Touring - looking for someone to travel with me

Hello,

I'm a bicycle lover.

I'm planing to travel in Asia (Malasya, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) by bike on April and I'm looking for someone that would like to travel with me.

If anyone is interested please contact me or drop a line in the forum.

Thank you.

Other than knowing that you are from Brazil, do you honestly think someone will jump on the chance of traveling with a stranger? And please don't cross post. This is your third thread on this.

Hello,

I'm a bike lover.

I'm planing to travel Asia by bike (Malasya, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia) in April. I'm looking for someone that want to travel with me.

Thank you

Other than knowing that you are from Brazil, do you honestly think someone will jump on the chance of traveling with a stranger? And please don't cross post. This is your third thread on this.

Don't close doors on Modo.. ;)

Welcome to the forums! ou mihgt want to check our regional seations & the touring section. Sounds like a good tour. Post pics if you can.

If you want to go around the world:),post this in the dateless/loser thread.
Someone will be available:thumb:

Sorry for breathing. I did not know that there were RULES to this sort of communication. YES I do expect that someone will be willing to travel with a stranger, because that is exactly what I am going to have to do. Travelling as a single female on a pushbike throughout Asia can be quite dangerous. Other than that I was hoping to have company. There is no need for your aggressive angst, and road rage style drama. If you are not interested in my words, please have the grace to just IGNORE them

Thank you Spry :)

Have you tried posting in the Touring and/or Asia forums?...might have better luck there.

Thank you Spry :)

er...ahhh...you're welcome miss.

I've got to tell you though.People in here hold my advice at a low esteem.

Hey Nathalia,

Welcome to Bike Forums from Texas.

What bike will you be riding?

hello,

I will be riding a mountain bike. Because maybe I will go to Nepal as well. :)

Thank you for your suggestion

Welcome to the forum, nathalia. I'm moving this thread to the Touring forum; I think you'll get more interest there.

Thank You:)

Lonely Planet has a bike travel forum and a companion forum

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forum.jspa?forumID=32

if it was me id try to meet some one localy .like at church or work.good luck what ever you decide to do and be safe there are websights you can look people up on to at least see if there have a crimnal record

Another very good resource for bike travel is

http://wikitravel.org

with plenty of info about hotels, hostels, sightseeing, restaurants. They have the following to say about the climate in April...

Indochina (north/central Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar), the seasons can be broken down into hot, wet and dry, with the relatively cool dry season from November to February or so being the most popular with tourists. The scorching hot season that follows can see temperatures climb above 40°C in April, cooling down as the rains start around July.

Sorry for breathing. I did not know that there were RULES to this sort of communication. YES I do expect that someone will be willing to travel with a stranger, because that is exactly what I am going to have to do. Travelling as a single female on a pushbike throughout Asia can be quite dangerous. Other than that I was hoping to have company. There is no need for your aggressive angst, and road rage style drama. If you are not interested in my words, please have the grace to just IGNORE them

You do realise you're speaking to one of the forum moderators, right?




Other than knowing that you are from Brazil, do you honestly think someone will jump on the chance of traveling with a stranger?

But Siu ... she's not from Brazil, she's from Australia. :lol: Brisbane is in Queensland.

nathalia, in Victoria there are heaps of cycletouring clubs. I presume there are lots in Queensland too. Join a cycletouring club, get to know some of the members, and then go to Asia with someone who is compatible with you.

Speaking as a female cycletourist, I wouldn't want to go on an extended tour with a complete stranger. What if you discovered that you and the complete stranger did not get along at all within the first few days of the tour?

I'd post something in the appropriate section on the crazyguyonabike website: www.cgoab.com

It might also be useful to post something about your own cycling experience. What tours have you done, how long you intend to take on this tour, when. People can't read your mind, and that's the sort of information that would encourage them to seek further details about such a trip.

