http://www.tour.tk cycling around the world since 2006 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:46:38 GMT FeedEdit http://www.tour.tk/country-information.htm Uploaded 60-odd new and/or updated distance charts to our country information pages. 20 more to come... Ali Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:03:53 GMT http://www.tour.tk/cycle-touring-cleaning-tips.htm Updated 'health' and 'cleaning' tips and tricks pages. New lay-out and colour scheme. Ali Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:42:12 GMT http://www.tour.tk Welcome to our new site! It's been a long time coming... Ever since we left on our round the world bicycle trip, almost five years ago, we have struggled to keep this site up-to-date. Of course it had something to do with the fact that we wanted to discover the world and therefore didn't want to spend too much time in sparsely-lit internet cafes with dodgy electricity supplies, but also with the ever changing cyber world. When we set off in July 2006, the standard computer screen size was 800x600, now almost obsolete, and during the last five years we managed to squeeze all kinds of new gadgets, applications, films and flash players in this very small screen space. Up until now. Because we are on a one year sabbatical from cycling (Sonya currently in Australia awaiting approval to start work in Saudi Arabia and Ali web building in Egypt), we finally had the time to undertake this massive project and refurbish the tour.tk site properly. It's not entirely finished yet, but the main pages are there, all the info is there and the lay-out is in place. We'll keep you up-to-date when we add new content or replace existing stuff. So what's new? Screen size width increased from 800 to 1024px * we've changed the navigation * links to the resources pages have been moved to the right side on every page and relevant links have been placed just above the page title * the main navigation is situated just underneath the clickable header/world map with logo * bigger fonts, easier to read * brand new slideshow on the on-the-road pages * there are comment boxes on pages where we would like to see feedback/suggestions/comments from visitors * we've added Twitter and Google+1 buttons on every page, as well as a Google Search bar * you can look up our adventures by country, continent, month and with the help of even more clickable maps * we have cleaned up the code... after five years it was quite a mess and this slowed down the site considerably * everything has been checked in five browsers, all links are working and we're very close to having the whole site W3C validated. We hope you enjoy it and please give us some (good or bad) feedback! Ali Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:34:02 GMT http://www.tour.tk We've finally finished the March and April updates on our site and already put photos on for May. More reading to come soon and we're very busy trying to get the NEW website up and running. A little patience please :-) Ali Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:28:20 GMT http://www.tour.tk Cycling the Sinai: our last trip for over a year. We never really planned it, but that is how things are on the road and after 4 years and 9 months of cycle touring the world, we have decided to stop. What with circumstances as they are in the Middle East and Ali fracturing his ankle, we woke up one morning to the usual blue skies of the Sinai and said: Now is the right time to take a break. Not only do we still want to cycle through the Middle East, but we would prefer to do it when there is less tension. We also came to the realisation that our funds were becoming rather low. Though the contract has not yet been signed, it is highly likely that I will be off to teach English in Saudi Arabia. Ali will remain in the Saint Catherine to build up the web design business: www.sonali.tk It is going to be another chapter to add to our travelling story and sitting here in a little Bedouin brick house with goats bleating and big red mountains surrounding me, I feel quite happy to have my mind dawdle through all the amazing things we have experienced in the last years. Quite often, it is hard to put things into perspective while you are on the road. So besides padding up the bank account over the next year, we intend to write plenty more about cycle touring and travel in general as well as try to publish something that has been on the back burner for a while now. Food being one of our favourite pastimes, we have decided to put together a detailed eBook on the art of travel cooking. It will not only have plenty of tips and tricks regarding the travel kitchen, but be full of travel-smart recipes for cycle-tourers and anyone really planning to self-cater while on the road. Thanks to everyone who has supported us for our first 60,000 kilometres, we really appreciate it. And do come back here to check for our updates :-) Ali Fri, 13 May 2011 06:34:02 GMT http://www.tour.tk It is not like we haven't done anything, it's just that we didn't get to updating tour.tk... we've worked hard on other websites: www.bedouincraft.com - www.sonali.tk - www.marnixdenijs.nl and soem care on www.sheikmousa.com. My ankle is almost better now; it had a bit of a shock after the first day of riding (133km might not have helped), but things are looking up and I can walk without pain again :-) More on our trip and stay here in the Sinai soon... we've just finished February, photos for March coming up tomorrow, text a little later. See you soon on www.tour.tk