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Alaska / Canada / USA
5-3-08 to present
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New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
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Australia
9-15-06 to 9 -16 - 07
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SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06
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South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04
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North & Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03
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Equipment Pages Index

Introduction
How Much to Bring and Weight
Some Advise About Advise
A Note to Perspective Sponsors and Gear Suppliers

START HERE for Touring Bikes and Commuting Bicycles
Bicycle Touring Frames 
The Steel Repair Myth.
Steel and Aluminum Derailleur Hanger Repair.
Bicycle Touring Wheels
Phil Wood: The Best Bicycle Hubs

Panniers / Bike Bags
Cargo Trailers Vs Panniers
Tires for Bike Tours..
Bicycle Touring Saddles.
Cindie's Women's Specific Bike Touring Saddles
Brooks Leather Touring Bicycle Saddle Care and Conditioning
Bike Computer
Touring Handlebars, Bar Ends, Adjustable Stems, and Padded Grips.
Sealed Cartridge Headsets

Camping
Buying Camping Equipment
Tent and Ground Cloth
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping Pad
Camp Stove
Pots and Pans
Water Filter

Clothing
Bike Touring Shorts

Health and First Aide

Electrical
Short-wave Radio
Computer
Internet
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Books
Packing list
Pictures of Equipment Failures
Shopping

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

1:39 Min. VIDEO

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

Australian Radio (ABC) Interview with Cindie Travis

5:01 min. VIDEO

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Image of Inner Mongolia.

Photo of our touring bikes in Inner Mongolia.

Cindie taking a break from cycling on the long deserted dirt road in Inner Mongolia, China.

A lonely stretch of the road.

A house with a thatched mud roof.

Picture of small village or town in Inner Mongolia with washed out bridge.

Close up of small village.

The grasslands of Inner Mongolia.

Picture of Tim getting water from a village well.  The Chinese man in the white shirt is lowering a bucket tied to a rope while the other Mongolian men are reading our printed flyer printed in Mandarin.

Photo of Cindie mountain biking on the trail to our camp.

Picture taken with our new tripod of our bikes and campsite.

Our campsite.

Photo of goat herder who came to visit our camp.

A very sad sight, a sliced tire.

Small village with a religious building in the center.

Photo of Tim at the market.

Image of Cindie standing in a flowering grassland.

Tim riding in a lush farmland area of Inner Mongolia.

View from a donkey cart:  What it looks like to be passed by us.

Cindie checking out lunch a plate of steaming noodles and green beans.

Our touring bikes our sheltered from the storm in an adobe building.

The family that rescued us from the storm, not the river of water flowing past the gate.

The townspeople who would get in our photo.

Photo of sheep herder herding sheep through a village.

Picture of Tim in front of a small Inner Mongolian village.

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INDEX #3: SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06

November 22 - December 15, 2004 Thailand Bangkok, to Aranyaprathet, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals Thailand #1 Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) INTRO Crossing Over to the Other Side: Relocating to Asia LETTER Thailand: Landing in a Whole New World. Best Place to see Pictures Thailand Thumbnail Pictures Full size Picture Pages - Bangkok, Thailand - Royal Barge Museum - Wat Arun in Bangkok, Thailand - Wat Phra Kaew and Temple of the Emerald Buddha - Pictures of Wat Pho - Bangkok to Chanthaburi, Thailand. - Island Ko Samet National Park - Thailand's famous Thai Food - Chanthaburi to Aranya Prathet and the Cambodian border.

December 16- January 16, 2004 Cambodia and Angkor Wat Poipet to Tien Bien, Cambodia

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Cambodia Daily Journal Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) Cambodia: Poverty Does Not Equal Crime. Best Place to see Pictures Cambodia Thumbnail Pictures Full size Picture Pages - Pictures of  Poverty in Cambodia: Poipet to Siem Reap - Picture from Angkor Wat, Cambodia - Temples Bayon, Angkor Thom - Ta Prom (Temple where Tomb Raider was filmed) - Preah Khan, Neak Poan, Eastern Mebon, Banteay Kei, Ta Som, Pre Rup - Siem Reap, Cambodia - Siem Reap to Phnom Penh - Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Tuol Sleng S.21 Museum of Genocidal Crime - Killing Fields of Pol Pot Cambodia - Phnom Penh to Tinh Bien

