route

subject to change without prior notice

The paths we've taken and those we are yet to take

Trip not yet started!

The original plan

The first draft of anything is sh!#, said Mr. Hemingway. We agree, mostly.  The picture shows our initial rough idea. Once we get to the USA things get murky: Continue north to Alaska? Follow the Route 66 and then go to New York? Cycle along the Gulf of Mexico and then up the East Coast?

For those wondering: The map is an old depiction of the global tea trade (red sections). We like it because it shows Valparaíso, Francesco's home town.

The guiding principles of our route choice

First things first: We don't have any strict guiding principles other than riding our bikes and not ruining our relationship in the process of doing so.

That said, we'd like to maximize the following (in no particular order):

Some of the points are not in complete harmony with each other. We know. That's why our final route is somewhat difficult to predict.