Author Archives: Adam Swanson

In this blog entry, there won’t be any photos. Since it’s been a while since my last post, I have a lot of photos. More than my server will let me upload. This time I’ll be putting it in this link. This is a Google photos album with all my photos in chronological order. IContinue reading “South America Part 2”

It has been nearly two months since my departure from Europe. I’ve returned to my side of the ocean, back to the Americas. Being in South America, I feel a lot closer to home, upon looking at a map though, I realized I’m still just as far away from home as I have been. InContinue reading “Sudamerica PT1”

Normally I have to review my website to establish when my previous blog post was written so I can correctly title my post. This time, I remember clearly my last blog post. It was my last day before leaving Asia and taking my boat to Europe, it felt like a very monumental day for me,Continue reading “Sept 28-Nov 17: Fethiye to Amsterdam”

Contrary to popular belief, I am not actually dead. Here’s some proof with the details of my last two months since the previous blog update. After writing the last blog post, I spent a week in Bishkek with Henry trying to decide what our route should be as we continue to head west. We hadContinue reading “He is Risen – Adam Swanson returns from the dead after obituary is sent out to some 200 people by email.”

Okay, I’m not really dead. I’ve just been AWOL from the internet for a few months. I apologize for the long wait for this update. But at least I’m still alive to write it. Look on the bright side! The following will cover the most noteworthy aspects of the past 2.5 months of my travels.Continue reading “Adam Swanson’s Obituary (Kidding)”

I touched down in Kathmandu at 10 PM on the 7th of April. The fastest airport turnaround I’ve ever had. I was out of the airport by 10:20 with a visa and everything. My immigration officer even followed me on Instagram. My taxi dropped me off at the Airbnb at 11 where I met KailiContinue reading “Nepal Pt. 1”

I’ve been in India now for three weeks. My last entry was written in the Surat Thani airport in Thailand. These last few weeks in India have been so packed with activities that Thailand feels like months ago now so get ready for my jam packed memories of the past three weeks. I flew fromContinue reading “March 10 – March 31”

The second leg of the train trip from Chiang Mai to Bangkok to Surat Thani was interesting to say the least. After I finished the previous blog entry in the waiting area of the Bangkok train station, my train to Surat Thani pulled into the station. I put my bike into the cargo car atContinue reading “Feb 16 – March 09”

My last post ended with my reflection of the Buddhist Monestary in the Mae Hong Son region of Northern Thailand. I wrote that reflection as I was driving in an old Toyota Corolla through the jungle with the Thai guide and 4 Israeli girls who I had signed up for a jungle trek with. IContinue reading “Jan 27 – Feb 15”

Dec 12-Jan 4 (Christmas & New Years) The last time I wrote here I had spent two weeks riding and not meeting anybody, not seeing any other tourists and especially no cycle tourists. It was kind of a bummer because you can only have limited conversations with the locals in the small villages because aContinue reading “Dec 12-Jan 26”