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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. AKPC_IDS += "2386,"; Read More →
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...
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...
We Are The Tide: Blind Pilot’s West Coast Bike Tour
Blind Pilot is a band from Portland, Oregon who, in 2006, toured the west coast of the United States from Bellingham, Washington to San Diego, California on their bicycles. They hauled their instruments behind them and...
Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive
I’m currently using this Western Digital 500GB external hard drive while traveling through Europe with my laptop. The drive connects via a standard USB 2.0 port and is made just for travelers (thus the name –...
