjuta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kata-tjuta/) - [Port Augusta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/port-augusta/) - [Adelaide](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/adelaide/) - [Great Ocean Road](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/great-ocean-road/) - [The Great Ocean Road](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/the-great-ocean-road/) - [The Twelve Apostles](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/the-twelve-apostles/) - [Melbourne](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/melbourne/) - [Tasmania](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tasmania/) - [Hobart](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/hobart/) - [Cockle Creek](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cockle-creek/) - [Tasman Peninsula](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tasman-peninsula/) - [Fortescue Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/fortescue-bay/) - [Wineglass Bay](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/wineglass-bay/) - [Freycinet National Park](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/freycinet-national-park/) - [Cradle Mountain](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cradle-mountain/) - [Cradle Mountain National Park](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cradle-mountain-national-park/) - [Lake King William](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lake-king-william/) - [Lake Saint Claire](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lake-saint-claire/) - [Tahune Forest](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tahune-forest/) - [Vivente World Randonneur](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/vivente-world-randonneur/) - [SE Asia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/se-asia/) - [Bali](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/bali/) - [Indonesia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/indonesia/) - [Monkey Forest](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/monkey-forest/) - [Ubud](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ubud/) - [Kuta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kuta/) - [South Kuta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/south-kuta/) - [Pura Gunung Kawi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/pura-gunung-kawi/) - [Lombok](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lombok/) - [Mataram](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/mataram/) - [Amed](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/amed/) - [Singaraja](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/singaraja/) - [Singaraja Immigration Office](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/singaraja-immigration-office/) - [Gili Air](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/gili-air/) - [3wDive](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/3wdive/) - [Diving Gili Islands](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/diving-gili-islands/) - [Java](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/java/) - [East Java](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/east-java/) - [Banyuwangi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/banyuwangi/) - [Ijen Sulphur Volcano](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ijen-sulphur-volcano/) - [Ijen Crater](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/ijen-crater/) - [Yogyakarta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/yogyakarta/) - [Borobudur](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/borobudur/) - [Goa Pindul](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/goa-pindul/) - [Jakarta](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/jakarta/) - [MONAS](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/monas/) - [Indonesian National Monument](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/indonesian-national-monument/) - [Borneo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/borneo/) - [Balikpapan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/balikpapan/) - [Orangutans](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/orangutans/) - [Orang-utans](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/orang-utans/) - [Proboscis Monkey](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/proboscis-monkey/) - [Dayak](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/dayak/) - [Dayak Tribe](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/dayak-tribe/) - [Kalimantan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kalimantan/) - [Derawan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/derawan/) - [Manta Rays](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/manta-rays/) - [Maratua](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/maratua/) - [Kakaban](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kakaban/) - [Sangalaki](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/sangalaki/) - [Green Turtle](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/green-turtle/) - [Baby Turtles](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/baby-turtles/) - [Malaysia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/malaysia/) - [Brunei](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/brunei/) - [SEAsia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/seasia/) - [Kuala Lumpur](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/kuala-lumpur/) - [Banjarmasin](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/banjarmasin/) - [Palangkaraya](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/palangkaraya/) - [Lok Baintan Floating Market](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lok-baintan-floating-market/) - [Lok Baintan](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lok-baintan/) - [Petronas Towers](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/petronas-towers/) - [Tgon's Travels](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/tgons-travels/) - [South America](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/south-america/) - [Bikepacking](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/bikepacking/) - [Chile](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/chile/) - [Santiago de Chile](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/santiago-de-chile/) - [Vina del Mar](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/vina-del-mar/) - [Valparaiso](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/valparaiso/) - [Cachagua](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cachagua/) - [Zapallar](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/zapallar/) - [La Ligua](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/la-ligua/) - [La Serena](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/la-serena/) - [Bahia Inglesa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/bahia-inglesa/) - [Calama](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/calama/) - [San Pedro de Atacama](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/san-pedro-de-atacama/) - [Bolivia](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/bolivia/) - [Uyuni](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/uyuni/) - [La Paz](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/la-paz/) - [Death Road](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/death-road/) - [Caranavi](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/caranavi/) - [San Borja](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/san-borja/) - [Santa Elena](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/santa-elena/) - [Santa Rosa](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/santa-rosa/) - [El Triangulo](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/el-triangulo/) - [Pando](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/pando/) - [Brazil](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/brazil/) - [Peru](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/peru/) - [Boca Manu](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/boca-manu/) - [Iñapari](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/inapari/) - [Boca Colorado](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/boca-colorado/) - [Puerto Maldonado](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/puerto-maldonado/) - [Salvacion](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/salvacion/) - [Cusco](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/cusco/) - [Urubamba](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/urubamba/) - [Machu Picchu](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/machu-picchu/) - [Lima](https://www.tgon.co.uk/tag/lima/)