Ali Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:55:43 GMT http://www.tour.tk After ten days in Aswan, we have moved on, first to Luxor and now to Hurghada. The site is updated with our adventures in Libya and everything that happened (to us) in Egypt in the last couple of weeks. Ali Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:03:05 GMT http://www.tour.tk While protests spread across Egypt, we'll stay put in southern Aswan for a while. There is sporadic internet access, so if you see this message, we have been able to upload another update to our site. Ali Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:09:13 GMT http://www.tour.tk Thanks for your patience, our latest update is online (apart from our Libya chapter) and we've added a couple more photos as well. The country information pages have been updated (again!), so plenty to read again. Enjoy. Ali Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:25:29 GMT http://www.tour.tk After having cycled almost constantly for the last three weeks, we finally found some time to put some more info on our site. There are updates on many cost of living sections of the country information pages, but what is more important, we finished the write up of November and there are tonnes of new photos from November (Tunisia) and December (Libya), especially from the ancient sites of Sabratha, Leptis Magna and Cyrene. Enjoy. Ali Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:31:10 GMT http://www.tour.tk Yes, we know, it is almost December, but we had some catching up to do on the writing. The October stories are now online... together with a lot more tips & tricks, links, bike shops in the country information section and photos. Oh, and we have news from Libya! Ali Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:58:32 GMT http://www.tour.tk/cycle-touring-travel-tips.htm Since we've been waiting for our Libyan via in Tunis, we have given our site a little bit of a facelift. But not only the ouside looks brighter, the content also has changed dramaticaly. We've just finished Tips & Tricks page number 6 (out of 9), this one about travel. Ali Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:26:37 GMT http://www.tour.tk While waiting for our Libyan transit visas, we gave our site another facelift. But now we need some feedback! Everyting working? need changes? what's wrong? Let us know. Please! Ali Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:23:31 GMT http://www.tour.tk/cycle-touring-health-tips.htm Trying to keep up the pace here: our tips & tricks pages are growing and growing. Check out the health section. Ali Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:27:01 GMT http://www.tour.tk/cycle-touring-money-tips.htm Just finisehd two totally revamped pages in our tips & tricks section. Check out the Money and Insurance pages! Ali Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:20:47 GMT http://www.tour.tk/cyclists-in-the-news.htm And if that isn't enough, we also translated a newspaper article about us cycling around the globe from way back in July... It was published in De Gelderlander on the 7th of July. Original in Dutch, translations in English. Ali Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:42:36 GMT http://www.tour.tk/tour-guides.htm Son has just finished a new tour•guide, one of our free pdf downloads. After last months Biking South West Bolivia, now it's time for Biking Beaches in Brazil ! Ali Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:39:37 GMT http://www.tour.tk While we are waiting for our Libyan visa to come through, we have done some serious updating of our website. Most of it was behind the scenes, so you won't be noticing it too much, but we did add some more categories to the drop down menu. Ali Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:35:13 GMT http://www.tour.tk/on-the-road-1009-cycling-france2.htm Just uploaded our last update: of the month of September. Tons of stories of meeting old friends and climbing cols in the French Alps. Added bonus is the newer than new look of the site, just before we embark on another part of our trip: crossing the Mediterranean towards North Africa. Ali Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:54:07 GMT http://www.tour.tk We have just completed building an extensive guide to cycling in South West Bolivia. Everything you need to know to traverse this amazing place. Maps, accommodation, food and water options, photos, altitude graphs and distances. Thanks to James Pratt and Kevin Bauer. Ali & Son Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:44:45 GMT http://www.tour.tk It has taken quite some time, but we finally managed to get our long awaited update on our site. New navigation means easier to get from one page to the other, our old map has disappeared and made way for a new banner. Check it out! Ali Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:45:08 GMT http://www.tour.tk/on-the-road-1008-cycling-france.htm our latest photos and diary are online. August took us from Brussels via Paris to the edge of Switzerland. And don't forget to read our July diary too... Ali Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:37:24 GMT http://www.tour.tk/pdf/newsletter11.pdf Find out what kept us busy and going over the last six months by reading our latest newsletter. And we've had a lot of people to thank ! Ali & Son Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:53:56 GMT http://www.tour.tk/feed.xml even easier to follow: rss feeds on tour.tk Ali Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:55:49 GMT