SpiceRoads Cycle Tours is encouraging riders to visit Nepal this coming season by offering to donate US$250 for every rider booked on a Nepal tour from now until the end of March 2016. Many of the popular tourist areas have managed to escape the brunt of the earthquake and local tour leaders are now ready […]
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Loy Krathong: Thailand’s festival of lights and rivers
Every November, Thailand’s rivers, canals, lakes, and ponds, and even sometimes swimming pools and fountains, light up with beautiful floral creations, sending wishes and hopes for blessings and forgiveness into nature. Loy Kratong, which translates loosely to “floating basket”, is celebrated on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai […]
Catch sight of a rare Lemur in the wild
One of the joys of SpiceRoads’ Madagascar adventure is catching sight of the myriad species unique to the island. And “myriad” is an understatement. According to the World Wildlife Fund’s description of Madagascar, “approximately 95 percent of Madagascar’s reptiles, 89 percent of its plant life, and 92 percent of its mammals exist nowhere else on […]
Rider of the month – Cleo Burgett
How long have you been cycling for? I have cycled since I was a child. My first brand was a Fireston, no gears, blue 18” free cruising bicycle. It was followed a few years later with the coolest sting-ray handle-barred, banana seat wonder. I rode a twenty-one speed all through college but only to classes […]
Top 5 reasons to see Madagascar by bicycle
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A Lung of Fresh Air – Bangkok’s Jungle
By Lynn Spreadbury “Don’t look down, ” jokes Don, my guide. Of course I do. I’m straddling a ten speed bike on a narrow, concrete path hoisted two meters above marshy wetlands surrounded by forest. Not a good place for vertigo. Not a good place to fall. A teak wood house with potted plants and […]
Bali Cycle Tour Special Promotion
Book a tour to Bali before the end of December, 2015 and receive a free cultural evening including a traditional dance performance! And if you are a citizen of 30 select countries including UK, US, Canada, New Zealand you are able to gain visa-free entry. Read more What you get? Bali Explorer (3 days / […]