Outtakes - Skopje to Thessaloniki

Why I think it was better to eat chocolate and peanuts while on the road - outtakes from my 2013 adventure;

http://youtu.be/HialieQbajk

Travel - Bicycle touring 2013, Macedonia, Albania and Greece (playlist)

Travel - Bicycle touring 2013, Macedonia, Albania and Greece (playlist)

A trailer for my adventure!

I created a shorter trailer for my adventure, it can be seen here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q09TvXtwggc

It contains previously unseen footage!!!

It's only been four months and eight days...

...yet I feel my experience grows within me.

I had many feelings before and during my trip, while editing of my videos and photos and after viewing the result. One of them was that I felt my adventure lacked interesting content when it came to people watching it and reading about it.

I don't feel that any more. My brother asked recently if I was about to start making the shortened, boiled down version and I was like yeah, some time for sure but it feels daunting.

After thinking about it some more I don't think I wan't to do it like that because it would be something done for someone else and not for me. This trip of mine isn't a commercial for bicycle touring it's a glimpse into my life and an adventure I never thought I would dare doing. I enjoy seeing how I develop not only a slight tan ( or rust, you decide ) but also a diffrent way when talking to the camera, I enjoy how little of what I actually did was planned when shooting video and how I remember the feeling of when I fixed the camera to a branch genlty moving by the wind as I ate salami and drank a beer.

I have enjoyed getting views and comments on my videos but most of all I have enjoyed having them, they are a treasure to me and even tho the trip is relativly short it's filled with experiences and memories that will only get stronger with time.

If you have a dream don't let it stay a dream, dare to fulfill your dream.

Since coming home my life has changed quite a bit, I have met a wonderful girl whom I hold very dear, I have had an amazing summer and I now enjoy everyday life with my M.

It's a wonderful feeling when you look at someone and you feel your soul and heart feels like a carbonated soft drink that bubbles, expands and sparkles... I wish you that very feeling.

So what have I been doing this summer?

Some pictures from my summer, without my bicycle;

Playing with the camera, everything in grayscale except...? Sundbyberg.

Me and my brother at Rosendals trädgård, enjoying a deli platter and beer in the spectacular summer we've had in Stockholm.

Small rock thus small and incorrect warrior pose, some inexperience can also be blamed. Sandhamn, Stockholm archipelago.

A Typha near Lötsjön in Sundbyberg.

Me in Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Cliffjumping from some daredevils, Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Duck season! Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Sunset in Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Amazing beach in Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Framed. Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Silly beautiful. Santa Ponsa, Majorca.

Majorca, northwest coastway.

Visiting mom and my grandparents. Avesta, Dalarna.

Here it is, my second attempt ever...

...on a real Mountain bike trail. The place? Ursvik in Sundbyberg.

What is interesting is that my first attempt, three days ago, consisted of me going the wrong way on the trail and meeting other riders passing me so after less than halfway I turned around.

No real dangers but I feel I might have bruised a rib as I reached a ditch in high speed I lowered my posterior almost to the extent of sitting on the back wheel. I did this to lower the center of mass but in doing so I had the saddle in front of the rib cage and when it slowed down too fast in the ditch I hit a rib on the back of the saddle, hurts a little today but I don't think it is broken, it just knocked the wind out of me.

Anyway, here is the video I shot from going around in those woods;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24btX75lBig

Any thoughts about it?

And now for something completely different...

...stay tuned for a upcoming video in a couple of days...