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Hidden gem — the Sumela Monastery in Turkey

07/27/2017

8 places that surprised us on our round-the-world bike trip

3 min

Watch out for EVO Banco's exchange rate scam

07/19/2017

EVO Banco warning — dodgy exchange rates and the best travel card alternatives

9 min

Cycling through Iran

07/02/2017

Cycling through Iran — a journey in photos

3 min

Curiosities and realities of Iran

05/30/2017

63 things I noticed cycling through Iran for 3 months

36 min

Working and living in Chengdu — a year teaching and earning in China

10/24/2016

Working and living in Chengdu — a year teaching and earning in China

14 min

How to finance my travels? Where does the money come from?

08/17/2016

How to fund your travels: where does the money come from?

6 min

Moving to live in London

11/30/2015

Want to move to London but skint? Here's how

3 min

Bicycle touring in Iran

11/29/2015

The incredible border road between Iran and the Caucasus

2 min

Bicycle touring in China

10/31/2015

A new life in China

5 min

Bicycle touring and wild camping

10/09/2015

Bicycle touring for beginners in 5 minutes

2 min

The Iran visa

09/28/2015

Everything you need to know about the Iran visa

12 min

Camping under the stars

09/08/2015

Armenia: Yerevan, the schools and the Armenian Genocide

6 min

Cycling in Armenia

08/26/2015

We got married in Armenia

7 min

Camping in Georgia

08/25/2015

Georgia: khachapuri, wine, and photography workshops

6 min

A Turkish winter in photos

08/24/2015

A Turkish winter in photos

2 min

Winter bicycle touring in Turkey

07/20/2015

Doing a visa run in Turkey by hitchhike

10 min

Review of our Thorn Nomad touring bikes

07/15/2015

Our Thorn Nomad touring bikes after 16,000 km — an honest review

10 min

Istanbul at night

06/23/2015

Warning: cycle to Istanbul and you might end up hitchhiking

6 min

Turkey Bicycle Touring

03/09/2015

Tasting Turkey for the first time on a bicycle

7 min

1 year bicycle touring in Europe

12/04/2014

11,000 Km, 11 months and 3€ a day by bicycle in Europe

2 min

How to make your dreams happen fast — say yes

12/01/2014

How to make your dreams happen fast

3 min

Wild camping

11/24/2014

How to wild camp for free

7 min

Cycling in Montenegro

11/17/2014

Cycling the coast of Montenegro — the Bay of Kotor and beyond

5 min

Cycling in Croatia

11/10/2014

Cycling through Croatia — the two faces of the country

6 min

Cards and money for travelling

11/04/2014

Stop paying currency exchange fees when you travel

5 min

Sleeping for free in Mostar

11/03/2014

A free week in Mostar

4 min

Wild camping under 1000 stars

10/28/2014

Wandering around the World on a bicycle

2 min

Camping under 1000 stars in Bosnia

10/27/2014

Cycling and wild camping through the wilds of Bosnia

5 min

The ultimate trick to travelling the world

10/17/2014

The ultimate trick to travel: the solution to all your excuses

4 min

No helmet needed for cyclists in Portugal

10/11/2014

Leave your bicycle helmet at home for cycling in Portugal, or not

4 min

Wild camping in Bosnia

10/06/2014

Welcome to Bosnia: 36 hours in the tent

3 min

Venice in 60 minutes

09/29/2014

Venice in 60 minutes

2 min

Bicycle accident damage

09/22/2014

My first bicycle accident

7 min

Where will I sleep tonight?

09/18/2014

Where will I sleep tonight?

2 min

Cycling northern Spain

09/15/2014

Cycling northern Spain — Galicia, Asturias and the Picos de Europa

3 min

Cycling from France to Italy through the Alps

09/08/2014

Cycling the Alps from France to Italy via the Colle della Maddalena

4 min

Sleeping under the stars for free

09/03/2014

10,000 km by bike: at the gates of the Balkans

3 min

Wild camping on the French Mediterranean

08/05/2014

Wild camping along the French Mediterranean coast by bicycle

6 min

Smile and start living today.