Sorry for breathing. I did not know that there were RULES to this sort of communication. YES I do expect that someone will be willing to travel with a stranger, because that is exactly what I am going to have to do. Travelling as a single female on a pushbike throughout Asia can be quite dangerous. Other than that I was hoping to have company. There is no need for your aggressive angst, and road rage style drama. If you are not interested in my words, please have the grace to just IGNORE them

In the guidelines that you agreed to when you signed up here, there are many rules of this site. I'm wishing you luck on your search, it seems that many of the members here have provided you with other options that might help provide for you in your search.

I have not shown aggressive angst nor road rage style drama (is there such a thing? :lol: ) so I do apologize if you are sensitive to my questioning. We have a duty to protect our membership and when someone nonchalantly asks for someone to travel with them without knowing anything about them, I will ask.



You do realise you're speaking to one of the forum moderators, right?





But Siu ... she's not from Brazil, she's from Australia. :lol: Brisbane is in Queensland.

Machka, I'm not a moderator....though at times I wish I were. Oh and in one of her five crosspostings that were deleted one merged here, she said she is a Brazilian in Brisbane. *wink wink*


I'd post something in the appropriate section on the crazyguyonabike website: www.cgoab.com

It might also be useful to post something about your own cycling experience. What tours have you done, how long you intend to take on this tour, when. People can't read your mind, and that's the sort of information that would encourage them to seek further details about such a trip.

This is a prime example of what I mean by the membership not knowing about someone. Excellent suggestion, Rowan!

thank you very much

So why has this merged thread been banished to Introductions rather than Touring?


And we're still waiting to hear what sort of cycling and touring experience you have nathalia.

I'm not sure why this is still in Intro, maybe because of the multiple merges involved. I'm moving this now (to Touring). Carry on...

--Juha, a Forum Mod

I'd love to cycle with you or anyone else for that matter. Unfortunately, that won't happen anytime soon. Still need to work. I host a lot of cyclists through the warm showers website and I'm always amazed at the wonderful people I've met through it. I suggest you sign up there and start looking for places to stay. You'll meet lots of like minded people once you're on the road. Have a wonderful adventure!

Try the Brisbane bicycle touring association http://www.bbta.org/ we rode with them a couple of times when we toured Queensland in 2008 with the Cycle touring association of western australia. Good folks, will give you a chance to try a bunch of different rides and learn about what does and does not work in regards to bikes and gear. It would also be a chance to meet potential ride partners and make sure you are compatible travelling buddies before heading off into the unknown. The adventure cycling association in the USA also has a section in their magazine and online for finding touring partners.

This girl I met in South America had cycled solo in Southeast Asia (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/index.html?o=1&doc_id=5263&v=8z). You might read her journal to see what it's like to cycle solo in SEA.

Someone else already mentioned it but try posting this on Crazy Guy on a Bike (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/classifieds/index.html?o=1&category_id=5&sub_locales=1)? You might have luck there.

Maybe I'll see you on the road over there.

I was about to ignore this thread because you said you were traveling on a push bike, never having heard that term I assumed it meant some sort of kids scooter!

Anyways, I will be touring in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia at the end of March. I wouldn't mind a traveling partner for at least part of the trip. Send me a PM if you want.

I was about to ignore this thread because you said you were traveling on a push bike, never having heard that term I assumed it meant some sort of kids scooter!



Are you serious ... you've never heard that term for a bicycle? It's used in both Australia and the UK. Not a good description for a bicycle, but what can you do ... that's what non-cyclists call it.

Are you serious ... you've never heard that term for a bicycle? It's used in both Australia and the UK. Not a good description for a bicycle, but what can you do ... that's what non-cyclists call it.

Nope never. I grew up in Arizona, where we mostly just called them bicycles or bikes. Sometimes steeds.

CTC in UK is 100 years old , and, may also be useful , to join , membership,
to communicate with others

ACA, in the us is another one , was Bike Centennial,
since founded in 1976... in the US.