Intrepid Global Citizen Podcast
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
Bristol to Beijing By Bicycle With Josh Day (Part 2)
In this episode Josh Day shares advice about bicycle touring in the extreme cold, talks about his experience taking a boat from Vladivostok, Russia to South Korea, his harrowing adventure camping in the snow in "no man's land" in between the China - North Korea border, and the grand finale of his journey- arrival in Beijing after 25,000 kilometers of pedaling.
In 2017, Josh left his front door in England on a journey of a lifetime to cycle the length of Eurasia and to travel from Bristol to Beijing. 2 years and 25,000km later he arrived, having crossed the Kyzl-Kum desert, the Mongolian Steppe and the frozen wastes of Siberia. During his trip he dodged gun-toting border guards, fished out scorpions from his tent and endured nights of -27 degrees (or -19 F), but came out the other side with a new appreciation of humankind's generosity and a hatful of stories for the pub.
He now lives in the north of England, gets into the hills to cycle, run and camp as often as he can, and takes a few months off a year to go on longer adventures. Josh writes at cyclingfordays.bike and is on social media @cyclingfordays
Email me at george@intrepidglobalcitizen.com if you have an inspirational adventure story you'd like to record or reach out to share your thoughts and feelings about any of the episodes. I'd love to hear from you!
You can purchase my book Unhinged in Ethiopia: Two Thousand Kilometers of Hell and Heaven on a Bicycle about my adventure in 2019 across Africa's most mountainous country here- https://intrepidglobalcitizen.com/
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