07/07/2014

The day that changed my life

2 min

No more cycling

07/06/2014

Spain is hilly and huge to cycle around it!

5 min

Cycling on a long journey

07/05/2014

Why cycle tour long distance — and why do it cheap

8 min

Cycling to the Pyrenees

07/02/2014

Cycling the Atlantic coast of France

1 min

A holiday from cycle touring

05/26/2014

From Galicia to Barcelona by bike — and a break from the road

3 min

Camino de Santiago pilgrim hostel

05/16/2014

Pilgrim hostels on the Camino de Santiago

3 min

Cycling from Bayonne to the Navarrese Pyrenees

04/10/2014

Cycling from Bayonne to the Navarrese Pyrenees

2 min

The French dunes by bike in the Landes

04/07/2014

Bordeaux by bike and the dunes of the Landes

3 min

Cycling through the Pays de la Loire

04/02/2014

Cycling down through the Pays de la Loire

2 min

Cycling through French Brittany

03/31/2014

Cycling through Brittany in winter — flooded fields and ghost towns

3 min

Starting to cycle around the world from London

03/11/2014

Starting to cycle around the world from London

1 min

Cycling through Lower Normandy

03/10/2014

Cycling from Honfleur to Mont-Saint-Michel

4 min

Cycling through Upper Normandy

03/05/2014

Cycling through Upper Normandy — the moment it hit us

3 min

Living and working in Manchester

03/03/2014

Finding work, living cheap, and saving money in Manchester

8 min

Bike touring with Warmshowers in France

01/27/2014

Stories from our Warmshowers hosts

4 min

Leaving England behind by bicycle

01/22/2014

Leaving England by bicycle — through Kent and under the Channel

2 min

Wild camping in Scotland

01/02/2014

Cycling Scotland — Edinburgh to Inverness via the West Coast

10 min

The Isle of Skye by bike

12/31/2013

Goodbye 2013. Hello 2014 — cycling around the world!

5 min

Winter cycling in England

11/04/2013

13 days of winter cycling around the center of England

8 min

Cycling route through Scotland

09/05/2013

Cycling in Scotland — our two-week Highland adventure

2 min

The river that divides Prague

08/30/2013

Prague: where I discovered hitchhiking

2 min

Travelling for the first time

07/04/2013

The definitive guide for first-time travellers

13 min

Cycling the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

06/28/2013

Daydreaming about our cycling trip through the Americas

2 min

On the island of Ko Pha Ngan

06/28/2013

Good times in Ko Pha Ngan

1 min

Thai beach in Phuket

06/26/2013

The day we hitchhiked on a motorbike in Thailand

2 min

Hitchhiking in Latvia

06/18/2013

12 ways to travel cheap (and travel more)

8 min

Online resources

Living Well on €300 a Month

06/10/2013

Travel book review — Living Well on €300 a Month

4 min

Street vendor in Vietnam

03/27/2013

The definitive trick to paying local prices

3 min

My new Thorn Nomad bike ready to travel around the world

01/30/2013

Our new Thorn Nomad bikes put to the test in the English winter

3 min

Cycling the Iberian Peninsula along the coasts of Spain and Portugal

01/15/2013

Cycling the Iberian Peninsula to the Costa Blanca

1 min

Passport and visas

01/10/2013

How to avoid getting scammed at a land border crossing

7 min

Hitchhiking a school bus in Latvia

01/07/2013

That day when we hitchhiked a school bus in Latvia

2 min

Hitchhiking in Latvia

01/03/2013

Where to hitchhike — the best spots and why they work

9 min

Searching for my calling through a child's eyes

12/31/2012

Looking back at 2012

4 min

Hitchhiking in France

12/22/2012

The day I started hitchhiking and ended up driving a convertible

2 min

Thorn Nomad touring bike in black

11/23/2012

Our Thorn Nomad bikes are ordered — time to cycle the world

4 min

Sony DSLR cameras

11/15/2012

Are Sony's new DSLR cameras ideal for travel?

