We are planning to leave for Marrakech, Morocco in February of 2014 to start a world‑wide bicycling tour of Europe, Asia, Australia and then from the tip of South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. We will then cross Canada from Victoria, BC to New Brunswick and then ride south to our home in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
We are shooting for Mars but will be happy to reach the moon!
A Father and Daughter World Bicycle Tour 2014-?
Africa – Eurasia Route
Marrakech, Morocco (mid-February 2014)
North to Spain. Ride the Spanish and French Mediterranean coast to Monaco. From there we will head north through Italy and across Switzerland and Austria.
Drop down to Budapest, Hungary (from France 1300 miles)
Bucharest, Romania
Burgas, Bulgaria (Black Sea)
Istanbul, Turkey (end of Europe and the beginning of Asia – from Budapest 830 miles)
Istanbul – Erzurum – Dogubayazit (Turkey)
Tabriz – Tehran – Mashhad (Iran) Enter Iran September 2014
If unable to cross Iran (Americans require a government licensed guide to obtain a visa):
Turkey- Georgia/Armenia/Azerbaijan route to Caspian Sea-Turkmenistan
Mary – Turkmenabat (Turkmenistan)
Bukhara – Samarqand – Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Shymkent – Taraz (Kazakhstan)
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
Almaty (Kazakhstan)
Istanbul to Sharkent (Chinese border – 3,000 miles)
China: Ride the Silk Road, an ancient caravan trading route. (2900 miles) to Tibet, Nepal.
Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia to Singapore
Approximately 12,000 miles and 1 year
Fly to Perth, Australia and ride to Sydney 3,000 miles
North and South America Route
Ride from Tierra del Fuego (southern tip of South America) to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (19,500 miles – this will take at least a few weeks!)
Hitch a ride back to Victoria BC, Canada (2500 miles)
Ride from Victoria to New Brunswick on the east coast (3,420 miles)
Ride home to Cape Canaveral, Florida (1,740 miles) Total = 33,640 miles.
Contact information and links:
Mike mikey8590@gmail.com
Jocelyn jrice1017@gmail.com
Both of the journeys in this book are in more detail and with hundreds of color pictures at crazyguyonabike.com/mikey8590. A direct link is on the front page.
These journeys are also on Jocelyn’s Facebook page “Believe the Ride”. To find, Google – Believe the Ride Jocelyn Rice. You do not need to be a member of Facebook to view her page. A direct link is on the front page.
My Antarctic adventures are blogged at:
Mikeontheice.blogspot.com – McMurdo Station winter of 2012
Southpolemike.blogspot.com – South Pole winter of 2013
Dad…we kept the wheels going around and around once again.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
– Mark Twain