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Old 10-22-12 | 04:09 PM
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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.

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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.
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Old 10-22-12 | 04:57 PM
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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.

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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.
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Old 10-22-12 | 05:17 PM
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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.
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If you want to go around the world,post this in the dateless/loser thread.
Someone will be available
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Old 10-22-12 | 05:28 PM
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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
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Old 10-22-12 | 05:30 PM
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Have you tried posting in the Touring and/or Asia forums?...might have better luck there.
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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.
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Hey Nathalia,

Welcome to Bike Forums from Texas.

What bike will you be riding?
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hello,

I will be riding a mountain bike. Because maybe I will go to Nepal as well.
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Thank you for your suggestion
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Welcome to the forum, nathalia. I'm moving this thread to the Touring forum; I think you'll get more interest there.
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Lonely Planet has a bike travel forum and a companion forum

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...spa?forumID=32
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Old 10-22-12 | 06:21 PM
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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
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Old 10-22-12 | 06:48 PM
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Another very good resource for bike travel is

https://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.
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Originally Posted by nathalia
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?



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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. Brisbane is in Queensland.

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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?
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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.
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Old 10-22-12 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by nathalia
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? ) 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.


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





But Siu ... she's not from Brazil, she's from Australia. 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*

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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!
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Old 10-22-12 | 09:16 PM
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Old 10-22-12 | 10:03 PM
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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.
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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...

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