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Scuol, Switzerland ‐ Jun 4, 2023

50 km

Home
Ried im Oberinntal, Austria

30 km

Too late to cykle home, bad light and dark
Zams
Vienna

100 km
Bratislava, Slovakia

70 km
Kisbajcs, Hungary

120 km
Budapest

75 km
Lajosmizse

140 km
Szeged

140 km
45.357372, 19.780122

109 km
Pančevo, Serbia

94 km
Jagodina

140 km
Aleksinac Municipality

121 km
City of Pirot

118 km
Pancharevo, Bulgaria

130 km

Airbnb
Plovdiv

90 km
Dimitrovgrad

110 km
Edirne, Turkey

100 km
Keşan

70 km
Edirne Çanakkale Yolu
Lapseki

157 km
Çıkrıkçı

108 km
Izmir ‐ Nov 22, 2023
Alanya/Antalya

131 km
Bozyazı

114 km
Silifke

128 km
Akdeniz

160 km
Adana

160 km
Gaziantep-Osmaniye yolu

149 km
Gaziantep

132 km
Mezarlık

110 km
Kayapınar

154 km
Batman

160 km
Tatvan

140 km
Muradiye

134 km
Sağdıç ‐ May 1, 2023

100 km

Only 100 k but took the whole day to Dogubayazit. Took 2 hrs passing the border, so much people. Arrived in Dogubayazit, such a nice town. Stayed with warmshowers and exchanged simcards with a traveler going to Iran and I gave him my Iranian debit card.

+6
Maku, Iran

Very nice little town. Nice hotel 10 Euro. Great breakfast
دهستان حاجیلارجنوبی

100 km

Desert camp again
Marand ‐ Nov 22, 2023

68 km

Easy day. Staed in a very nice hotel, 10 Euro, nice breakfast
Tabriz ‐ Apr 30, 2023

119 km

Came late in dark to Tabriz, no airbnb. Hotels full. A man stopped me asking if I had a place to sleep, he offered me his home. First we fetched his dasughter in evening school then home. He lived nicely but they were a little religious
دهستان قرانقو

150 km
Rajin

150 km
Zanjan

184 km

Slept in desert
Qazvin

174 km
Tehran ‐ Apr 26, 2023

Fed up cykling. Took the train. Very nice train ride. While waiting for my bike a lady is coming up asking if I need help. She stayed with me 2 hrs until we realised the bike comes with the train tomorrow.. She gave me a ride to my Airbnb host and stayed with us for dinner and my first vine this journey.

+9
شهر یزد

125 km
Anar

200 km
Sirjan

144 km
دهستان طارم Hajjabad

150 km
Bandar Abbas ‐ Apr 27, 2023

85 km
دهستان خمیر ‐ Nov 22, 2023

+4
Bandar-e Lengeh ‐ Apr 26, 2023

90 km
Dubai, United Arab Emirates ‐ Apr 24, 2023

123 km
Hatta

130 km
Liwa, Oman ‐ Apr 23, 2023

130 km
As Suwaiq

110 km
Seeb

120 km

Same airbnb
Jinnah

100 km

Baech camping
Sur ‐ Apr 14, 2023

100 km

Full speed, 100 km in 3 h
Wadi Bani Khaled Muqal ‐ Nov 22, 2023

61 km

1000 m elevation

+2
22.493079, 58.946775 ‐ Apr 11, 2023

121 km

Difficult through desert
Zukayt

136 km

Easy ride first part, difficult "off road". Nice hotel, bargained to 10Euro
Misfat al Abriyeen ‐ Nov 22, 2023

50 km

Stayed in the nice palm area in Hamra

+6
23.236545, 57.159445
Jabal ash Sham 2970 m, Oman

+11
Jebel Shams

Towards J Shams. Muriel to UAE
Misfat al Abriyeen

10 km

Very heavy uphill. We slept here with a great view one night

+13
Al Hamra

60 km

Together with Muriel. Ate something and then continued to Misfat

+14
Nizwa Falaj Daris

+3
Nizwa, Oman

140 km

Met Muriel in Nizwa, nicest place in Oman. We camped in a park near Tanuf. I could swim in the Falaj Daris
Seeb

20 km
Junction 5

20 km

To bike shop for new tires
Seeb

170 km

All the way to Seeb and my Airbnb for 10 E per night
Sohar

150 km

Very fast ride to Sohar where I could get Omani Riyals and a sim card. Contiinued to a cheap nice hotel in Saham.
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates ‐ Mar 30, 2023

144 km

Very boring ride to Al Ain. Cars passing very fast. In Saudi I never needed to buy water but here only one person stopped giving water, an Indian. Had horrible spicy Indian food, asked them if I could sleep in front or behind the restaurant..wow, they were very scared, said camping not possible. Didnt listen, found a nice garden for my tent.
Mohamed Bin Zayed City

