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News
For
general news on Japan, Vietnam and Turkey and by region, please see our NEWS
PAGE that
is updated daily.
Asiaweek.
News of the region. CNN also has a Web site focusing
on Asia. The
Washington Post: good source for news and articles on Vietnam. Vietnam
News Agency Recent, government, and business news on Vietnam. San
Jose Mercury News: another good source.
Timeout: latest
happenings around town by the Vietnam Investment Review
Room to Read: Good works in Asia.
Travel Health & Medicine
MD Travel Health. Comprehensive travel health information, "updated daily." Travel
Health Online. Travel medicine, country profiles, health concerns.
AEA/SOS
Country
Health Guides (Vietnam and Turkey) Centers
for Disease Control. Government general info on travel health and status of
countries. World
Health Organization. Health information by destination. International
Society of Travel Medicine. Travel medicine resources. medicineplanet.com.
Adventure and Travel medicine resources and info. The
Mountaineers (Great books!). Travel medicine and travelogues. U.S.
Department of State. Country by country travel information.
Vietnam Resources
Indochina
Travel Company: organizes other custom (non-cycling) tours and services in
Southeast Asia.
Vietnam Visa Application
(80K Adobe PDF file) and instructions (also
in PDF format).
Start here — the
seasonal weather pattern in Vietnam: When
to travel!
New York Times
Destination Guide: Vietnam
Pacific News Service: Public radio and Web forum for topics on Vietnam and Asia with author Andrew Lam and KQED host Nguyen Qui Duc.
Saigon
Times Daily News. Breaking news on Vietnam from Saigon.
Travel Fish: An online travel guide to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand - make your own guidebook online.
Michel Laliberte's 2004 solo bicycling trip down the coast of Vietnam.
Bicycling
in Vietnam? Check out cyclist/traveler Mike Buckley's Guidebook
on Vietnam.
Lonely
Planet. Worldwide travel information by Lonely Planet. Check out impressive
culinary title by Sterling, NYT food critic (free if you join one of our tours!).
Pete
Peterson: Assignment Hanoi.
2002 PBS documentary. Vietnam
Online - Current information about
Vietnam: business, travel, and culture. The
official Website
for tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion. 3dAtlas.
Maps and other information on Vietnam. Vietnam
Art Books. Many contemporary books. ITMB
Publishing. Our favorite Vietnam map maker. Images
of Hanoi - Dedicated to Vietnam's capital city. US
Embassy in Hanoi's Information
Site. Embassy
of Vietnam (Washington D.C.). Vietnam Visa and other official information. Vietnam
Consulate, San Francisco (415) 922-1707. Visas issued here too. VietnamNow.
Practical information for the independent traveler. Yahoo:
Vietnam. Vietnam-related links. Vietnam
Adventures. Travel stories, airline and hotel information.. Jan
Dodd on Vietnam. Vietnam guidebook writer's Web site. Cycling
the Mekong Delta with Mr. Pumpy! A cycling travelogue on the Mekong Delta,
Vietnam. Rough
Guides: Vietnam Info. Another guidebook co's online resource to Vietnam. Peter
Geiser's Internet Travel Guide on Vietnam is an extensive
resource. Vietnam
Airlines Home Page. Vietnam Airlines: routing and schedules. Lunar
New Year Dates (schedule airlines carefully!) and Chinese zodiac animals at
asiaforkids.com. Ticketplanet:
deals on multiple destination tickets to Asia. Our
Photos and Stories on Vietnam are here. Travel
Intelligence: travel writers post their stories, including several on Vietnam. Microsoft
Encarta on Vietnam. An
extensive list of travelogues and links on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia can be found
on George Moore's
site.
Cambodia Resources
eVisa! Apply for your Cambodian visa online.
Andy Brouwer's
Cambodia
Tales. Cambodia travelogues and other information.
Other
information on Angkor Wat. Travel information on Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Rich
Garella's advice
and information from living four years in Cambodia. Mr.
Pumpy: Adventure travel: to bike or not to bike? Mekong.net.
Extensive information on Cambodia.
Turkey
Our
annual two-week tour along the Turquiose Coast.
For any serious touring cyclist -- not to be missed.
Lonely
Planet on Turkey. All about Turkey. The best guidebook they publish. Travel
Turkey Website. Talking Turkey. General travel info on Turkey. US
Embassy of Turkey official site
with tourism info. US
State Department Consular
Information Sheet Turkey:
An Independent
Travel Guide
Japan
Bicycling
Japan.The Japan Cycling
Navigator.
