We are going south to the province of Cádiz to tour the Alcornocales Natural Park with Luis de Runbaik. In the studio we are accompanied by David Barrionuevo from Ruedas Cuadradas, a cycle traveler with many kilometers and many stories to tell and we will finish with another cycle traveler, Gonzalo Sanz Ahijado, who decided to move from London to Madrid, and he did it by bike.
JANUARY 11 ON PANGEA ROUTES. David Barrionuevo returns to Madrid from China these Christmas days. A cyclist with many kilometers traveled, especially through Asian lands, he is going to share his experience on those great trips. Those trips that we dream about and that when we think about them we are assailed by doubts about what material to take, how to organize ourselves, the steps to follow. David is going to tell us how he does it.
Carlos Carvajal from Pedaleando Alma tells us the wonders of Colombia for bicycle tourism. Julio Vicioso tells us about the 25 years of BIKE, the reference magazine for mountain biking in our country. And in the studio, Raymon from Otravidaesposible and Felisa Pérez Piedra from Fundación Acción Geoda tell us how they collaborated together on a Cooperation project in the High Atlas and much more. In addition, Raymón presents us with his book Llévame de Viaje, where the bike has a lot of prominence.
We're going to none other than Georgia to talk to Marleen and Sera from Pedal Verde. They are traveling from Thailand to Spain. They also pedal with a clear objective, to help make visible the environmental problems of the planet and the work of forest guards, rangers and activists who are on the front line, on the ground. A project that highlights the work of The Thin Green Line Foundation. Josetxu de Bicicletos presents us with a very interesting project that relates the bike to health, Bicisalud. The bicycle as a therapeutic tool. We continue with another bike traveler, Juanmi from Bikebiziclick who introduced himself to us like this: Traveling by bike gives me freedom and a simple life that causes my happiness. We love that philosophy. And we end up getting on the bike, open your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself be surprised, we are going to the Jerte Valley, in the north of Extremadura, with Alberto de Guia2.
We're going on a road trip, on an itinerary that takes us back to France and to Paris, we're going to get to know l'Avenue Verte, Paris London with Taina Duffourc. We'll get to know the proposal to organize bike rides from Bikewithme. Then we will talk to some travelers who serve us from none other than Guayana, Adriana and Víctor from Ritmo del Sol. And we finish with the interview with Félix and Jesús Marrufo from Historias de un Alforjero.
We are going on the road to Castellón, today with a very different plan, to meet Professor Juan José García, teacher at the Pintor Sorolla School in Les Alqueries, who has introduced bicycles and cycling as a methodology to facilitate the learning of his students. We will also have Christian with us to talk to us about some very special bikes for cyclists, the legendary VSF-Fahrradmanufaktur. Carlos Sanchis from Carlos' Journey and his great adventure in Iceland show us that limits can also be broken. Manu from La Biciteca brings us a very fun book: “The adventures of a cyclist who did not want the yellow jersey” and we finish with another cycle traveler who will soon bring us his book: “Take me on a trip”, Raymon Virumbrales.
A Viajando Despacio listener, Gregorio Rodríguez, has asked us for a list with a selection of bike books that we have been recommending on Viajando Despacio. The titles are accumulating and it is not easy for us to choose. We share the result with all of you.
Special Traveling Slowly program dedicated to Álvaro Neil el Biciclown. You can find an interview with Alvaro that we recorded in a cafeteria in Chamartín, Madrid. Biciclown with Antonio G from Viajera Intelligence, fragments of the documentary La Sonrisa del Nómada. Armando and Pablo, friends of Álvaro. Again with Álvaro, on the day of his party, telling about his future plans. Also, a few words from Sergi from ISC Plastic Parts, Irene and Fernando from Ciclotraveling, and while Álvaro finishes his trip around the world, we talk to another traveler who is starting it, Alex from Mundociclonómada.
Our Route this week is a great itinerary, well known among lovers of bicycle routes, La Vía de la Plata, we will have with us José Miguel Palazuelo from The Cities Cooperation Network on the Ruta de la Plata. We chatted with Alexander Pereda, Founder of La GIStería, a company specialized in designing personalized maps to learn about one of his latest works, a map of the Palencia Romanesque by bike. Trixi is a company present in Barcelona and Madrid, Michal tells us what they do and how they are experiencing the expansion of bike sharing projects in the city of Madrid. We were lucky enough to be able to interview Juanito Oyarzabal in a cafeteria in Madrid to talk about a project that we already told you about in Viajando Despacio. A mountain bike route through Kilimanjaro. We accompanied the bike on its last kilometers; on Sunday it ended its trip around the world in Oviedo after 13 years.
Traveling Slowly takes us along the Elbe River to Dresden with Christoph Münch from Visit Dresden, Eduardo from Mihatra Bikes tells us about his special relationship with the bicycle. A great friend Alberto Arias from Mugámara Trekking talks to us about mountains, trekking and travel books. Additionally, he will soon have a new program on Darwinians Radio Bike: Caminantes. And we finish with Paco Pérez, a Valencian cycle tourist who tells us about his travel philosophy, you can meet him at Bicitarianos.
Traveling Slowly continues its bike trip through the waves, this week we tell you that the Madrid Mobility Sea is preparing an event for November 23 in Vallecas, next week we will tell you more about the topic. We propose a route that we love, the Vía Verde de la Val de Zafán with Vicent Ibaynez. Juan Sarrión from Rutas Pangea tells us that he thought the book “We were young and unconscious” was Fignon's biography. Claude Marthaler, one of the sponsors of the Festivélo that was held in Laussane last weekend, tells us how it developed. And finally, we present to you the Circulo Bicioso project, its objective: to create a nationwide map of routes made by and for cyclists and to contribute a grain of sand so that people are encouraged to go out and travel by bike. Andrés Alvarez Martínez, alma mater of the project, explains it to us.