2 min

Thorn Nomad touring bicycle

11/05/2012

Test-riding the bikes and buying gear

3 min

The coast of Koh Tao from above, Thailand

10/03/2012

Ko Tao: above and below the water

3 min

Tent under a starry sky

09/04/2012

Gearing up for a round-the-world bike trip

3 min

Khao San Road, Bangkok's backpacker heartland

08/15/2012

Shopping in Bangkok — fake IDs, street food and Khao San Road

3 min

Jumping on a mountain summit

08/10/2012

Still alive

1 min

Visas and Borders

Tourist visa for Thailand

05/27/2012

Getting your passport ready: Thailand visa guide

2 min

The sofa bed where we spent a night through Couchsurfing

05/07/2012

12 places I've slept for free in 300 nights of travel

4 min

How much does it cost to travel in Cambodia

05/03/2012

Cambodia budget breakdown

2 min

Crystal-clear waters at Koh Tonsay, Cambodia

04/30/2012

Remembering this paradise beach on Koh Tonsay

1 min

Eating crocodile, snake, kangaroo and ostrich in Siem Reap, Cambodia

04/27/2012

Eating crocodile and snake in Siem Reap, Cambodia

6 min

Discovering Angkor Archaeological Park by bicycle

04/24/2012

Discovering Angkor Archaeological Park by bicycle

1 min

Possible bicycle route across all five continents

04/19/2012

I'm going to cycle around the world

5 min

A tuk-tuk driver resting in a hammock

04/16/2012

Couchsurfing in Phnom Penh

3 min

Sleeping for free with Couchsurfing

04/10/2012

How to find free accommodation, power and internet on the road

7 min

Monasterio de Piedra Natural Park, Zaragoza

04/09/2012

Hidden paradise close to home: the Monasterio de Piedra

1 min

Through the streets of Phnom Penh

04/07/2012

Same same but different

1 min

How to protect yourself from mosquitoes, avoid bites, and reduce malaria risk

04/01/2012

How to avoid mosquito bites (and what actually works)

7 min

Crazy driving of motorbikes in Vietnam

03/30/2012

Welcome to Vietnam!

1 min

Crystal-clear waters at Ko Ta Kiev, Cambodia

03/29/2012

Ko Ta Kiev — an uninhabited island off the coast of Cambodia

2 min

Happy kid, happy Laos

03/29/2012

One month in Laos

4 min

Otres Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

03/23/2012

Otres Beach: 4 kilometres of calm in Sihanoukville

2 min

Phnom Bakheng Hindu Temple at Angkor, Cambodia

03/21/2012

Hindu temple at Angkor, Cambodia

1 min

Kampot's roundabout with a durian as its centrepiece, Cambodia

03/17/2012

Kampot: the city of roundabouts

2 min

Beautiful views of Rabbit Island

03/15/2012

Rabbit Island (Koh Thonsay) — Cambodia's budget island paradise

4 min

Cambodian girls playing with us in Kep

03/13/2012

Kep: Cambodia's crab resort

3 min

Ta Prohm temple

03/10/2012

Welcome to Cambodia!

1 min

How much does it cost to travel Vietnam

03/09/2012

How much we spent in Vietnam — a full breakdown

3 min

Border crossing on the Cambodian side

03/06/2012

Crossing the Vietnam–Cambodia border from Ha Tien to Kep

7 min

The dong is the Vietnamese currency

03/04/2012

How to save money in Vietnam

2 min

Vietnamese children waving at us in the streets of Ha Tien

03/02/2012

Ha Tien — the southwest corner of Vietnam

2 min

Floating markets on the Mekong Delta

02/29/2012

Floating markets and the Mekong Delta

4 min

Sending postcards

02/28/2012

Want a postcard?

1 min

An elderly man in Can Tho

02/27/2012

Can Tho: capital of the Mekong Delta

2 min

A moment of calm amid the hellish motorbike traffic in Saigon

02/25/2012

Buying a DSLR camera in Ho Chi Minh City

3 min

Views from the Dalat lake

02/23/2012

Dalat: Vietnam's alpine city

3 min

Something you'll see everywhere in Vietnam (and Laos): KARAOKE.

