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LATEST ARTICLES ( 311 )

• Developing/Developed World Cycling: The Ironies of the Road

  

  “Half the fun of the travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” Coming into Tblisi was downright frightening. It wasn’t the four lanes of fast moving traffic which... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• An Unconventional Hero: The President of Uruguay

  “A poor person is not someone who has little but one who needs infinitely more, and more and more. I don’t live in poverty, I live in simplicity. There’s very... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Oh the Beauty of the Mountains

  

  “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” After coming up and over the pass we ended up passing through a gorgeous valley surrounded by the Caucasus,... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Foods We Cook

  

  “When we are young, we don’t take anything too seriously. But slowly, this set of daily rituals becomes solidified, and takes us over. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Georgian Cuisine

  

  “He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” I haven’t ever given much thought to talking about or... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Camping is the Best

  

  “Do not squander this time. You will never have it again. You have a crucial opportunity to invest in the next season of your life now. Whatever you sow, you... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Get Outdoors. Period.

  

  “If not now. When?” Kevin and I realized the other day that we haven’t spent more than five minutes with a roof over our heads in months now. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• WOW: Women on Wheels

  

  “Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” -Susan B. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• It’s The Little Things That Count

  

  “And if you’re not as young as you’d like (few of us are), travel anyway. It may not be easy or practical, but it’s worth it. Traveling allows you to feel more... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Cycle Touring Gear

  

  “I was never a cyclist. Merely a person with a bicycle.” I have recently had a few questions about my gear, and though I really don’t know anything about... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Art of Drinking Wine: A Georgian Tradition

  

  “When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.” Though I have mentioned it many times already, wine in Georgia is an essential part of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• We Are Modern Day Nomads: An Ode to the Road

  “You live your life and tell me it can’t be done, I’ll live mine and show you it can.” – Kevin Dugan We wake up at sunrise to the chirping birds and the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Who Reads My Blog

  “Don’t tell me has educated you are. Tell me how much you have traveled.” I am very curious as to who reads my blog and why, so if you guys wouldn’t mind... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Cyclists Nightmare

  

  “The art of being happy lies in the art of extracting happiness from common things.” I am an absolute animal lover. Kevin can’t even watch an animal based... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Hardest Transition

  

  “Sometimes I think a soulmate is the person who can make you the most “you” that you could possibly be.” Though I have already written about “Travel Alone VS... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Why Travel is Permanent

  “Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” People often ask me if I plan... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• A Stormy Indian Night

  

  “Adventure: the pursuite of life.” This story, about a stormy night in the Himalayas, was recently published on the “solo female traveler” blog I have been... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• A Picnic With a Bunch of Rowdy Church-Goers

  

  “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” The way up and then down from Omalo... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• Omalo: Isolation in the Hills

  

  “Well, meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams.” Omalo, which is in the mountainous region of Tusheti near... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL

• The Toughest Road

  

  “Later, we simply let life proceed, on its own direction, toward its own fate. But, unfortunately, very few follow the path laid out for them- the path to... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 DESTINATIONS, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS, TRAVEL