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The Road That Has No End


How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure.

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Down The Road in South America

A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.

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We finally made it to the beach, Omoa, Honduras


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The Ongoing Multi-Year Bike Tour and Travel Story.
March 30, 2002 to Present and 20+ years to go!

We are Tim and Cindie Travis, an ordinary American couple who decide to live out our dreams.  We saved our money, quit our jobs, sold our possessions, and set off to travel around the world by bicycle.  We left our home in Arizona, USA on March 2002 and have been on the road ever since.  We have no plans to stop.  This web site contains our ongoing travel blog, short videos and photo journal.  We update our web site regularly, on location.

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Our 1st book:  The Road That Has No End

How we traded our ordinary lives for a global bicycle touring adventure.
Our 2nd book:  Down The Road in South America

A bicycle tour through poverty, paradise, and the places in between.
Our New Book: Down The Road in Thailand, Cambodia & Vietnam

A Bicycle Tour Through War, Genocide and Forgiveness

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Look at Touring Bicycle Equipment:
Custom Bike Upgrade Buyers Guide and Buying the Best Touring Bicycle or Commuting Bike

Look at Bike Tour Camping Gear: Our Highly Evolved Packing List

Watch Video: Australian Radio Interview and slide show with Cindie (4:20) more videos HERE

Hear mp3 Audio: interview with Darren Alff of Bicycle Touring Pro

Hear mp3 Audio: Hear Chapter 1 of our Audio Book! "The Road That Has No End" and find out how we met, whose idea was it to travel long term, and how we afford it?  (Purchase full version HERE )

Read Book:  The first chapter of our second book  "Down The Road in South America"

Read Article:  What have we learned?

Read Article:  Dreaming of Endless Bicycle Travel

Read Newsletter:  RoadNews Newsletter Five Years DownTheRoad: a Different kind of endurance.   (receive email updates from us? Sign Up Here!)

And More...  Latest News Blog : Videos : Picture Gallery : Journals : Travel Plan - Finances - Equipment - Twitter - Our Books - About Us - Media Room - Shopping - Photo Use Info - Contact

 Where we have been more videos HERE

Places we have visited

DSC00009.JPG (597482 bytes)North & Central America (3-30-02 to 4-17-03) Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

South America  (6-3-03 to 6-17-04) Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.

China & Southeast Asia  (11- 22, 04 to 9-15-06) Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Laos, Thailand again, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Australia (9-15-06 to 9-15-07) The states of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Victoria again, New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

New Zealand ( 9-16-07 to 5-2-08) North and South Island

Alaska / Canada / USA (5-3-08 to present) Visiting family and exploring our own back yard

Our Future Plans.  (now to ) Our travel plans are always changing but that has never stopped us from thinking ahead.


Index  This web site is bigger than most people think.  It has been constructed over several years in hotel rooms and our tent while traveling through dozens of countries.   It has 1000's of pages and many hidden areas that only the determined repeat visitor can find.  The bulk of the pages are organized into an index for each continent.  These indexes are a great way to quickly learn the basic structure of our web site and find something specific.  Click below to go to each continent's index.

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Short Downloadable Videos  Traveling around the world on bicycles since 2002 provides unique opportunities to capture in photography the rich layers of culture that make up the fabric of the societies we visit.  We have shot several hours of video in exotic countries from the seat of our touring bicycles. These movies are turned into short videos and released at regular intervals.  Check out our special web site where you can watch these videos today Watch Videos HERE

You can also subscribe to receive these free downloadable videos as they are released by sending a blank email to: http://www.downtheroad.org/EmailSignUp.htm


Tim's Thumbnails and Pictures Gallery  I believe that the best pictures are taken at the most awkward times.  I keep our camera in my handlebar bag, always ready to record that incredible moment.  We have thousands of pictures posted on www.downtheroad.org.  Click to see the complete photo index  (Tim)


Cindie's Daily Journals Written as She Travels:  My journal started on the first day when Tim got a flat tire and has continued ever since.  I describe our surroundings, my general impressions, catalog daily distances ridden and record costs when possible.  Click to see the complete journal index.  (Cindie)

TIP  At the top and bottom of Tim's Thumbnail pages and Cindie's Journals are arrows that will lead to the next section like turning pages in a book.

