Cycling from London to Shangahi

Django x2 said:
Here's one piece of advice. Cyclists are not allowed on main roads in Hungary and there are no side / back roads to travel through. Prepare to be beeped at, continuously by massive lorries and fined heavily if the police come across you.

Other than that. Best of luck :)
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I'm going to keep following the Danube cycle path to Belgrade, it's still 50% on the dykes in Hungary and the other on roads but they are signposted for the bike path. Shouldn't get any trouble from police but I am more than used to being beeped at! So far the UK is the worst place to cycle.

Cheers for the best wishes!
 
I used to, but as soon as I find a good one, it ends up getting blocked. I used to use SecurityKiss for several years, but got blocked. Struggling to find a good free one.

Actually, there's a lot of sites blocked at the moment because of some political event in Beijing. With any luck, I'll get access later in the week when it's over.
 
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MickeyFinns said:
The plan is;

UK
France
Luxembourg
France
Germany
Austria
Slovakia
Hungary
Croatia
Serbia
Bosnia
Croatia again
Montenegro
Albania
Macedonia
Greece
Turkey
Georgia
Armenia
Iran
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
China!
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I was in Kyrgyzstan over the summer, I wouldn't fancy cycling on their roads, the drivers are mental although the roads are fairly wide. Amazing country though, friendly people and everything is VERY cheap.

In fact we saw a group of canadians on a cycling trip while we were there.
 
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Anchundan said:
I used to, but as soon as I find a good one, it ends up getting blocked. I used to use SecurityKiss for several years, but got blocked. Struggling to find a good free one.

Actually, there's a lot of sites blocked at the moment because of some political event in Beijing. With any luck, I'll get access later in the week when it's over.
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Oh really?

Mrs was out there last year and all her friends have them with no problems. Found out about censoring when a bird flu outbreak hit Shanghai when I was over. 1 news site worked_ then after searching around for some time the internet just went off for a while. Oops.
 
wildman_33 said:
I was in Kyrgyzstan over the summer, I wouldn't fancy cycling on their roads, the drivers are mental although the roads are fairly wide. Amazing country though, friendly people and everything is VERY cheap.

In fact we saw a group of canadians on a cycling trip while we were there.
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It's been getting really really popular with cyclists in the last couple of years, mostly due to cheapish flights (<£400 from London), the fact they made the place visa free and the breathtaking scenery!

None of the blogs I've read complain about the traffic there, but then again most of the people will have just have been through Iran where it's much worse!
 
Awesome updates as usual.
Still jealous. Still need to plan such a trip like yours and others. Especially as i can take a one off sabbatical from work. No idea what though.
 
Glaucus said:
Awesome updates as usual.
Still jealous. Still need to plan such a trip like yours and others. Especially as i can take a one off sabbatical from work. No idea what though.
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I'm in the middle of writing another one, Vienna to Budapest. Should be up in an hour or so :).

I have the opposite problem, I have several other big trips I'd love to do!

  1. Tromso to Cape Town on a bicycle.
  2. Dead Horse to Ushuaia by bicycle.
  3. Sail the Atlantic
  4. Cycle from Yakutsk to Magadan
  5. 3 day hike from Longyearbyen to Barentsberg. I think walking from a western town to a Russian one would be so surreal!
  6. Climb Mt. Damavand
  7. Drive the Mongol rally with my Dad
 
Great blogs and and awesome journey. :cool: Really wish I could do something like this, but I just can't afford to. Just remember though, you're in Central/Eastern Europe now so if a hot woman recommends you a good cheap hostel get on the bike and run away.

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Malevolence said:
Great blogs and and awesome journey. :cool: Really wish I could do something like this, but I just can't afford to. Just remember though, you're in Central/Eastern Europe now so if a hot woman recommends you a good cheap hostel get on the bike and run away.

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I didn't have good luck with cheap hostels in Croatia!

On that note, next installment, Budapest to Serbia via Croatia;

http://jamesftravel.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/budapest-hungary-to-novi-sad-serbia-via-osijek-croatia-276-miles-1626-total/
 
Goose crackling, hell yeah.

Hungry in general sounds the most interesting place youve been so far, certainly the most intresting sounding.
Paprika mesum, thats just cool.
 
Glaucus said:
Goose crackling, hell yeah.

Hungry in general sounds the most interesting place youve been so far, certainly the most intresting sounding.
Paprika mesum, thats just cool.
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The crackling was amazing. Half way between crispy duck and pork scratchings. Hungary has been really good. I really enjoyed Austria too despite the boar.

Even though I've been here one day Serbia is feeling like the first place where the culture has changed quite a bit.
 
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