We're in Hanoi. Bikes are OK. We didn't have to pay more for the excess weight. At first glance they seem to be allright. Tomorrow we'll start assembling them back. In the meantime we're getting acclimated with a typical dinner on the streets of the old quarter. Sitting on some kind of mini stools on the sidewalk we even enjoied the famous Bia Hoi Beer (5 beers=1$)...

Crossing the two American continents and experiencing all the different climes as well as catching sight of all the scenery is my vision of a perfect trip. Furthermore in 2008 I was travelling through South America for four months, and also I have sufficient knowledge of the two languages spoken along the Panamericana. This is why I felt even more attracted to ride along this famous road...

Start date: 12 June 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska. Arrival date: 23 January 2009 in Ushuaia, Argentina. We chose to travel by bicycle because it forces us to slow down. For 20 months, we have travelled and learned about different parts of the world, different cultures and, last but not least, ourselves.

Matthieu Monceaux travelled around the world in two years, with a Challenge Distance. Read more about his world trip on his personal website by clicking this link.

Matthieu Monceaux travelled around the world in two years, with a Challenge Distance. Read more about his world trip on his personal website by clicking this link.

In going through my photos I realized I had cycled across hundreds of bridges along the Panamerican Highway. Some small and seemingly insignificant, some majestic and famous. All of them helping to make the journey easier and often offering great vistas. Read the full report...

In the spring of 2009 I cycled to the North Cape, along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark en Norway. A long, tough but above all beautiful journey of 4625 kilometers. Read the full report... 

At the border between Norway and Russia is a hamlet called Grense Jakobselv. In the late summer and early autumn of 2010 I rode to this place, and back again. Read the full report...

Erik Bleeker travelled the North Sea Cycle Route on his Challenge Fujin. Read the full report...