Writing from 2wheels: The Return - Bicycle expedition from China to England via Tibetan Plateau, Taklamakan Desert, Pamirs, Karakum Desert, Iran, Caucasus, Anatolia, Balkans, Alps. By Edward Genochio

2wheels: The Return

Edward Genochio's bicycle expedition from China to England

September 2005 - November 2006

Mongolian Horseman Stole My Bicycle!

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The 2wheels expedition book:

- 'But Isn't There a Bus?' - details here.

2wheels is sponsored by:

- Decathlon China
- Drennan Co Shanghai
- Eclipse Internet
- P&O Ferries

2wheels supports:

- CereCare Centre
- Sustrans
- Force Cancer Care
- The Lotus Project
- The Wheelchair Foundation

Other writing by Edward Genochio:

- Some snippets
- In Voyage Magazine
- In The Adventure Cycling Handbook

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- The 2wheels expedition blog

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Beyond 2wheels:

- Some links to other websites

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2wheels in the future:

- Some map-gazing ideas

Pretty pictures:

- The original 2wheels photo archive

The original 2wheels expedition site:

- 2004-5 from England to China

As seen / heard in:

- 2wheels media credits

2wheels websiteography:

- 2wheels sitemap
- Historical and technical notes on the 2wheels website

Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Siberia, Russia

Siberia

Tuva, Siberia, Russia

Baikal, Siberia, Russia

Hop off

Priyanik, half-eaten (by me), Kyakhta, Russian-Mongolian border. Shortly after this photograph was taken, the other half was eaten. Also by me.

Buryatia, Russia

Tuva, Russia

The sky, I think

Tuva

Writing by Edward Genochio

But Isn't There A Bus? - Book by Edward Genochio

A miscellany of articles, rants, mouth-offs and brain-dumps written for the 2wheels website:

An interview with Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, the famous anthropologist of the Nuer.
A brief account of a journey by bicycle from Topsham to China, by the author
No Fly - reasons not to fly - an old article on the original 2wheels website
No Fly - reprise (coming soon)
In memoriam, Richard Mallett
Fat Rich Americans
Absent antonyms (cycle-free)
On your bike
Mongolian horseman stole my bicycle
A commentary on Three Men on the Bummel (a novel by Jerome K. Jerome)
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Article originally published in the Mail on Sunday newspaper

On a Slow Bike to China

Articles written for Voyage Magazine

Articles written for The Adventure Cycling Handbook:
This material first appeared in The Adventure Cycling Handbook, available in bookshops or at www.trailblazer-guides.com, and is reproduced here in edited form by kind permission of the book's editor.

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