My Encounter With A Mother Moose

This post was first published on my personal website in mid 2008. I went on a hike today in area not far from my home. The sun was setting in the distance and it was really quite beautiful. The trail was empty, except for a few small patches of snow and the sporadic footprint of [...]

How To Become A Travel Ninja

Serious travelers, listen up! Chris Guillebeau, the man behind The Art Of Non-Conformity, has just released his third travel-hacking info product, Travel Ninja. This 39-page guide is packed with information on Round The World flights, solutions to common international travel problems, and techniques for flying abroad without the proper paperwork or permissions.

Asking Gary Vaynerchuk About Croatian Wines

While cycling along the coast of Croatia, I noticed that there were an incredible number of vineyards that line the coastal hills. I decided to whip out my video camera and ask Gary Vaynerchuk, the man behind Wine Library TV, if he knew anything about Croatian wines. Here’s the video I made: Unfortunately, once I [...]

Call 911. I Found A Body

This post was first published on my personal website at www.darrenalff.com in mid 2008. Just the other day I went out on a bike ride and was cycling along a path that ran parallel to the freeway. I was climbing a small hill when I looked to my left and saw a pair of legs [...]

Skiing In Switzerland

I spent the first two months of 2009 living in Switzerland and traveling around on both my bicycle and the Swiss trains. In February my friend Rich came to visit me. Rich is a guy I met from Craigslist a couple years ago. I was flying from Burbank, California to Salt Lake City, Utah and [...]

French Couple Riding Bikes From France To India

While cycling back from one of my daily rides in Orebic, Croatia, I arrived at the harbor just in time to see a couple riding a pair of fully-loaded touring bikes take a seat along the stone wall that lines the beach. Pierre and Anne-Marie are from France and they’re riding their bicycles to India. [...]

Korcula, Croatia

While staying in Orebic, Croatia, I took the ferry boat over to the nearby island of Korcula. The boat let us off about 2 kilometers from town, so I walked with some local kids from Orebic into downtown Korcula before bidding my new friends adieu and heading off the explore the town.

Traditional Touring Bikes – Bicycles Made Specifically For Long Distance Touring

The following is a list of the most popular full-size, single person, road-equipped, 700c, touring bike models. You can get more information about each of these bikes on the corresponding company websites or by reading more detailed information about these and 200+ touring bike models inside “The Essential Guide To Touring Bicycles“. The touring bikes [...]

Bicycle Touring For A Good Cause

Cycle touring off the beaten path through developing countries, you see the impact of poverty on people’s lives like no usual tourist does. You experience the ‘generosity of the poor’ as well as see the scars of hard lives lived etched onto the faces of those who stare back at you. Compassion moves you to [...]

Copenhagen Cycle Chic – City Of Cyclists Music Video

Copenhagen Cycle Chic does it again with this music video which beautifully documents a city where the bicycle is at the core of what they do and how they get around.

Do You Have To Be A “Cycling Nut” In Order To Travel By Bike?

People think that just because I’ve ridden my bike across the United States six times and traveled through a dozen different countries on a two-wheeled vehicle, that this somehow translates into me being a bicycling maniac. They think that because I’ve done all these things that I’ve got to be “one of those nuts” they [...]

Free Manifesto: 279 Days To Overnight Success

Chris Guillebeau is trying to visit every country in the world before his 35th birthday and he’s documenting his travels and entrepreneurial adventures on his website, “The Art Of Non-Conformity”. Just a few days ago, Chris released a free travel/life hacking manifesto titled, “279 Days To Overnight Success” and it’s been receiving a huge amount of [...]