Introduction

February 28, 2015

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Seven years after our last big-bike-trip we are going to try one more round-the-world adventure "before we get too old".

Roughly our plan is to spend two years on the road. We'll fly to the Netherlands on March 24 to visit with Patrick's family and start cycling on April 1, 2015. First across eastern Europe towards Istanbul, then Turkey to Georgia. We will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary July 8th when in Georgia.

After that comes Africa, this time Nairobi to Capetown, India, Himalayas, Pamir Highway and Mongolia. We would like to return the southeastern Asian countries we visited on our last trip (2006-07) to see different areas, parts of Indonesia we haven't seen and end the ride from Darwin along the west coast of Australia to Perth. Or we may continue on to South America.

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Past cycle tours:

1992-93 Rachel cycled New Zealand (where she met Patrick) then Australia

1992-93 Patrick cycled Netherlands to Turkey, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand (where he met Rachel), USA

1994 Patrick and Rachel met up in Capetown and cycled to Nairobi (6 months), flew to Spain and cycled to Holland (3 months)

1994 Crossing the Equator in KenyaCycled Capetown to Nairobi

1994 Looking back to Africa from GibralterCycling to Ossendrecht Holland

July 8th, 1995 married Missoula Montana and did 5 week bike honeymoon ride through Glacier National Park to Yellowstone National Park and back to Missoula. We had two sets of shirts, yellow and gray.

Let's Get There on the front of our honeymoon shirts

July 8, 2015 Gori, Georgia Same shirts we wore on our 5 week honeymoon bike ride in 1995 with the 20 years and date added

1997 Yucatan: Three weeks

1999-2000 South America: Santiago Chile to Ushuaia, boarded a Russian Ship to Antarctica. Then flew to Buenos Aires and cycled to Cusco Peru, then hiked the Inca Trial

When we reached Ushuaia, we got on board of a Russian Ship: A 10 day trip across the Drake Passage to Antarctica

2006-07 Indonesia, Thailand, SE Asia, China, Tibet, Nepal then flying to Alaska and cycling home to Boise, Idaho from the Arctic circle

2006-07 Lhasa TibetFrom Dequin Yunnan China across Eastern Tibet (illegally)

2006-07 Tashi Delak Hotel, flew from Katmandu to Alaska and cycled home to Boise from the arctic circle.

Arriving home from our last big-trip in 2007

1994 Patrick returning to Ossendrecht after cycling around the world and with Rachel from Capetown.

And now, April 1, 2015 We leave Patrick's home village, Ossendrecht Holland

Finally on our way again. April 1, 2015, leaving Ossendrecht Holland

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