Dutchman Maarten and I crossed spokes on the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan, spring 1992, and we rode that famous road northward together for a while. His recording of the sound of chapati making; his hilarious mimicking of buffaloes eating flour in the market and the bus-men calling their distinations; and his way of bumping his head in the same doorway is me even though he is somewhat shorter, made him a top trail-companion. Subsequently we kept in touch and his imaginative and fresh writing as he too crossed the globe by bicycle (Africa, Tibet, South America Australia and much more), helped me keep my spirit of travelling as well as split my sides in several places. Put yourself by his side on his wild and rugged road, by going to his pages that we are honoured to present ourselves in the Digital-Mines.

website:
www.worldcycle.org/maarten/