Day 09 – Hiroo to Urahoro – Rainy day
2019-08-30 Start: 10:45 / Arrival: 16:30 Distance: 78km / Gained height 560 hm Started of with fizzy rain. My mobile phone used for routing was also making problems due to the high humidity. Not such a
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Day 08 – Urakawa to Hiroo – Cape Erimo
2019-08-29 Start: 11:00 / Arrival: 19:00 Distance: 100km / Gained height 600 hm Although the weather may seem to be not to nice, this was one of the most incredible rides in my life so
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Day 07 – Shizunai to Urakawa – Rainy day
2019-08-28 Start: 12:15 / Arrival: 17:45 Distance: 40km / Gained height 200 hm Weather is so unstable and unpredictable here – just starting of and see how it will evolve is the way to go. Today
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Day 06 – Chitose to Shizunai – Horseranges, Pacific and karaoke
2019-08-27 Start: 11:00 / Arrival: 19:15 Distance: 95km / Gained height 550 hm Chitose is Hokkaidos main airport, so we had to pass it after breakfast. Not so nice to ride, but this was followed
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Day 05 – Toyako to Chitose – Shikotsu national park
2019-08-26 Start: 11:15 / Arrival: 18:30 Distance: 94km / Gained height 890 hm Left Lake Toya and had a long but smooth climb up over to Lake Shikotsu at the same named national park. Rural area,
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Day 04 – Kutchan to Lake Toya / Toyako – Going round Mt. Yotai-san to the vulcanic island
2019-08-21 Start: 11:00 / Arrival: 17:45 Distance: 65km / Gained height 680 hm This was the when we started to ignore the forecast. Projected was thunderstorm and rain – in the end it turned out
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Day 01 – Sapporo – Getting the bicycles ready
2019-08-21 Big moment, getting the packages from the reception and building up the bicycles after the transport. Luckily everything went well, nothing was damaged – so we’ve got two working bicycles now in front of
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Day 00 – Sapporo – Trip and arrival
2019-08-21 Travelling to Sapporo is quite a big trip. Took us almost 18 hrs, 2 flights and a train. But everything went so smooth – Jan was so kind to bring us to the airport
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Nishiki getting ready
This years trip will be touring around the northern tip of Japan – Hokkaido. Just finished the bike for the trip. It’s a Nishiki Ultra Tour frame from 1985, produced in Kōbe. Actually the brand
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2018 Taiwan – Overview
Taiwan Overview Taipei Day 01 – Taipei – Taipei by motorbike Day 02 – Taipei – Taiwan Funk Cycling Part 1 – To Hualien Day 03 – Taipei to Jiufen – Spirited away Day 04
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