Category Tips & guides

ARGENTINA: HOW TO DRINK MATE?

Mate or chimarrao in Brazil

Mate (a hot herbal drink) is just as an essential part of the Argentinian culture as is asado (barbecue). It’s drank by everyone everywhere and each gas station has its own spot for filling up your thermos with hot water (which of course,…

3 ANSWERS TO: “WHY CYCLE PARAGUAY?”

Why would you cycle Paraguay? It’s usually not the first country you think of when choosing a destination to visit in South America. Quite on the contrary, it’s probably one of the last with Suriname and The Guianas. There are neither…

WOMEN ON WHEELS: EBOOK OUT NOW!!

Loretta Henderson is a woman who started the Women On Wheels (WOW) community for and about solo female cyclists many years ago. She has been cycling around the world for quite a while now, and FINALLY she has written an ebook about 100…

URBAN HITCHHIKING: WALKING WITH STRANGERS

Urban hitchhiking in Helsinki

Would you like a spontaneous encounter with a stranger in the midst of your day-to-day life? If the answer is yes, then Urban Hitchhiking is for you! Created by urban-space-mastermind Lauri Jäntti and myself, Urban Hitchhiking is all about unexpected encounters in an…

TRAINING FOR LATIN AMERICA WITH A PINK RIKSHAW

rikshaw standing on its own

How on earth do you train for long-distance cycling and contact with strangers if you live in a city? Unless you’re one of those people into Urban Hitchhiking [sic!], meeting people on the streets of a city can be a tricky business. However,…