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First off. If you haven’t been there, you need to put Turkey on your travel list. I’ve never met a globe trotting traveler (or cyclist) who didn’t love Turkey. Every once in a while you run into a giant. A tree that stops you in your tire tracks and warrants a couple of hours of your life. When I pedaled across Lesotho (the mountain kingdom completely within the borders of South Africa) there was exactly one paved highway. I was never on it. Instead, I pedaled on roads that could only be described as linear collections of large rocks. I remember one day’s progress … 9 hours of struggle … 17 kilometers. First, let me introduce myself. My name is Willie Weir and I’ve been a columnist for Adventure Cyclist magazine since 1997. My posts (Sights and Sounds) will mostly focus on international pedaling. A chance for me to dig through photos and sound recordings from a world of travel. I’m not an avid cyclist in the [...] |
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