A motorcycle stops next to me. He starts a conversation with me in Farsi. I understand little of it but I see that he has good intentions. He reads my letter in Farsi about my journey. He offers to help.…
A policeman looks at me with a deadly serious face from behind his desk. I smile kindly to him. From head to toe he scans me, then makes eye contact and ask: “Are you sick?” A large question mark pops…
A year ago I decided to throw my life a bit upside down. Without much international cycle experience and together with some random purchased gear and a bike, I left Rotterdam on February 2, 2015 to attempt to cycle to Singapore…
Tehran is the busy, dusty and chaotic center of Iran. After four months of cycling from Rotterdam in the Netherlands I reached this city. A practical stop because I’m not a city lover. I prefer the welcoming interior of nature,…
After some of the most intensive weeks of my life I arrived in a new capital. After Skopje, Sofia, Istanbul and Yerevan I am now in the capital of Iran, Tehran. I wanted to quickly pass the last 700 kilometers…
On a sports field in the village Agarat in Armenia I wake up in the morning. Today is the day, I think, today I’m going to cross the Iranian border. I have read of other stories from bicycle travelers that…
Translated from the Armenian language lav means good. I use it as my love for Armenia that grow during the time I’ve cycled here. With pride I am on my bike again from a break in Yerevan. I just turned…
I feel wild and free and I want to show that in another video of Rotterdam to Singapore by bicycle. Enjoy the third episode and let me know what you think about it. Please consider to make a small donation…
Immediately after crossing the border from Turkey to Georgia I make a stop at a local supermarket. It’s always interesting what I’m going see in a supermarket in another culture. From the Balkans on, every country had something new in…
I’ve just managed to make a campfire. I put one of my slices of Turkish bread in a pan on the fire. Just at the moment that I want to toast the bread I hear voices in the distance. I…