Bob and Claire Rogers have moved their Shangri-la, 2009 Asian Adventure blogs to a First to Last blog format. Relive their adventures from Tibetan China through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Read the rest of this article…
Before we began our Asian tandem bicycle adventure, I read Confucian quotes and often couldn’t relate. This I chalked up to lack of depth on my part, and perhaps the enigmatic nature of Eastern thought. After encountering many times the simplicity, and discomfort, he describes, I now understand. Read the rest of this article…
Bob and Claire Rogers’ video wrap-up of their adventurous tandem bicycle journey from Tibet to Thailand via Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Rescued from freezing by Tibetans, taken in by a village when they were lost in the Lao jungle. Read the rest of this article…
Happy Christmas from Bangkok. We’ll celebrate by crossing the International Date Line on Christmas Day.
Bob and Claire Rogers prepare to return home from their adventurous tandem bicycle tour from Tibet to Bangkok.
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It’s very easy to lose a week in Bangkok. It is more Western than it was when we were here last nearly 10 years ago, but still exotic, still endearing in so many ways. The people are beautiful, the traffic reasonable, compared to China, and the food, the food, heavenly, and inexpensive. Oh, the weather is not bad either, after you become accustomed to sunshine and 90f. Read the rest of this article…
Bob Rogers and Claire Rogers are in Bangkok after finishing their tandem bicycle tour of China and SE Asia. A video introduction to Thailand. Read the rest of this article…
This tour bus/truck accident had to be fatal. The truck was destroyed, and from the looks of this bus, the driver and tour leader were killed, and no doubt some passengers.
In SE Asia they mark the pavement with white paint, showing the outlines of where the victims, and their vehicles came to rest. The first few of these fairly fresh markings were a bit shocking, but we became accustomed to them. The bent bicycle, with a person lying motionless in a rice paddy of Yunnan Provence, China, was more personal.
The majority of the accidents were motorbikes, with bicycles coming in a close second. In most of SE Asia, motorbikes outnumber autos and trucks 50 to 1, but bicycles are just on the bottom of the food chain. Read the rest of this article…
Zippy shrink wrapped and ready for China. The wheels are in two other boxes, along with tools and sharp objects, a third bag will carry tent and sleeping bag for the high mountains. We’ll carry cameras and the computer in … Read the rest of this article…