100,000 Kilometre Solo Circumnavigation of the World by Bicycle and Sail

Donkey set for winter touring.

On December 10, 2006 I set off from Melbourne, Australia with a scant kit of basic necessities, a world map and an open itinerary, on a solo expedition to cycle and sail around the world. Over the course of the journey I will travel 100,000 Kilometres across six continents, fifty countries, five seas and two oceans.

In February 2008 I arrived in Hokkaido, Japan—completing the first stage of the expedition—where I have remained saving money to continue this journey.

During the fourteen-month journey I cycled 3,500 kilometres up the east coast of Australia before boarding the first of four yachts en route to Asia. I was at sea for two months and sailed 3,400 nautical miles over Cape York Peninsula, across the Gulf of Carpentaria and through the Arafura, Timor, Banda and Flores seas to Indonesia. After docking in Singapore I cycled a further 6,000 kilometres through Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China and Japan.

The journey so far has been rewarding but also challenging: dodging bushfire, troubles at sea, contracting Malaria, getting robbed and cycling through troubled south-east Thailand. Challenges are an essential element of the experience and so too are the characters I have befriended along the way, and I’ve been humbled by the generosity and support of many people during the first stage of the expedition and throughout my time in Japan.

I’m now preparing to recommence the expedition, travelling back into China, cycling over the Tibetan Plateau and through Central Asia and Russia en route to Europe.

Benji Rodgers-Wilson

Pedaleando y navegando alrededor del mundo

70.000 kilómetros en bicicleta & 22.000 millas náuticas navegando a vela

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El 10 de diciembre de 2006 salí de Federation Square en Melbourne, Australia, para embarcarme en una expedición en solitario para dar la vuelta al mundo en bicicleta y velero.

Mediante esta página web voy documentando la historia completa según sucede. Espero que puedas visitarla de vez en cuando y compartir conmigo el viaje mientras doy la vuelta al mundo mediante una serie de viajes transcontinentales y oceánicos por algunos de los lugares más interesantes, remotos e inhóspitos del planeta.