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SOUTHEAST ASIA

  • INDONESIA

    The mystery connection

    It took me nearly two weeks to find out when the Batam-Jakarta ferry goes and how could I buy a ticket for it. Three friends if main were coming to Bali…

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  • INDONESIA

    Fight fire with hospitality

    Country number 32 and the last Asian country on my way: Indonesia. Island of Batam, located close to Singapore, greeted me with crazy traffic and steep hills, but also with great…

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  • SINGAPORE

    Playing drums in a sky scraper

    Singapore is in some ways very similar to Helsinki; well organized, rather expensive, clean and full of parks. It was also the most Western influenced county I have been for over…

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  • SINGAPORE

    Route: Vietnam-Singapore

    I slept here in Vietnam πŸ‡»πŸ‡³ Laos πŸ‡±πŸ‡¦ Cambodia πŸ‡°πŸ‡­ Thailand πŸ‡¨πŸ‡· Malaysia πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ and Singapore πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬. #biketouring #yourhomeiswhereyoupitchit…

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  • SINGAPORE

    30 000km across the first two

    πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ #30000km #Eurasia #biketouring #Malaysia #March2016 I do have a bad habit of not celebrating any mile stones on my trip. Days and countries just roll by. When I arrived to Johor…

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  • MALAYSIA

    The purpose of it all

    At my previous work as a researcher deforestation was a regular topic as it had an significant impact on the carbon footprint of some products we were doing the environmental assessment…

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  • MALAYSIA

    500 it is

    500 days on the road. #biketouring #aroundtheworld #Malaysia #March2016…

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  • MALAYSIA

    Time for a new shirt?

    Lifespan of a thin merino wool T-shirt on a bike tour? 300 days of cycling. This shirt was my primary riding short for around a year from Georgia to Malaysia. I…

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  • MALAYSIA

    Too deep in the jungle

    I had planned my route across Malaysia using population density maps in attempt to find better wild camping and more peaceful roads. Google walking directions is a fairly good tool for…

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  • MALAYSIA

    Scout reunion

    I slept my second night in the Middle East of Asia on a football field of a school. Scouts of Kuala Pegang were having an introductory course for the new scouts…

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