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

Wynyard - Hobart … 30/04 – 07/04 Ow, ow, ow… this reminds us of our start in France, nearly a year ago. We tend to get up late because of the grey sky. Once up, we take our time for breakfast (it doesn’t help that we can watch the French news on TV) and...

Melbourne – Wynyard … 20/03 – 30/04 We land in Melbourne after a 4-hour flight, a bit tired but happy to be at last in this country we have been dreaming so much about. We were very lucky, in Christchurch, the lady at the check-in seemed to forget to...

Oamaru – Auckland … 24/02 – 19/03 We change direction and drive West. It’s about time we see some mountains! On the way, we meet again with Tim and Mat. They have stopped at Elephant Rocks, a flat grassy area scattered with big strangely shaped rocks....

Manapouri - Oamaru … 16/02 – 24/02 Instead of going straight east towards Dunedin, we go further south to Invercargill. The city is quite boring, only shops… Most cities and villages are built on the same model: one (or a few) streets with a lot of shops,...

Christchurch - Manapouri ... 04/02 - 15/02 On Wednesday morning, we take the same route as the train, direction: North. It rains all the way and Sylvie starts to feel tired. She hasn't driven for a while and 400km is quite a lot to start with, especially...

Auckland - Christchurch ... 21/01 - 04/02 After a relaxing week with Yannick and Stéphanie, here we are, going to the airport. We take a pick-up truck so that we can fit the bikes and panniers at the back. Once at the airport, what we feared the most...

Vientiane - Bangkok ... 05/01 - 19/01 On Monday morning, Vanh rushes to the tourist office to extend our visas. It works out a bit cheaper than if we had paid the fee at the border but not much because she had to 'corrupt' the official. After one last...

We follow Brice on his motorbike in the streets of Vientiane, already half in the dark. Three years ago, we already visited Brice and Vanh while we were touring Asia. We are impatient to see the family again: Vanh's parents, her sisters, little Aline...

Louang Prabang - Vientiane ... 09/12 - 18/12 Since we landed in Bangkok, we were looking forward to get to Louang Prabang. We remembered a small town with colonial houses, quiet albeit touristy. Our enthusiasm cools down when we arrive in the centre....

Houayxai - Louang Prabang ... 05/12 - 09/12 We were told there can be a long queue at the customs so we get there early. Indeed, we haven't been here for long that buses arrive and start unloading Asian tourists. Foreigners are fewer, ten or so perhaps....