02/19/2012

Vietnamese karaoke: they can't sing but they love it

1 min

Vietnamese fishing boats on the beach at Quy Nhon

02/18/2012

Along the Vietnamese coast — Da Nang, Quy Nhon and Nha Trang

4 min

Ilze on China Beach

02/16/2012

Walking China Beach — 20 km on foot from Hoi An to Da Nang

6 min

02/14/2012

Preview — floating markets of the Mekong Delta

1 min

Vietnamese conical hat in Hoi An

02/13/2012

Hoi An: the toy town

5 min

Hue

02/11/2012

Hue and Tet 2012: Year of the Dragon

5 min

02/08/2012

Ilze repairs a bridge to cross a river in Laos

1 min

Spending in Laos

02/06/2012

How much we spent in Laos — a full breakdown

3 min

Visas and Borders

Vietnam entry stamp

02/02/2012

Welcome to Vietnam — crossing the Cau Treu border post

6 min

Visas and Borders

Crossing the Laos–Vietnam border while hitchhiking

01/31/2012

Laos to Vietnam border crossings — and how we chose ours

6 min

The backpacker paradise of Vang Vieng

01/29/2012

Vang Vieng: a backpacker resort

3 min

Kindle 3G

01/27/2012

Kindle 3G — free internet anywhere in the world

5 min

Traveling for 1 year

01/26/2012

I started to travel 1 year ago

1 min

The Patuxai Victory Monument in Vientiane

01/25/2012

Vientiane — not Vietnam

3 min

Riding the Loop through central Laos by motorbike

01/23/2012

My tips for doing the Loop in central Laos

5 min

The village of Ban Natane in central Laos

01/21/2012

Homestay in Ban Natane, Laos

4 min

Entrance to Konglor Cave

01/19/2012

The Konglor Cave

3 min

01/18/2012

Jumping in the river at Tat Lo

1 min

Second day on the Loop

01/17/2012

Continuing the Loop to Konglor Cave

4 min

01/16/2012

Ilze and a Lao cow

1 min

Views of the Mekong from Champasak

01/15/2012

Champasak, one step from Wat Phou

2 min

Starting the Laos Loop on a motorbike

01/15/2012

Starting the Loop through central Laos

3 min

The bus that took us to Tha Khaek

01/13/2012

11 hours by bus to Tha Khaek

2 min

The waterfall closest to the village of Tat Lo

01/11/2012

Tat Lo — more than just waterfalls

3 min

Playing with the children in Don Det

01/09/2012

Where to eat and where to sleep in Don Det, Laos

6 min

One temple in Pakse

01/08/2012

What to do in Pakse?

2 min

Wat Phou seen from the top

01/07/2012

Cycling to Wat Phou

2 min

One of the songthaews we used for going from Ubon to Pakse

01/06/2012

Crossing the Thailand–Laos border at Chong Mek (Ubon to Pakse)

5 min

13 hour train in Thailand

01/02/2012

13 hour train from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani

3 min

Happy 2012 from Don Det!

12/31/2011

Happy 2012 from Don Det!

1 min

Ko Samet mermaid

12/30/2011

Northern face of Ko Samet

3 min

Budget breakdown for Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

12/29/2011

Budget breakdown — Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand

6 min

Arriving to Ko Samet

12/28/2011

Southern beaches of Ko Samet

3 min

Ban Phe Sea Festival

12/26/2011

One night in Ban Phe

2 min

VISA from the Cambodian embassy on Bangkok

12/24/2011

Embassies day in Bangkok

3 min

Prohibitions in Singapore

12/15/2011

Singapore — the land of prohibitions

2 min

Plane of Tiger Airways

12/13/2011

Flight to Thailand

3 min

Indian noodles: Mee Goreng

12/09/2011

First impressions about the Southeast Asian food

3 min

Our experience in Singapore

12/07/2011

Our experience in Singapore

4 min

Wooden house of Melaka with the Malaysian flag painted on the roof

12/06/2011

Melaka, Malacca or Malaca — Malaysia's walkable old colony

4 min

Twin Towers

11/30/2011

First stop: Kuala Lumpur

3 min

Pablo prepares the backpack (II): Small extras

11/29/2011

Pablo prepares the backpack (II): Small extras

1 min

Can you deal with the jet lag?

