The Balkans is a region in Eastern Europe that has been long time in our heads. We always wanted to cycle in these countries we heard so many stories about... especially during the war in the 90´s: places like Vukovar, Mostar, Mitrovica, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik,...
Great bicycle tour connecting our base in Switzerland with Joseba's hometown, Bilbao. Good weather and nice landscapes along the Via Podiensis in France. Culturally it is a very rich path full of monuments and villages to visit following one of the St...
Back from a world tour by bicycle (53 countries crossed and more than 65,000kms in 4 years and a half) Corinne and Joseba want to share their passion for travel (by bicycle or trekking) in the regions they have enjoyed the most: the mountains . VELOTREK'...
Canadian Cycling Magazine (January 2014): "TOP 5 ASCENTS ON THE PLANET" photos taken by Joseba Perez, Paso Agua Negra (4'775m), Chile/Artentina - CCMv4i6_tearsheet_med_p 77.pdf - Paso Agua Negra (4'775m).pdf
Invités par l'Université Populaire - Région Bienne - Lyss, nous présentons notre Tour du monde à vélo (2009-2013) sous forme de conférence-diaporama à l'UP à Bienne le 25 février 2015 à 19h15, bienvenue à tous! Inscriptions auprès de l'Université Populaire:...
JOURNAL DU JURA (fevrier 2013), par Rose-Mary Voiblet "LA FIN DU MONDE, PAS DU VOYAGE" Quatre ans et 59’500 km de chemins explorés plus tard, à coups de pédales, Corinne Maire est arrivée à Ushuaia «On ne décide pas grand-chose, notre chemin s’écrit au...
After the great cycling through Guatemala we decide to move to El Salvador, another little country with a violent past (the civil war finished in 1992) and still trying to reduce the big gap between poor and rich. The country has excellent places for...
Stop over in Dubai! Thanks to the hospitality of Isabel and Ronn we can "enjoy" the craziness of this city built on sand and without any natural wonder. What you can find is just big buildings and shopping malls... Indeed Dubai is the major financial...
Ready to board the plane via Dubai to the Americas! Soon going back to our nomadic biking life. End of English speaking countries, listos para hablar español !! On s’apprete a monter dans le boeing, velos en boite, prets au decollage: Dubai-Houston. Les...
Remise en selle en direction de la capitale, Addis Abeba, 750 km en vue. Couverts de boutons dus aux trop nombreuses puces de lit, c'est en se grattant que l'on se remet dans le rythme des denivelees. Presque surpris, elles se moderent mais se rallongent....
Frontiere passee, seule la chaleur est semblable, a faire fondre! Les plats soudanais se transforment en descentes vertigineuses et montees tres mechantes, avec chance l'alternance est separee par 500 metres de presque plat. La forme n'a qu'a suivre!...
EL CORREO (Enero 2013) Un joven bilbaíno decidió dejar su trabajo hace cuatro años y embarcarse en el proyecto de su vida: recorrer los cinco continentes en bicicleta Se cuentan por centenares, quizás miles, los que se embarcan en la aventura de dar la...
After resting in Coyhaique and letting another cold front pass by we biked the second part of the “carretera austral”. It could not have been a better time, we are lucky and it does not rain any single day of the 7 that takes us to reach Villa O´Higgins,...
After spending a warm Christmas with Pato and Oscar on the lake shore of Lago Epuyen we continue our journey through Los Alerces National Park where we are lucky and enter it just 1 day before they start to charge the 50 Pesos entrance fee. We have beautiful...
We leave Mendoza and the heat to pedal through the “estepa” direction south. The area turns into a volcanic landscape where we can admire an arid land where the wind blows strongly and mostly facing us! With the crossing of Río Colorado on the way to...
22nd November! That is the day they would open Paso Agua Negra... . We are happy to have this news since the pass remains for more than half of the year closed due to the heavy snow fall. Till then we cycle and enjoy Chile. Life in Chile is easy and comfortable,...
Once in San Pedro de Atacama we have 2 options to enter Argentina: the asphalted Paso Jama or the ‘camino de tierra’ of Paso Sico. After researching both routes we decide to give a try to Paso Sico since it is supposed to be wilder with nicer landscape...
Days of excellent food, wine and accommodation which looks like luxury for us.... We spent a nice time with Corinne´s parents in the area around Arequipa. The colonial “white city” welcomes us with fabulous food, typical dishes like “rocoto relleno, ocopa,...
What a splendid ride through the Andes! The last 2 weeks have been tough but rewarding with spectacular mountain views. The crossing of Río Marañón gorge with a long climb of over 2,000mts brought us to Celendín where we could attend demonstrations against...
Welcome to Peru! What a big contrast to Ecuador! Noisy, dirtier and every car is horning! It looks like the India of South America. In every place we stop all the people (kids and not so young) star at us as if we were from another planet, not to mention...
We cycle the last stretch in Ecuador from Cuenca to the border of La Balsa. We choose this border because it is not packed with traffic (there is only a piste going there that is not yet finished) and the road goes through the Cordillera on altitude....
It is time to leave Quito where we stayed for over a week and head on the "Troncal de la Sierra" to the highlands of Ecuador. On the way we have nice views of the volcanoes Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Tungurahua... It is amazing to see these colosal mountains...
We continue our way through Ecuador, once upon a time part of the Inca empire, then ruled by the Spanish Pizarro brothers, afterwards under Simón Bolivar part of the Great Colombia and finally independent in 1830. Politically it is a huge difference to...
Bienvenidos a Colombia: The only risk is that you stay! Despite all the bad reputation that this country might have due to the violence, weapon dealers, drug cartels, paramilitary, revolutionary groups such as ELN or FARC we find a very rich and beautiful...
LE QUOTIDIEN JURASSIEN (April 2012) « Elle embrasse le monde d'un coup de pédale » Effort d'imagination: se poser sur un tarmac à Téhéran, monter à califourchon sur un vélo et poser le pied, quatre ans plus tard, au bout du monde à Ushuaia. Ce voyage...
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“J'ai rencontré des gens tellement pauvres que la seule chose qu'ils possédaient... était l'argent!”
Jean-Béliveau, 11 ans de tour du monde à pieds
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