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Back to EpisodesCyling from Bangkok to the UK | Bikepacking Solo with Eleanor Hulm
Description
Eleanor Hulm left Bangkok on a loaded bike she'd just assembled in a hotel room at 6am, sleep-deprived, slightly terrified, and laughing her way through the traffic. Four months later she's ridden solo through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan and she's just getting started.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- The 20km of peanut butter mud in Laos that nearly broke her
- Pushing a loaded bike up a 20% gradient in Thailand until her cycling shoes had to come off
- Pako, a bikepacker from Chengdu who taught her to knock on strangers' doors and trust what comes next
- What Eleanor calls the mind prison, and why the road gave her the mind palace instead
- The moment of awe when she cycled past Mount Fuji
- Signing up for the Transpyrenees ultra race with half the world still left to ride
Eleanor is heading next into China, the Stans, Georgia and Turkey before cycling home to the UK. Be sure to follow her adventures via her instagram - @elbybike
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