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RoadNews: Emailed updates sent from the road  What started as regular updates emailed to both of our families has turned into a tradition with  thousands of email subscribers   Sign up HERE to receive our email update sent every four to eight weeks.


How did you two meet?  Who's idea was it to sell everything and travel around the world on bicycles?  How can you afford it?  We get asked these questions the most.   It seems impossible that we could make the decision to go, save up the traveling funds, sell everything we own, quit our careers, and take off on bicycles.  All of these questions are answered in the first chapter of our book which is available to read free online.  MP3 Audio: Hear Chapter 1 of our Audio Book!


Equipment and Gear Reviews:  Selecting bicycle touring and camping equipment always involves difficult decisions.  We do not claim to know it all but some aspects of gear selection we have learned the hard way over the years.  We try to share our gear experiences in an open minded and scientific way.


Help Us Travel and Continue this Web Site: We are always pleasantly surprised when someone writes and asks us how they can help us continue our travels.  It may be easier than you think.  A simple link to www.downtheroad.org from your web site actually helps us a lot.  Web site owners can also add information to their web sites about our book and where to buy it.  By far the most popular way to keep us on the road is by shopping. Buying our book is an excellent way to get to know us while adding to our time out on the road. .  If you find our web site enjoyable and valuable there is another popular way to continue it.  Shopping on line at one of our participating store links provides us with a small commission with no extra cost to you.  Read the full details of all the ways to support this web site HERE.

Buy our book here.

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Print Me (1 page):  We have a printable flyer that describes our trip that loads on your browser and prints on one standard piece of paper.


Contacting us:  Contacting us is easy with email.  We try to send/receive our email at least once every two weeks.  If you write us it may be 2 - 4  weeks before we are able to send our reply back.  We reply to every reasonable email if we are able.


      
     

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Bicycle touring along the beach in Costa Rica

We have bicycle toured in Central/South America, Asia, Australia, and Canada

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Bicycle Touring Laos in South East Asia

5:15 min. VIDEO

Where do you work and write as you bicycle tour abroad or travel overseas?

1:17 Min. VIDEO

Prescott, Ariz. couple traveling the world on their bikes ride through Central New York

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Tim & Cindie Travis Interview with Pueblo Colorado Public Television

 1:03 Min.VIDEO

Radio interview with DownTheRoad.org and NPR public radio of Flagstaff, Arizona

4:30 Min. VIDEO

Radio interview with pictures with KGNU

5:14 Min. VIDEO

Cycle Tour South America

2:55 min. VIDEO

Australian Radio (ABC) Interview with Cindie Travis
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5:01 min. VIDEO

Tasmania, Australia: Penguins and Kangaroos

5:01 min. VIDEO

Bicycle Tour Australia's Great Ocean Road

4:11 min. VIDEO

Touring Cyclist Home Stay Malaysia SE Asia

5:36 min. VIDEO

Have You Ever Wanted To See The World

1 min. VIDEO


A Great Intro!

Bicycle touring  Thailand SE Asia

4:36 min. VIDEO

Bicycle Touring Laos in South East Asia

5:15 min. VIDEO

MP3 Audio: KNAU/NPR Flagstaff, Arizona - Morning Edition
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/KNAU_Flagstaff_Arizona.MP3

MP3 Audio: San Francisco BikeScape podcast (see blog post) with Jon Winston (60 minutes)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/An_Endless_Tour_with_Cindy_and_Tim_Travis.mp3

MP3 Audio: Hear our radio interview (mp3) with KGNU Denver/Boulder  (53:35 minutes)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/Metro_Radio_Interview.mp3

MP3 Audio: This is Cindie's 2nd radio interview in Australia and this time she is in the studio with great sound quality (18:45 minutes)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/ABC_mid_northern_coast56.MP3

MP3 Audio: Bike Tourist podcast Interview (54 minutes)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/DownTheRoadDOTorg_mp3_Interview56.mp3

MP3 Audio: ABC Radio, Australia Interview (10 minutes)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/ABCwollongongNSW56.MP3

MP3 Audio: Hear Chapter 1 of our 7.5 hour Audio Book!
"The Road That Has No End"
(34:15 minutes Purchase full version HERE )
 http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/MP3/Audio_Book_CH1_www_DownTheRoad_org.mp3

 

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