Wednesday 12/10/08 Santiago, Chile
I stumbled across this awesome blog on the Crazyguyonabike database last night. A newlywed couple from the U.S. is in the middle of a long bike-tour-honeymoon. Bike-tour-honeymoons are cooler than lots of other types of honeymoons–see for yourself. Filled with lots of amazing pictures, the Mongolian posts are particularly fascinating.
If you, like me, check out the blog above and are left craving all things related to Mongolian bike trips, check out this blog as well. Its author is the cyclist I met in Japan who inspired me to get into bike touring, Graydon Hazenberg. Graydon, an eccentric guy with a mop of blond frizzy hair atop his head, dropped out of Harvard, putting a Master’s in astronomy on hold, to travel the world. He’s articulate and his various travel blogs on the net are interesting reads. In 1994, when $17,000 US could buy you a multi-year dream trip and then some, he won $17,000 on Jeopardy. So he went traveling. His name, when googled, can lead you down all sorts of interesting cyber rabbit holes.
Andrew, we are Erin’s parents and saw the message you left on their guest book today. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/guestbook/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=3259&v=eO. Good to have you aboard their travels and now we will be following your trip as well. What a neat idea, volunteering your time to teach English in the areas of your travels. If your travels, (after you return from Africa!) bring you past Cheyenne, give us a call.
GREAT photo of your feet!
Tailwinds to you as well!
Pete and Ruth Arnold
Cheyenne, Wyoming
By: Pete and Ruth on December 11, 2008
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