120 km

Stopped just before Abu Dhabi for sleeping in the dunes
Tarif

155 km

Found a beach with shower. Slept in a hut by the beach
Al Wuhaydah

Hard cykling to Sila, easy passing the UAE border. Saudi side very nice. Indian restaurant and then looked for a place to sleep, need to get a simcard tomorrow. Slept on a sofa in a park
طريق الجيبان, Saudi Arabia

153 km

Nice slow biking today. Camped behind a sand dune
Al-Hofuf

150 km

came late to Hufuf, hungry. A car stopped giving me food bags. Hotel
Dhahran
26.33319, 50.004434
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

170 km

Came late to hotel. The lady asked for my Whatsapp, not passport. Visited my old hospital the next day. Was brought around by security
25.364365, 49.203191

170 km
منتزه سعد, Saudi Arabia

170 km
Riyadh

650 km

Got a ride all the way to Riyadh
Radwan

170 km
Az Zaymah ‐ Nov 22, 2023

140 km

Heavy uphill, 2000 m.
Jeddah ‐ Mar 22, 2023

178 km

Boring riding to Jeddah but cars often stop giving water. Difficult camping as road is fenced in. Jeddah has had a face lift and lots of people cykling/walking along the Qourniche

+26
Masturah

155 km
Yanbu`

163 km

Tried to find my old hospital but failed
Umluj

170 km
26.200509, 36.499204

150 km
Duba, Saudi Arabia

150 km
Ad Disah

112 km
Duba
27.665305, 36.57915

112 km
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia ‐ Mar 21, 2023

100 km

+3
Haqil ‐ Nov 21, 2023

120 km

A day up, up, up but with tailwind so easy to ride. Camped along the road, very cold night here on 2500 meters elevation. Next day, three flat tires and no more spares. Two youngsters stopped and gave me a ride to Tabuk and a bike shop where they paid a new tube. Then they invited me home for tea, brought me to a hotel they paid. Next day back to the bike shop and bought more inner tubes. Didnt want to do it with the young ones cause they insisted on paying.

+4
Haql ‐ Mar 19, 2023

60 km

It was raining all the way from Aqaba to Haql. Managed to get a sim card here. Difficult to find a hotel and raining too much for camping. Some Saudi youngsters offered me a place in their stable.

+29

Haql rainstorm
Aqaba, Jordan

60 km

Nice town and a real contrast between tourists walking in mini whilke all Jordan women are in black all covered.
29.546505, 35.132781
Jordan Trail

60 km

Airbnb in the desert. Very difficult to cykle here.

+5
Wadi Musa ‐ Mar 16, 2023

225 km

Sleeping desert
Madaba

140 km
Jordan Street

Ali was waiting at the Syrian border for me with my visa. Paid 300 dollars. Took 5 hrs to reach the Jordan border. Ali is Christian from Aleppo. He changed his name to Ali during Al Qaedas occupation. It was a horrible time and the people danced in the streets and could celebrate Xmas for the first time in 5 years after the Syrian army liberated Aleppo. We said Aleppo has fallen.
Anjar, Lebanon

138 km

Hardest ride so far, very hilly, bad traffic
Tripoli ‐ Mar 14, 2023
Port of Tasucu, Turkey

64 km

Good timing. Container ship leaving in 4 hrs. 200 dollars. Nice single hut and warm shower. Will sleep all the way to Tripoli
Aydıncık ‐ Mar 13, 2023

169 km

Hotel
Antalya ‐ Mar 11, 2023

150 km

Hotel again
Antalya ‐ Mar 9, 2023

190 km

Hotel again, too cold to sleep outdoors
Fethiye ‐ Mar 8, 2023

Arrived in Fethye early morning, started towards Antalya
Rhodes, Greece
Piraeus ‐ Mar 7, 2023

102 km

Arrived just in time for the ferry to Rhodos
Municipal Unit of Corinth ‐ Mar 6, 2023

193 km

Hotel 10 Eçuro
Municipal Unit of Stratos ‐ Nov 5, 2023

190 km
Igoumenitsa

Slept all the way to Greece
Venice, Italy ‐ Mar 3, 2023

175 km

Came to Venice an hour before the ferry to Igoumenitsa left. Nice boat ride, slept most of the time
Cascina Biocco Superiore

193 km

Started from Maloja in minus 9 degrees in summer clothes. Plus degrees down by lake Como. Stayed in airbnb in Brescia
Maloja, Switzerland ‐ Mar 3, 2023

Started my tour from here in minus 9 and summer dressed. Very cold cykling but got better at lake Como.

Maloja biking