We are going to compile some suggestions here and we ask for your help to expand them and improve the list, as I am sure there is much more. Soon we will also publish a new list of cycling readings, for now you can review here a selection that is still completely valid.
5 OF MARCH Nico Merino embarked on a bike trip from Gijón to an orphanage they were building in Tala, Kenya. Nico will talk to us about that trip and his next adventure in his presentation in Rutas Pangea. .
JANUARY 30TH. Miguel García Orive embarked on a solo trip from Barcelona to India by bicycle. He now presents his experiences to us through "The Endless Journey", a self-published photo diary (a beautiful book) that he is making known through another pedal adventure through Spain.
13 OF DECEMBER. Camera, photographer and, above all, person. This is how Ana Zamorano Ruiz defines herself. Ana will be at Rutas Pangea on Friday, December 13 at 19:30 p.m. to tell us about her experiences traveling the world, getting to know incredible corners, people, towns and cultures that she then offers us in the form of images.
JUNE 27TH. Laura Rincón wanted to take a bicycle trip. She chose Southeast Asia and until she had decided she did not tell her closest circle. She didn't want them to tell her that she was crazy, that how she was going to go alone, that it was very dangerous... She decided and left, 3 months cycling through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, at 25 years old and the world to discover.
JUNE 7TH. Laura Martínez Calderón has been traveling the world for 20 years, the last 10 by bicycle. Laura has captured her experience in a very personal book, she tells us how she began her bicycle trip, first traveling through Asia, changing plans during the trip and entering Africa. A fresh look that perfectly reflects what her journey has been like with difficult moments but with many more moments of happiness, of sharing along the way.
28TH MARCH. Our friend Raymón Virumbrales visits us on Thursday, March 28 to present his book Llévame de Viaje and talk about his philosophy of travel and life.
I want to share with you this video recorded last year. We walked the Santander Mediterranean Greenway Natural Trail several times from Soria to Hontoria del Pinar in Burgos. We were fortunate to have our friends from Droneartists join us and make this video that we love.
By bike to the Valencian Community with Manuela Soares from Mediterranian Bike Tours. Chemi from Viajando con Gofio tells us about the great trip that is being marked with Marta pedaling a Trike from the Canary Islands to Norway. We asked Raymon from Another Life, is it possible for him to get off the bike to tell us how his bike tour through Spain is going to promote his book Take Me on a Trip. And we end the program with some book recommendations in which we pay tribute to publishers and stores that are committed to this pedal-powered literature.
After the presentation of the bicycle sector in figures and the AMBE awards, we listened to Gregorio Serrano, Director of the DGT, at the awards ceremony and Javier Villalba from the DGT talking to us about the State Strategic Plan for Bicycles. We are going on the route again to the Santander Mediterranean Greenway, but this time we are staying in Burgos, in the Arlanza Valley to tell you the story of the Sad Hill cemetery. Mythical setting of the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Javi Collado tells us what the Second Bicycle Week will be like in Tarancón, Cuenca. We chat again with Didac Illa, a digital nomad by bicycle who has begun his trip around the world by bicycle with no return date.
Traveling Slowly takes you this week to New Aquitaine, a French region that awaits you with a lot to offer to enjoy your cycling holidays. We spoke with Palma Chillón who, in addition to traveling by bike, works at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the University of Granada. For the last 10 years, her research has focused on "promoting active travel (mainly walking and cycling) to school and work. Elena Krause, whom we were fortunate enough to meet in Valencia Ciutat Amable, talks to us about cycle tourism from the point of view of ecology, and she defines herself as a very convinced environmentalist. And we will end with a great event around cycling that is being held this weekend in Girona, Sea Otter Europe.
