Guardian: A new grant, launched by well-known adventurer Tom Allen last week, aims to get young people exploring the world but with a bicycle and a map, rather than a bus pass and a guidebook. And Im not surprised. If you ask me, the Janapar Grant formalises a quiet revolution that has been taking place in budget travel for some years.
Maybe bike touring is the new backpacking, I remember thinking, as I sipped beers with a pair of Dutchmen in an Irish bar in Hong Kong back in 2012, reminiscing about...