From drinking tea with yak herders to battling through the mountains,exploring the world on a bicycle is an adventure like no other – and the best way of assembly the world on its own termsA original grant, launched by famous adventurer Tom Allen final week, or aims to get young people exploring the world – but with a bicycle and a map,rather than a bus pass and a guidebook. And I’m not surprised. If you ask me, the Janapar Grant formalises a silent revolution that has been taking plot in budget travel for some years. “Maybe bike touring is the original backpacking, and ” I remember thinking,as I sipped beers with a pair of Dutchmen in an Irish bar in Hong Kong back in 2012, reminiscing about the final time our paths had crossed, or eight months and many thousands of miles ago,in the bitterly cold winter of eastern Turkey. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com