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“Working outdoors is phenomenal.”

When TDA need local support for translations in Turkey in 2014, I entered the picture. Before TDA, I lived year-round there, in Izmir. Now I live on the road eight months of the year; the rest of the time I’m in Turkey, either applying for visas or rock-climbing.

Sometimes on a tour our failures are as incredible as our successes. Being defeated as my tour attempted to climb a new route on Koca Sarp, a rocky mountain in central Anatolia, is an experience I’ll always remember.

I’ve seen so much of the world with TDA. My favourite place I’ve been so far is Meteora, Greece. Probably the greatest pleasure of cycle-touring for me is never spending more than two days in a row in the same spot.

Vilma Plesníková

Hello everybody, my name is Vilma. I like going to the nature by bike or just for a walk whenever it is possible. Bottle of water, some snack, camera and good weather - what could be better :-) See you soon

Peter Plesník

Hi, my name is Peter Plesník and I work as a shop assistent and bicycle mechanic. I'll be your mechanic on this tour and I am looking forward to meeting you all :-)

Douglas Percival

Flinging spanners, clicking gears. Juggling bike spares & Humans Habits to create Bicycle Tours that function in crazy locations. See you guys at the next crazy location.

Anthony Rock

David Freeman

I am a semi-retired lawyer living in Melbourne Australia. I have cycled all over the world including four tours with TDA but never in Japan. I am looking forward to the Viva Italia tour in September as the Itinerary is fantastic. The opportunity in 2020 to cycle from Seoul to Sapporo is too good to miss so that is locked in for next year!

Michele Kline

My Husband Anthony (Tony) and I, are from Hobart in Tasmania...we went on our first TDA tour in 2014 from Lima to Cuzco our second one was NZ from Auckland to Queenstown 2015, last year we did our first full tour the Pub Ride. We are looking forward to our first Italian visit and our second full tour!

Anthony kline

54yrs old small business owner building concreting landscaping. Enjoy adventure activities, have walked everest base camp and kilimanjaro successfully. Been a keen cyclist for several years, in 2015 Michele and did our first TDA trip from Lima to Cusco. Last year we completed Auckland to Queenstown and now looking forward to the Pub ride.

Edna Granot

Retired but very busy with grand children. I did the Orient Express in 2011, so it is time to experience another ride with TDA.

Elias Baron

I retired a couple of years ago and decided to enjoy my childhood. It does not matter whether one enjoyed it the firs time or not. One can enjoy it once again. I enjoy doing long distance bicycle rides, and I have been all over our bumpy world. I like to take pictures. Used to make videos with them. Wrote a couple of blogs and lately I enjoy adding poems to the pictures. I have done twice bicycling journey in Italy. Once from Venice to Santa Maria Di Luca, and a second time I rode from Munich to Venice. I was thinking about riding the Ciclopista del Sole when I received TDA's email with the Viva Italia Itinerary which I found very appealing. I tend to ride on the slow side and to compensate I stop a lot for pictures and becoming one with mountains, rivers, ocean, plants, wildlife and clouds.

John McCullough

I am a 60 year old self employed person living in Washington DC and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Love cycling and great scenery

Russ Parker

I am semi-retired, and recently decided outside cycling is better than the spin classes I usually do. I haven't toured for a long while, with all of my touring from 1980 to 1996, so I'm overdue to get back at it while I can. Looking forward to connecting with everyone!

Dan Culver

I live in Dallas, Texas. I am a semi-retired lawyer. I travel internationally for personal experience on a regular basis, but I have never been to Italy. Italy will be the 50th country that I have visited. I ride every day when I am at home. In May 2019, I did a solo ride in South Korea from Seoul to Busan (600 km) along the four rivers route. A few weeks before that, I rode independently for 3 days along the east coast of Taiwan. My longest tour (solo) was cycling the Olympic Peninsula and the San Juan Islands in Washington State in 2014. I have also participated in a group cycling tour in Vietnam. Looking forward to this experience and sharing it with everyone!

Sue Parker

Philippa Davis

I'm a mad keen cyclist, it doesn't matter what sort of bike I get to ride, as long as I'm on 2 wheels. I've done trips around Vietnam, followed Tour de Frane (with 14 blokes) and Tour Down Under aswell. I've got a group of friends who are just as nutty and we go off on adventures together.

Philippe Doffey