Yesterday was my last day at the job where I have been
working for more than six years. It’s a great feeling that I am getting close
to the dream journey that I have been talking about for two years now. But I
will miss all my colleagues
and would like to thank everybody for this time. And who knows, maybe I’ll be
back =)
fredag 20 juli 2012
måndag 9 juli 2012
T Minus 1 month
Departure is near and I can't wait to get out on the road.
I'm working two more weeks and my last day at work will be Thursday 19th.
Almost all the gear is ready except for a few things that will be arriving later this week.
Packing everything have been easier than I thought, but even though I have been careful only to bring light and small gear it's still going to be heavy on the bike(and me=).
Since I have been trying out all the gear and feel comfortable with everything I don't think I will be cycling as much these last weeks, I will be on that bike enough later anyway.
I'm working two more weeks and my last day at work will be Thursday 19th.
Almost all the gear is ready except for a few things that will be arriving later this week.
Packing everything have been easier than I thought, but even though I have been careful only to bring light and small gear it's still going to be heavy on the bike(and me=).
Since I have been trying out all the gear and feel comfortable with everything I don't think I will be cycling as much these last weeks, I will be on that bike enough later anyway.
söndag 27 maj 2012
söndag 15 april 2012
Vaccines
A couple of weeks ago I visited a doctor to advice me on what vaccines to take before leaving.
Since I had taken vaccine for hepatitis A and B before I "only" had to take for Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, Typhoid fever and Rabies. Plus some medicine for my stomach and for Cholera.
But the most problematic of all diseases is of course malaria. There are different pills and you have to take
them during the time you are in a high risk area. Next up on the schedule are three rabies shots..
Since I had taken vaccine for hepatitis A and B before I "only" had to take for Yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, Typhoid fever and Rabies. Plus some medicine for my stomach and for Cholera.
But the most problematic of all diseases is of course malaria. There are different pills and you have to take
them during the time you are in a high risk area. Next up on the schedule are three rabies shots..
söndag 11 december 2011
Winter update
It's been a while since I updated this blog. Mostly because not much have happened regarding the trip. The winter has come and it's cold and dark outside, cycling have been replaced by running and others exercises. I have to keep my body in shape to be able to withstand all the challenges I'm facing on the long journey to come.
Even the dark cold winter has it's beautiful days. This is from today's jogging by the river, it's 14:30 and the sun is about to go down.
I made an attempt this fall to get some sponsors on board to help me with some material. But after contacting the companies and dealers that had the type of products I was interested in I got nothing but no for an answer. Some had a collaboration with other adventurers and some just didn't have money in the budget to sponsor my adventure. Perhaps because of how the economy is right now and that they don't have money to spend on small projects like mine that doesn't guarantee to show there brand in the media. But that's okay for me, I wasn't expecting that much when looking for sponsors. This just means I have to invest in some products, and when I don't have to take sponsors into account I can choose the products I really want.
Another investment I made this fall was a LASEK eye surgery. It's been a little over two months since the surgery and I couldn't be more happy with it. I can see perfect now and don't have to think about lenses and eye glasses anymore. Eye surgery have been something I have thought about for some time now but always postponed it because It have sounded a little unpleasant when I've heard of it. But the surgery went well and was over in a couple of minutes. I did the surgery at Koskelas eye clinic in Umeå, they were great and I'm very happy with everything. The hard part was the three days following the surgery. The two hour bus ride home wasn't very pleasant because my eyes was very sensitive to light and tears was running from my eyes. So the days after I stayed in my apartment with blacked out windows and was listening to audiobooks for three days. But it was all worth it especially because of my upcoming adventure, which is the reason I finally decided to do it. It's going to make my life much easier when I'm out traveling and don't have to carry lenses and lens water and all the other problems it bring when you have to rely on glasses and lenses to see.
It's now starting to sink in that it's only a couple of months until summer and departure of my life's big adventure. This winter and spring I will continue training, working and try to save as much money as i possibly can. Next month I will be meeting a doctor to go over the vaccines I will have to take before leaving.
I am very much looking forward to getting on the bike and pedaling out into the world.
I made an attempt this fall to get some sponsors on board to help me with some material. But after contacting the companies and dealers that had the type of products I was interested in I got nothing but no for an answer. Some had a collaboration with other adventurers and some just didn't have money in the budget to sponsor my adventure. Perhaps because of how the economy is right now and that they don't have money to spend on small projects like mine that doesn't guarantee to show there brand in the media. But that's okay for me, I wasn't expecting that much when looking for sponsors. This just means I have to invest in some products, and when I don't have to take sponsors into account I can choose the products I really want.
Another investment I made this fall was a LASEK eye surgery. It's been a little over two months since the surgery and I couldn't be more happy with it. I can see perfect now and don't have to think about lenses and eye glasses anymore. Eye surgery have been something I have thought about for some time now but always postponed it because It have sounded a little unpleasant when I've heard of it. But the surgery went well and was over in a couple of minutes. I did the surgery at Koskelas eye clinic in Umeå, they were great and I'm very happy with everything. The hard part was the three days following the surgery. The two hour bus ride home wasn't very pleasant because my eyes was very sensitive to light and tears was running from my eyes. So the days after I stayed in my apartment with blacked out windows and was listening to audiobooks for three days. But it was all worth it especially because of my upcoming adventure, which is the reason I finally decided to do it. It's going to make my life much easier when I'm out traveling and don't have to carry lenses and lens water and all the other problems it bring when you have to rely on glasses and lenses to see.
It's now starting to sink in that it's only a couple of months until summer and departure of my life's big adventure. This winter and spring I will continue training, working and try to save as much money as i possibly can. Next month I will be meeting a doctor to go over the vaccines I will have to take before leaving.
I am very much looking forward to getting on the bike and pedaling out into the world.
söndag 24 juli 2011
New Frame
The used bike I bought had a smaller frame than what I wanted.
So I bought a new frame and hopefully I can use all components from the old bike.
And moving all the components will also be a good experience for me to learn more about the bike.
Surly Long Haul Trucker
So I bought a new frame and hopefully I can use all components from the old bike.
And moving all the components will also be a good experience for me to learn more about the bike.
Surly Long Haul Trucker
söndag 17 juli 2011
New saddle
The Brooks saddle wasn't right for me, so now I have been using a Selle Royal SETA that feels a lot better.
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