Random thoughts on the road
Since I took a break from my cycling trip in May 2016, I switched from carrying 4 pannier bags on my bike to 1 on my shoulder. My “home” downsized to 1/4 of its original size. My bike and most of my belongings were left in the Bulgarian mountain, at friends’ house. When I decided… Read More What we want = what we need??
When you have experienced you were at the edge of losing your life, you would treasure how great it is to live and to survive! Two months ago in June I innocently guessed that hiking from Rila Monastery to the Seven Lakes should be an easy task, the ascend from 1200m to 2600m doesn’t seem a lot… Read More Near death experience in Bulgarian mountains
My first Rainbow Gathering ever, and this video gives you a brief idea of what I had experienced in those 10 days living in a huge tribe: WELCOME HOME! I felt so touching when a total stranger shouted at me once I arrived the gathering site of Rainbow family with two Italian girls Francesca and… Read More 2016 European Rainbow Gathering
When I visited the capital Skopje of Macedonia, our host Jovana brought me and my friend to a daily protest in the center. We were so surprised to see such a huge crowd of people marching every single day for the sake of overthrowing the current government. If you want to read more about the… Read More Everyday life in Skopje, Macedonia
Taking a break from my bike trip, because my best friend Zevari from Hongkong visited me and we traveled together in the Balkans for 2 weeks, mainly focus on Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina! The trip was awesome, we were so surprised by how friendly Kosovo people are; they greeted us on the road, gave… Read More Backpacking in the Balkans Countries
Both post-communist countries, Serbia and Romania. One in European Union, one is not. One was bombed in 1999 by NATO, one is struggling with its gypsy population. This leg I passed several Serbian cities: Subotica, Novi Sad, Belgrade and Vrsac. Then crossing to Romania: Timisoara, Deva, Sebes, Sibiu, Brasov and Barlad. The countryside of both… Read More Leg 3: Rendezvous in Serbia and Romania
Many people said Croatian coast is very beautiful and I must go there, but I chose to just cross the capital Zagreb and towards Hungary. After such a long time on the road, sightseeing is no longer my top priority, but meeting local people, understanding their cultures and trying authentic local food are far more… Read More Leg 2 – Croatia and Hungary
If you have no time to read my post, just have a look of this video, it is the highlights of Leg 1 – Italy and Slovenia! In 2014 when I started riding my bike from Northern Europe, I did not know what to expect, nor have a concrete plan about where to go and… Read More Leg 1: Italy Slovenia – New experiments along with the bike trip
Recently during a conversation with my best friend in Hongkong, I talked about realizing the meaning of my life through traveling but it seems the last 4 years I have not done any remarkable things that contributed to the world, except my self-absorbing idea to escape from this ordinary living style and find my… Read More Self-Reflection and My true beliefs
After a long pause of my bike trip for almost half a year, finally I can get back myself and get ready to set off my next leg of this limitless bike trip. During this half a year, it was a much needed healing process for my physical, mental and spiritual being. There were so… Read More Taking a half-year break to let myself grow
