Comments on: Reflections – A Year On

By: Janet Antolic

Janet Antolic — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:38:42 +0000

Hi Chris,

Happy 1st anniversary from me as well!!! I’m really glad that you have safely achieved this milestone, and have experienced so much to boot. I recently went on a tour of Northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia for a month and absolutely loved it – I honestly think I came back as a different person! Everybody should experience travel for the eye-opening experience that it is.
Anyway, keep well and my wishes are with you for the next successful year of your trip!

Regards,
Janet (from Townsville)

By: cyclestrongman

cyclestrongman — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:10:49 +0000

HADI! Thank you for your hospitality! I look forward to seeing you again in a few years! C

By: Hadi Suryanto

Hadi Suryanto — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:37:05 +0000

Congratulation on your one year anniversary …!
For your information and remembrance ( rewind your memory )
I put your picture on my web http://www.villahijau.com , and many people ask me , is it true ?
cycling from australia to villa hijau , looks like they do not believed ?
I always answer ” YES it is true ” , and I give your website adress.
Thank you for visitting my hut , and feel free next time to visit the hotel cianjur in Puncak on your way home.
Sorry , my english is not good , pls appologized .

Take care and have a nice trip on your cycling.

By: cyclestrongman

cyclestrongman — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:50:38 +0000

Good to hear form you Belinda!

It truly humbles when I hear such kind words, particularly from friends of old I haven’t spoken to in a long time.

Perhaps it was fear not courage that started this journey, the fear of living a life less ordinary. Whatever it was, I haven’t looked back!

Happy Cycling, C.

By: Belinda Anderson

Belinda Anderson — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:42:45 +0000

‘…partly because I fear criticism…’ Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do- (B. Franklin)

Chris,

Congratulations on your one-year anniversary!! It sounds like you are a journey in more ways than one!

I know that many people live the daily grind and dream about doing something like this (me included!) but never actually do anything more than verbalise it. Much respect to you for being an individual with enough courage to step outside of the box and live your dreams.

There’s certainly no criticism here. How could there be? What you are doing is refreshing, uplifting and inspiring. I WISH I WOULD (not could ‘coz I can!) do something like this and hopefully one day I will.

Keep your chin up and your heart and mind open.
Safe travels,
Belinda

By: cyclestrongman

cyclestrongman — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:51:16 +0000

Hope I can meet Merik one day too! Maybe i’ll have to take a detour through Poland on my travels! Hope your well. Roachy

By: Katya

Katya — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:46:29 +0000

Thank you Roachy maaaaaaaaan! That is truly *****MAXIMUS*****
All the best. I’d like my son Mirek to meet you one day.

By: cyclestrongman

cyclestrongman — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:17:41 +0000

Good to hear from you Rasha and glad you enjoyed the post. Who knows where is journey will end, lets hope the horizon is much further than I expect! The best plan seems to be the one that never comes together!

Looking forward to meeting you on the road someday! Safe travels. Chris.

By: Rasha

Rasha — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:59:46 +0000

more then a year ago while following your preps for the journey I thought eight years is way to much … but the passed year hardly managed to zip over your spacious sights, inspirational thoughts, pondering reflections, voluminous apprehensions … now I wonder will future years be as wide to take on board all of your collections … ??? some may end with “overweight” :):) thus pushing your time horizion even further …

and yes, horizons are our inner aspirations’ passion … my bike motto is => “quest for horizon” i.e. never-reaching-never-ending journey … hence, sometime as we pedal it’s hard to realise do we move through space or space is passing by i.e. are we doing or just being ??? either way, happiness is all around us

Thank you Chris for taking us with you over our beautiful Planet … thank you for “doing” for us who are “being” :):) … some other times roles will change

Hope to see you at some point of your journey

Best, Rasha