(January 16 - February 17 , 2005) Vietnam #1. Tinh Bien to Cau Ganh, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Online South Vietnam Journal Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) Best Place to see Pictures South Vietnam Thumbnails Full size Picture Pages - Chau Doc to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - Floating Market and Boat Trip Tour - Vietnam War Remnants Museum - Cuchi Tunnels, Saigon, Vietnam - Cuchi Tunnels Cu Chi near Saigon, Vietnam - Pictures from Dalat, Vietnam - Bicycling from Dalat to Buon Ma Thuot - Jun Village - Buon Ma Thuot to Cau Ganh

 

(February 18. - April 2, 2005) Vietnam #2. Cau Ganh, to Lang Son, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Daily Journal for North Vietnam. Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) Best Place to see Pictures North Vietnam Thumbnail Pictures. Full size Picture Pages - Cau Ganh to Hoi An - Hoi An, Vietnam - China Beach to Hue. - Marble Mountain - The Citadel in Hue - Impoverished Highland Market Can Cau. - Poverty Village of Bac Ha. Hanoi water puppet

 

(April 3 - May 21, 2003) Guangxi, China Pingxiang to CongJiang, China

Cindie's Daily Journals Finally in China! Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) Three Years and Still Going Best Place to see Pictures Best Thumbnail Pictures of Guangxi, China Full size Picture Pages - Pingxiang to Nanning, China - Nanning, Guangxi to Liuzhou - China's Karst Topography Landscape. - Liuzhou to Yangshou, Guangxi, China - Zhuo Yue English College in Yangshuo, China - Li River bamboo boat trip in Yangshou.. - Ancient Chinese Stone Village of Fuli. - Impressions light, dance, and music. - Mountain biking through Yu Long Valley. - Guilin to Congjiang Guangxi, China - Reed Flute Cave Guilin China. - Ping'an Guangxi, China. - Dragon's Backbone and Rice Terraces.

(July 16 - Sept. 3, 2005) Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China. Beijing to Xian, Shaanxi, China

Cindie's Daily Journals Cindie's Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China daily journal (blog) Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) The Many Faces of China: Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, Provinces.! Best Place to see Pictures Thumbnail pictures from Inner Mongolia, China. Full size Picture Pages - Beijing to Jining, Inner Mongolia. - Grasslands of Jining, to Wuchuan (near) Hohhot - Hohhot to Bautou, Inner Mongolia, China - Wudang Lamasary - Bautou to Yulin, Shanxi, China with Photos from Genghis Khan's Mausoleum. - Yulin to Yanan, Shaanxi, China - Chairman Mao's Headquarters and Residence in Yanan, China. - Yanan to Xian, Shaanxi, China. - Terracotta Warriors #1 - Terracotta Warriors #2.

December.25, 2005 - January 23, 2006 Laos Boten to Vientiane

Cindie's Daily Journals Laos daily blog journal Click here for our first downloadable video called  "LAOS: VIDEO POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD. Best Place to see Pictures Laos Thumbnail pictures Full size Picture Pages - Boten to Oudomxia, Laos. - Laos Wood Carving Factory - Oudomaxi - Luang Pabong - Luang Phrabang, Laos: Monks, Wats, and a boat tour on the Mekong River. - Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #1 - Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #2 - Vientiane, Laos

(April 18 - Sept. 15, 2006)   Malaysia #1 Langkawi, Malaysia to Parit Buntar

Cindie's Daily Journals Malaysia Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List) Two 1-Way Tickets to Australia Please Best Place to see Thumbnail Pictures of Malaysia Full size Picture Pages - Langkawi to Nebong Tebal - Underwater World Aquarium Langkawi - Bird Paradise, Langkawi, Malaysia. - Malaysian Home Stay and Cyclist Guest House. - Traditional Tamil Indian Wedding - Malaysian Home Cooking and Traditional Food - Hand Made Pottery Factory - Chinese Fishing Village and Party. - Toddy Plantation Farm and Palm Oil Production. - Malaysian Chinese Temple of Heaven and Hell. - Malaysian Indian Hindu Temple and Religious Ceremony

How to Buy a Used or New Custom Touring Bicycle and existing Bike Upgrade Guide.

What years on the road have taught us.