Cycling
in Japan info by outdoorjapan.com.
Other Asia
Bicycling Southeast Asia: Asia: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia & Laos with
Mr. Pumpy!
Bike
Tales from Asia: Bicycling Thailand, Japan, Korea, Bali, Malaysia, Vietnam
and other. Extensive
info on biking Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China with Trackster
Man. The
Karakorum Highway: very detailed
Web site David Leatham. Cycling
around the world, including Thailand, Indonesia, India and Myanmar by Paul
Roekel. Hong
Kong by Doug Fleming. Where to rent, buy and bicycle in Hong Kong. Bali
tour by bike. A bike tour of Bali by J. Gaerlan, Jan
Boonstra's Cycling Pages. Bicycling across Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand
and other. Korea:
Mountain Biking by Steve Danyo. Current
info (2001) on going off road in Korea. Central
Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan): Travelogue and tips by Bob Egan. Nepal:
Travelogue of
cycling across Nepal by Staurt Lundy. China:
Practical notes and
Journal by Patrick Jennings. Sumatra:
Our cycling itinerary of Indonesia's
lost frontier and one for Turkey as
well.
Bali
Cycling Federation.
Visual bicycle trips through Sumatra, Nepal and other.
Other Cycling Links & Resources
VeloNews Racing Journal, Cycle Sport Magazine, and Cycling News.
crazyguyonabike.com - Wow, over 3,000 journals and 350,000 photos by cyclists! Crazy!
Family cycling resources and inspiration at The Family Adventure Project.
Nasim Yousef and Jafar Edrisi of Iran biking around teh world 2008-9. We've always wanted to organize a trip there, maybe we'll meet up sometime.
Cycling
travelogues: dozens on Karl
Brodowsky's site.
Traffic, the bane of cyclists everywhere: car busters.
San Francisco BIke Coalition's interesting links page.
Traveling
with a bike? Start here: George Farnworth's extensive
info on traveling with your bicycle. Thoughtful
essays, all somehow related to cycling at bikereeader.com.
C.H.U.N.K.
666 — yes,
those two-wheeling scoundrels in Portland are still at it. Behold their past missions.
Cyclotour
Guidebooks on how
to pack your bike for trains, buses, airlines with rates and more.
Campaign
for a Landmine Free World. Educating the public on the landmine problem in
Cambodia and the world.
Jhai
Foundation. Non-profit working on education, economic development, health,
and technology projects in Southeast Asia, including pedal-powered Internet access
PCs.
Off-road
Adventures:
Accounts of the world's best off-road rides. Lisle:
Intercultural travel programs.
Earthwatch
Institute conservation fieldwork travel programs. Bicycling-related
Usenet newsgroups are listed here. Extensive
bicycling news, links, media, etc. at www.bikeride.com Adventure
Cyclist Web site: Touring info and
travelogues.
Cicli
Conti — our
amicos in Florence, Italy. Chao Christina!
The
Lance Armstrong Foundation
(Tour de France winner's cancer fund site). International
Bicycle Fund (Non-profit bicycle tours in Africa, Cuba, and other country
info). Extensive
bicycle touring information and magazine from Adventure
Cycling in Missoula.
Henry
"Enduro" Kingman's epic-ride
Website at milly.org (yes, that's a 1,000-mile ride in Northern California)
and
his incredible
Paris-Brest-Paris race
account.
Bicycle
Travel Tales. Bicycling travelogues from around the world.
European
Racing News from Euro Cycling News.
Cycling
Hall of Fame. Bios and birthdays! The
Trento Bike Pages: The
resource for bicycle touring and recreational mountain biking in Europe and the
Mediterranean. Seventeen
best bike rides in Europe (and more).
Cyclotouriste High
Priest: Jobst Brandt's Tour
of the Alps Collection.
Super
Mario Mario Cipollini wins four straight at the Tour de France, 1999. Update:
World Champion 2002! Cheryl's
Bicycle Touring
information site.
Cycling Events
in USA/Canada at bikerides.com
Our favorite Bike Shop Above Category (Mill Valley). Get fitted for your LandShark here.
Massage Workshops for tired cyclists and others in Hawaii & California by Nicolay Kreidler.
Diversions
Astute
Vietnamese film analysis and opinion at the Bright
Lights Film Journal, edited by Gary Morris. | 
