“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed

by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore.  Dream.  Discover.”
                                                                   -Mark Twain

Welcome to my website!!

    On June 12th 2010 I will be taking on the the Blue Planet. I hope you will follow along as I ride my Fully Loaded Expedition Bicycle  on what friends have said is "the longest way around the world". My route is designed to take me through 60 + countries on 5 continents North/South America, Africa, Europe and Asia   ( Russia, China, Tibet, Nepal, India, south Asia) with a possibility of Japan, Australia, and New Zealand after I finish in Singapore. The trip of my life spanning 5 years.

Trip Summary:

The Americas- I will pedal the length of the Americas from “Tip to Tail”.  My trip starts in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in June of 2010.  I head into Canada, through the Yukon, down to Banff.  Here, I pick up The Great Divide Mtn Bike Route, which will take me through The United States and into Mexico.  I continue through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay.  My “Tip to Tail” ride of the Americas section will be completed in Ushuaia, Argentina.  Next, bike to Buenos Aires or Rio to catch a freighter to Cape Town, South Africa.

South Africa- Once in South Africa, I will head along the deserts of Namibia, east through Botswana and Zambia, then turn north through Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt.  

After Africa- From Egypt, I ferry over to Turkey, and then continue onward through Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Belarus then into Russia.  Here I will follow the Trans Siberian Highway to Mongolia traverse the Gobi desert to Ulaanbaatar across the steppe into china and enter Beijing.  From Beijing, my  travels will take me into central China, to Tibet, through Nepal, to India, down to Bombay, and back up through Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, before going back into Thailand to head down to Singapore… (At this point my world travel route will be complete, but who knows what the future will hold for me?)

Alternative Plans- World events and political unrest could change my starting place and or alter my plans in mid ride.  If affairs look bad in specific parts of the world, I will travel the route in a direction that best suits the safety need, For example, I could start in Singapore and make my way up and over the Asiatic areas, into Africa, then over to South America, up through Central America, and finish in Prudhoe Bay.  I'm  not afraid to travel in countries that are less than desirable.  It is just a simple fact of life that as things get bad and the struggle to survive becomes more desperate, even regular people will turn to extremes to survive.  I can’t blame them.  America is partially responsible for the fact that many parts of the world are in a less than desirable state.  “This is this because that is that.” –Thich Nhat Hahn  I feel it is prudent to exercise caution if the economic situation does not improve.      

F eel free to explore the pages.  And, please be sure to sign the Guest Book!  Let me know who you are and where you’re from.  I have made this website and I  would like your input , if I can do something to make it better let me know, if it is great let me know as well!

                           
 
Thanks for taking the time to look at my site!!

Aaron
        


Any questions: alohalisco@hotmail.com