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Cycling

I started bicycle touring when I first moved to the Netherlands in 1993. My cycling buddy Edward Melger and I started small, and increased the length of our weekend trips through the Netherlands until we decided to take the step and go on a cycling holiday. A week cycling holiday grew to a 2 month holiday in 2013 to a 2 year affair in 2014-2016 cycling from the Netherlands to Australia. Since living in Australia I have done shorter trips to cycling hotspots.

Europe

Here are the major cycle trips in Europe.

• 1994 Netherlands – Sweden – Netherlands
• 1995 Delft (Netherlands) – Paris (France)
• 1997 Tønsberg – Bodø (Norway)
• 2000 Aachen (Germany) – Berlin (Germany)
• 2000-2003 Aachen (Germany) – Palermo (Italy)
  • 2000 Aachen (Germany) – Andermatt (Switzerland)
  • 2001 Andermatt (Switzerland) – Pisa (Italy)
  • 2002 Pisa (Italy) – Napoli (Italy)
  • 2003 Napoli (Italy) – Palermo (Italy)
• 2012 Bodø – Nordkapp (Norway)
• 2013 Harwich – London – Breda
• 2013 Eindhoven – Paris
• 2013 Paris – Limoges
• 2013 Eindhoven – Nordkapp (Norway)

World cycle

From 2014-2016 I was en route from the Netherlands to Australia.

• 2014-2016 Eindhoven (NL) – Sydney (AUS)

Asia

As well as crossing Asia on my across the world trip, I cycled in the Indian Himalayas.

• 2018 Northern India

South America

In 2019 I cycled from the coast in Chile up to some of the highest roads in South America.

• 2019 Chile and Bolivia

Australia

I crossed Australia as part of my across the world cycle trip. In COVID-affected 2020 I cycled across New South Wales and back. I have done a lot of exploring in and around Sydney.

• 2018 Rides around Sydney
• 2020 Outback New South Wales

Hiking

There is something special with disappearing into the wilderness, pack on your back, and emerging weeks later. And, I mean into wild nature. No paths. No cafes. No car parks. No cable-cars. Just the wide open, the skies – the sun, the wind, the rain. Rugged mountains. Wide sweeping plains. Wild rivers. Endless forests.

I love the arctic. So untouched and raw. Rocky mountains, U-shaped valleys formed by the glaciers creeping, oozing down the mountain sides over the millennia. And I love the eternal light. The far north – the land of the midnight sun.

Here are some of my hiking trips. I will be adding posts on these trips in the coming weeks.

• Svalbard, 2012
• Auyuittuq National Park, Canada, 2011
• Northern Finland, 2010
• Iceland, 2009
• Kakadu National Park, Australia 2002
• Carr Boyd Ranges, Australia 2001