Today was a nice mixed ride with several parts. We started in the busy city of Fianarantsoa headed outbound. Relatively quick cycling and for a bit we even paralleled railroad track. The road was good, though also more traffic. I … Continue reading →
Today was a nice ride through a more populated and seemingly slightly more prosperous area. Prosperity is relative as Madagascar is one of the poorer countries in Africa: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita Madagascar is a former French colony and that is the most … Continue reading →
Today we stayed in Ambalavao and cycled to the Anja lemur preserve 12km south of town. It was an interesting place to stop. Slept in, we’d been getting up before sunrise to give enough time for longer rides. Rather than … Continue reading →
Our hotel last night was also known as a pizzeria. We had a nice eggplant pizza where they first had to stoke a fire to get coals. Overall, delicious. Our hotel also overlooked Isalo National Park. From the reviews an … Continue reading →
Today could have been a tough day with wind and hills but we cut it short with a sag to Ranohira and a relaxing afternoon. When we awoke the power was out. Soon enough it was so daylight so we … Continue reading →
Today was a long ride, 127km/79 miles from Toliara heading inland. When we woke up, it was still dark. We packed our belongings and had a breakfast in the hotel. Turns out we had picked a nice hotel and had … Continue reading →
Uneventful travels have brought us to the starting point: Toliara on the Southwest Coast of Madagascar. For me this included 22 hours of flying time: two hours to Atlanta, eight hours to Paris, ten hours to Antananarivo and two hours … Continue reading →
AI assistants continue to grow in capability. I am particularly intrigued by recent additions of “deep research” that essentially do web searches to collect information and then create an overall summary. Below is my experience trying to use Google Gemini … Continue reading →
April 2025 and time for another bicycle trip. This time I decided to take a week of vacation to bicycle in New Mexico. I have a condo in Alto (near Ruidoso) and planned trip with that in mind. In particular … Continue reading →
The Plan A bicycle ride from Alamogordo New Mexico to Lubbock Texas in April 2024. Why? This seems to be about the right time of year to ride this segment and several things also come together. It lets me “connect” … Continue reading →