by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 27, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
Biking touring by yourself or with a partner, or with a bunch of people, largely depends on the type of person you are. If you are an introvert like me who has pretty much always been alone, then that is simply how you do things and experience life. Of course, there...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 18, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
It’s no fun learning something new about yourself and then realizing that what you have discovered is a pretty big issue. I discovered and realized today that I worship the god of success. I don’t know whether to laugh out loud or cry. I say laugh out...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 28, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
How to plan your bike tour route, and how did I pick my 50,000-kilometre route? Picking my route was an enjoyable part of planning my ride. My guess is that I probably spent 100’s of hours researching this part of the bike ride. My original route was going to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 21, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
Is it a blog cop-out to make a blog post into a list? Over the years in truck I got into listening to podcasts. First a few a week and then depending on the day sometimes listening to podcasts 6-7 hours a day. I have probably listen to a few 1000 hours of podcasts...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
A lot of people often ask and wonder how it is possible to afford to go on a multi-year bike trip. Well, these are my 21 crazy and not so crazy ways I saved money for my tour. The truth of the matter is that I’m cheap; really cheap. In fact, I have had some of...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 6, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
I had a really cool career once. I successfully turned my hobby of keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets into a business and a fairly successful business at that. But I had a nagging question the whole time. What do I want to be/do when I grow up. So I literally...
