I am Maarten Haentjens Dekker, a 33 year young Dutchman, single and roaming the earth's continents. I have a love relation with nature and people, in what ever angle of the world I am situated. I hope I can contribute to Richards' homepage. He was the first to meet who cycled from his doorsteps to conquer the world, back in 1992. We haven't met physically afterwards, but have been corresponding by thought or letter ever since, inspiring one another.

I hope that this homepage will enable friends, that I leave behind as the next horizon appears, to stay in touch with my ride. And for those people that I haven't met personally, that they can get some imaginations of the life on the road. And there is as many ways to travel as there are people. None is worse or better for as long as you can feel yourself free to express life in your own way. I find the bicycle an fantastic way to achieve this.