Jamie ShannonSep 7, 20203 minMaastricht to Munich -Schwarzwald and crossing the AlpsFrench border - the Alps Cycle touring through The Black Forest Having cycled through France, I came to the Rhine where I crossed the...
Jamie ShannonAug 31, 20203 minMaastricht to Munich - Cycling eight countries in 23 daysMaastricht to the French border Having spent a good couple of years off the bike, It was high time for a bit of an adventure. The plan:...
Jamie ShannonFeb 6, 201712 minLuang Prabang to Hanoi. Yet more extraordinary coincidences. The end is nighI arrived back in Hanoi almost a month ago and I have been able to concentrate on getting myself settled into life here. I have no idea...
Jamie ShannonJan 26, 20179 minCivilisation at last! Lazy days in Nong khiaw, Laos and meeting a kindred spirit“Oh yeah across the road”, she said. Immediately I could tell from where she hailed and so… “Spreek je Nederlands?” “Ja, hoe weet je dat?”
Jamie ShannonJan 16, 201711 minCycling up and down in Laos and meeting strange ladies of the night I crossed into Laos and immediately set to work in finding somewhere to camp. It gets dark here by 18:00 and that doesn’t leave me with...
Jamie ShannonJan 13, 201711 minGotta get out of Vietnam quickly! Desperate times call for....I had woken up every morning in the last few days of my stay in Hanoi feeling wretched. I didn’t feel ill in the conventional sense but...
Jamie ShannonJan 5, 20176 minHanoi - What to do? I'm running out of money fast!Well yet again I have left it far too late in writing another post which leaves me sat on my balcony in Nong Khiaw, Laos with a...
Jamie ShannonDec 31, 201610 minCrossing into South East Asia at long last. Western food is back on the menu!Not so long ago in a place not very far from here (Laos) I found myself stood outside the Vietnamese immigration hall trying to ascertain...
Jamie ShannonDec 20, 201610 minGuangxi. Leaving China behind and trying to exit through the wrong borderGreetings from Hanoi, Vietnam. Yes I really did finally make it out of China with my sanity intact. I do believe that is the longest I...
Jamie ShannonDec 10, 20166 minI can't afford a Hospital! Don't worry, our leader pays for youI slept like a baby to be honest but I woke up rather early, half four to be exact which isn’t unusual given that I’m usually asleep by...
Jamie ShannonDec 9, 201613 minGuizhou province. Every day seems a real struggle now. Difficult days in ChinaI’ve just come back from a walk to the town centre of the place I’m currently tucked up in – a town called Debao, just across the border...
Jamie ShannonDec 8, 201612 minThe road through China from Mianyang. Lost in LuzhouThe road from Mianyang With me not wanting to get caught up in the melee that was Chengdu, I decided I would take a different route which...
Jamie ShannonDec 7, 20162 minA quick update from ChinaI honestly don’t know where to start as I sit down to write this. So many things have happened since I left Mianyang almost two and a...
Jamie ShannonNov 23, 20162 minChina - an introductionI'm currently holed up in another sprawling and traffic congested Chinese city, Mianyang to be exact, after one hell of a ride from...
Jamie ShannonNov 22, 201612 minSichuan, China. Epic scenery and curious but friendly localsI left bright and early as I knew I had a huge day ahead of me. After about 10km’s, and having stopped for a whopping great big bowl of...
Jamie ShannonNov 21, 201612 minGansu province, China. Freezing nights and lost in translation with localsLeaving Lanzhou Having somehow found my through the midday traffic of Lanzhou, getting lost numerous times beneath the flyovers and...
Jamie ShannonNov 19, 20165 minReunited with my bicycle and searching for a police permit with a man called Brian8th November I arrived safe and well in the city of Lanzhou having survived my 42 hour train journey. In the end everything went well...
Jamie ShannonNov 15, 20164 minEntering China and onwards to Kashgar!Having escaped the border crossing, I found my way to the expressway which indicated 110 km’s to Kashgar. I couldn’t wait. With the only...
Jamie ShannonNov 12, 201610 minSary-Tash to China. Help! I need somebody. Help!Becoming a little stuck in Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. How on earth do I cycle to China? I woke up the following morning to a village covered...