Tour du monde à vélo couché. Round the world on recumbents

Tent To help you choose a tent, think about the following points: - What kind of trip: a few weeks, a few months, more than a year… If you go for a short time, a cheap tent won’t have the time to be damaged. For a long trip, prefer tough materials and...

Panniers or trailer? We hesitated for a long time! Panniers are more convenient on public transport but they put a lot of stress on the bicycle (especially on a recumbent where all the weight is born by the rear wheel). So we bought a trailer and a pair...

We used other travellers’ websites a lot so it is only fair that we put our complete list. You can find everything we carry with us, from the spare tyres to the stove. During the first months, we have ‘skimmed’ what we initially took. The list is what...

Everything depends on your philosophy… and your budget… It is often difficult to choose a bicycle especially if you haven’t done much cycling before. When you start looking into it, you usually face a simple problem: a lot of people actually travel by...

Visa Visitors get three months on arrival (at least French and Belgians). No money to pay, it’s so easy after China! Money 1 euro = 130 yens It’s easy to withdraw money in the big cities. Cash machines that would take our card (a Visa) were a bit more...

Visa We got it in Bangkok in May 2009. We only got a one-month visa but some of our friends got 2 months a few months earlier. Maybe we should have given an address in Bangkok instead of in France? The visa is valid for 3 months from the day you get it....

Visa We went through Stantours and got a 'group visa' (we were four cyclists). There is no need to travel all together. It is like applying for a visa the four together and this way, we shared the cost of the post to Bishkek. It is a one-month visa and...

Visa We could have done it at the embassy in Bangkok but it is only open 3 days a week and 2h/day. And apparently, it is not very easy to get the visa. We went through Stantours who sent us a letter of invitation in 15 days via email. We got our one-month...

Visa We got a 30-day visa at the border, in Houayxai. 30$ for French people, 35$ for Belgians. Money 1 euro = 11.000 kips 1 baht = 245 kips There are now cash machines in Houayxai, Louang Prabang, Vang Vieng and Vientiane. There was none when we were...

Visa You get a free ’30-day’ stamp on arrival at the airport. Be careful! As of end of November 2008, if you enter via land (Lao, Burma, Cambodia), you only get 15 days. Otherwise you can apply for a 2-month visa. We renewed our visa at the Burmese border...