Entering no man’s land in a different time zone leaving the land of Donald Trump, we entered a stretch of 27kms of no man’s land… A bloody hard ride uphill, swirling roads and nasty gravel patches led us to the Canadian border. One eyebrow was raised, but this civil servant gave us the look that […]
Ready, set, GO! After a quick visit to Homer’s farmer’s market (great concept and you get $2 to spend if you come by bicycle) we went on our first stretch to Ninilchik. This was the first test for us with some hills and for our rain gear as well. Apparently it was a wet summer […]
En route! We said goodbye to our family on the 29th of July on Schiphol airport. The day before we had packed all our stuff in the new Ortlieb waterproof bags and to our surprise everything we wanted to take fitted in there. The Whikes came with us in the taxi van and we were […]
We were interviewed by Channel 2 news (KTUU) in Anchorage about our panamerican Whike trip and our renewable energy mission. Check it out here!
Kodiak Island is a 9 hour ferry away from Homer, on the Alaska main land. We visited this beautiful ‘Emerald Island’ at the start of our trip and were greeted by the wind turbines on arrival. We were interested in hearing more about the island’s claim it is running on almost 100% renewable power and […]
Although Alaska is called the last frontier and seems isolated from the rest of the world, it turns out to be a perfect place to start our trip. It Is hard to miss the stress between economic benefit, a sustainable way of living and the environment. And climate change is very visible in Alaska. Climate […]
Fredjan Twigt is the inventor of the Whike. When we first contacted him to go for a test ride, we expected to find him in a bicycle shop. We were surprised to see he was located in an ‘Ecodorp’, a sustainable living community, in Bergen (The Netherlands). After the first test ride we were hooked […]