Peter Gostelow
Adventure cycling
Looking back at 2008
Memories of life on the road sometimes feel quite distant now. On New Year’s Eve last year I was in Syria – looking ahead to the challenges of cycling through Jordan, Egypt and across north Africa....
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Writing and photography are two obvious ways to document an expedition. Filming is the other, but when you are both cameraman and actor this can be a challenge, as proven by Rob Lilwall in this humorous video. Rob...
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Inspiration for women
It’s rare to meet women on a solo bicycle tour, particularly in Muslim countries. I occasionally get e-mails and questions from women who are thinking of cycling through Asia. They ask me if I think...
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Calendar for Christmas
I took around 24,000 photos during my 3-year trip. Before the age of digital cameras that would have created some big problems, and costs. Looking over and editing them during the last several months has been an...
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As Somaliland has little official recognition outside its borders (in Africa I think only in Ethiopia and Djibouti), the nation's flag isn't well known. However, inside of Somaliland it is hard not to come across the… https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rMtLQl-Bu/?igshid=doaue2ouxvf1
Hyena camp. I hardly camped at all during the three months I spent cycling in Ethiopia. That wasn't through fear of hyenas, but the difficulty and hassle of finding somewhere suitable, away from the curious young… https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Rp_XYFcS2/?igshid=171p9qfeu44h5