11/28/2011

Can you deal with the jet lag?

1 min

2 days in Paris

11/26/2011

2 days in Paris

1 min

Pablo prepares the backpack (I): Clothes and textiles

11/25/2011

Pablo prepares the backpack (I): Clothes and textiles

2 min

Ilze ice skating in Jaca

11/24/2011

Ilze ice skating in Jaca

1 min

All the new staff of The Crazy Travel

11/22/2011

All the new staff of The Crazy Travel

1 min

International driving license

11/21/2011

International driver license

2 min

Running in Athens

11/20/2011

Running memories from Athens

1 min

From Spain to New Zealand for 5€ day

11/19/2011

From Spain to New Zealand for 5€ day

2 min

Should I do a travel insurance?

11/18/2011

Should I do a travel insurance?

2 min

600 US dollars

11/17/2011

Why you need US dollars when travelling in Asia

5 min

Vaccines for Asia: yellow fever

11/14/2011

Getting vaccinated for Asia

7 min

Preparing for Asia: sorting the money

11/08/2011

Preparing for Asia: sorting the money

2 min

Thinking about Asia from the Pyrenees

10/31/2011

Thinking about Asia from the Pyrenees

1 min

Hitchhiking to Lucerne

10/25/2011

Hitchhiking from Latvia to Spain in photos

1 min

Walking through the desert in Morocco

09/28/2011

Two weeks in Morocco

3 min

Spain

08/04/2011

How Europeans see Spaniards

2 min

Hitchhiking along Ukrainian roads

08/03/2011

Ukrainian roads, the Carpathians and homemade wine

2 min

Hitchhiking on the road with a backpack

08/01/2011

How to hitchhike: the complete guide (after crossing half the world with your thumb)

7 min

Rain crossing the Ukrainian border

07/28/2011

Welcome to Ukraine — soaking wet

2 min

Hitchhiking from Warsaw to Ukraine

07/14/2011

Hitchhiking from Warsaw to Ukraine

2 min

As you can see, even with the rush, there was still time for more

07/13/2011

1,500 kilometres by hitchhike in 2 days

4 min

Hitchhiking to Łódź, Poland

06/30/2011

Hitchhiking to Łódź, Poland

2 min

Hitchhiking from Kraków to Wrocław, Poland

06/22/2011

Kraków, Wrocław, and hitchhiking across Poland

3 min

Hitchhiking, dunes and a booze-up in Lithuania

06/16/2011

Hitchhiking, dunes and a booze-up in Lithuania

3 min

06/15/2011

Spending breakdown — my first 37 days on the road

2 min

To pay or not to pay

06/14/2011

To pay or not to pay

2 min

How to spot Spaniards in northern Europe

06/12/2011

How to spot Spaniards in northern Europe

1 min

Tallinn

06/08/2011

The Baltic States

2 min

Couchsurfing

06/01/2011

What is Couchsurfing?

1 min

05/27/2011

Conquering a Scottish castle

2 min

Ryanair

05/25/2011

Beating the Ryanair baggage check

2 min

Entrance to Christiania

05/19/2011

Christiania — the free state in the heart of Copenhagen

4 min

Norwegian girls in party boilersuits and trousers

05/14/2011

Norwegian party trousers — the graduation tradition you've never heard of

3 min

Hitchhiking — thumb out on the road

05/12/2011

My first time hitchhiking — Amsterdam to Antwerp and across Belgium

7 min

First taste of central Europe

05/11/2011

First taste of central Europe

3 min

Backpack

05/10/2011

The gear: the backpack

4 min

Online resources for travel

05/09/2011

Online resources for travellers

4 min

The travel bug

05/08/2011

The travel bug

4 min