Finally, ...
... a breath of fresh air, the sweat is running down your face, the valley
floor is laying for your feet, green, lush and welcoming. The last crest is
climbed, as you reach for some refreshening water you know that the coming
hour will be downhill.To travel by bike is to travel with nature, smell the
spring flowers, taste the sea-breeze and feel the sun on your hands. Sometimes
wipe the rain off your face, and always whether wet or cold, warm, hot or
burning, tickle your senses and just be alive.
Björn is swedish, he works for an offshore company with steel
engineering. He has always dreamt about living abroad an ended up after Australia,
Latvia, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong in... Holland. Since secondary school he has
trained and instructed in karate, and is for many years a black belt. The
last couple of years he is into shoot fighting and brasilian jujutsu.
Björn is a very positive guy, never gets really upset when cycling, except
for when it is raining. His foremost strength is the will to never give up,
not to forget his ability to sleep everywhere - even when it is well below
zero. The more tired he is the harder he will ride. His favorite food on the
road: pasta with a raw egg.
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My top 5: Telemark skiing, in the piste, off the piste or better - in powder snow... |
| The heavy snowfall of today has
just ceased. Northern lights covering the starlight sky in greenish flames
- tomorrow you just have to be up early, the white slopes are there and
first one out is first one served. It's powder time! |
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| More alpine delights? Soulstice
films covers mountains from Montana to Mount Everest | |
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The Swedish Alps at their prime, in the month of September the whole forest changes colour... |
| From green, to yellow, to red and brown. Sometimes a first light snowfall can create surrealistic landscapes covered in a yellow and white blanket. And no mosqitues! |
| Abisko National Park,
next to the lake of Torneträsk. | |
| Where to go & stay,
or just some ideas about Sweden? | |
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Landlocked in the midst of Western Australia... |
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Red earth, washed out colours of eucalyptus green. Elevated above
the plains, you are swept away by the sensation of the possibilty that
this is one of the first rock outcrops to emerge out of the sea. The
movement of a couple of kangaroos racing across in a far distance catch
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| Both Pilbaras and Kimberleys are better visited during the dry season, June to August. |
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Algarve, Portugal. |
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Here at the south-west corner of Continental Europe, Henry the Seafarer set up his maritime academy in the 16th century. On the Atlantic side, the waves are ever breaking, steadily wearing down the jagged rock. |
| Cliffs, beaches, mountains
or historic Europe-all there | |
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Diving in tropical waters, with field of vision of +20m and sometimes +30m... |
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Malaysia have good diving spots. With coral, murenas, octopus and turtles.
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Tioman Island is not
only a good place to start diving-wreck diving is there too!|
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Maybe the leading
organisation in scuba diving,a PADI-cert. is accepted in most places | |
Loves: Being on the
winning side | bridges & pylons | tunnels & caves | historical buildings...
Hates:
To not have the motorcycle licence (that's why I do
the rockies on a MTB) ...
Mission: To bring the world a true understanding
of the three additional letters in the Swedish Alphabet [eau,hae,oeh].