Comments on: Trying To Ride Through Yemen And Failing http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/ Adventure cycling since 2007 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ror http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1037 Ror Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:54:16 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1037 Hey Tom, Always love reading your blog...provides insight and perspective for those of us who are not able to engage with other cultures at the moment!! In light of some of the other view-points I would simply say the old adage "life is not about the destination, it's about the journey"... Stay true to yourself and stay safe mate Hey Tom,

Always love reading your blog…provides insight and perspective for those of us who are not able to engage with other cultures at the moment!! In light of some of the other view-points I would simply say the old adage “life is not about the destination, it’s about the journey”…

Stay true to yourself and stay safe mate

]]> By: Tom Allen http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1036 Tom Allen Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:21:15 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1036 Hey Eric, I'm not offended. The blog doesn't represent my whole life, that's all. You shouldn't feel that you have to stop reading :) I appreciate that you have first-hand experience of a similar situation, but I would say that travelling like this is a very personal thing, just like a relationship, and it is different for everyone. I'm going to clarify this in a future blog, as it's a theme that has emerged repeatedly in the last few months. Hey Eric, I’m not offended. The blog doesn’t represent my whole life, that’s all. You shouldn’t feel that you have to stop reading :)

I appreciate that you have first-hand experience of a similar situation, but I would say that travelling like this is a very personal thing, just like a relationship, and it is different for everyone. I’m going to clarify this in a future blog, as it’s a theme that has emerged repeatedly in the last few months.

]]> By: Eric http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1035 Eric Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:53:11 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1035 I apologize , it was not my intention to cause a disturbance my second post was in reply to Andrew, I have first hand knowledge of what you are about to go through , and I really do hope it all works out. I am very sorry if i have offended you or any other readers , i will not follow your post anymore. I apologize , it was not my intention to cause a disturbance my second post was in reply to Andrew, I have first hand knowledge of what you are about to go through , and I really do hope it all works out. I am very sorry if i have offended you or any other readers , i will not follow your post anymore.

]]> By: Tom Allen http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1034 Tom Allen Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:21:47 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1034 Good luck! The urge to disconnect is strong, I agree, as is the urge to reconnect after a great deal of solitude :) Looking forward to keeping up with your ride! Good luck! The urge to disconnect is strong, I agree, as is the urge to reconnect after a great deal of solitude :) Looking forward to keeping up with your ride!

]]> By: Marios http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1033 Marios Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:13:44 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1033 Hi Tom, your trip sounds class matey - I thoroughly enjoy reading your words. I am heading off on wednesday on my first tour, am cycling Oxfordshire to Russia along Euro Cycle Route R1. Wild camping and campsites most of the way. I have setup a simple blog site 10inchessoft.wordpress.com, I don't intend to update it with writing more keep a map uptodate with progress for family and friends. There is something about disconnecting that the travel writer Dervla Murphy speaks of when travelling, it is quite an addictive feeling. Anyways happy cycling and wish me luck! Hi Tom, your trip sounds class matey — I thoroughly enjoy reading your words. I am heading off on wednesday on my first tour, am cycling Oxfordshire to Russia along Euro Cycle Route R1. Wild camping and campsites most of the way. I have setup a simple blog site 10inchessoft.wordpress.com, I don’t intend to update it with writing more keep a map uptodate with progress for family and friends. There is something about disconnecting that the travel writer Dervla Murphy speaks of when travelling, it is quite an addictive feeling.
Anyways happy cycling and wish me luck!

]]> By: Tom Allen http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1032 Tom Allen Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:58:46 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1032 I am troubled that a complete stranger has taken it upon himself to judge and criticise a relationship of which he has no first-hand knowledge. It is not a simple case of 'losing the girl'. Far from it; I will marry her in a few short weeks. If you are interested to know something of the outcome, keep reading, but I would suggest you don't judge the intricacies of a personal relationship based on a few distilled lines in a blog... I am troubled that a complete stranger has taken it upon himself to judge and criticise a relationship of which he has no first-hand knowledge.

It is not a simple case of ‘losing the girl’. Far from it; I will marry her in a few short weeks. If you are interested to know something of the outcome, keep reading, but I would suggest you don’t judge the intricacies of a personal relationship based on a few distilled lines in a blog…

]]> By: Eric http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1031 Eric Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:43:40 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1031 as a person who has traveled solo on my bike for 6 year long jaunts , i say this, you are much lonelier as a person that wants to be with someone that is not there, than you are as a person that has let go and can then freely and without altered feelings experience all that comes along, the loneliest times when touring are the ones when you have to say goodbye to a fellow traveler going a separate way, now imagine having to say goodbye to the one you love time and time again, why torture yourself it has a more profound effect than you can even imagine, and in the end if the relationship blows up he will regret having not done what he stated was his true desire when setting out, I do not wish anything but goodwill towards his journey and relationship, but what he has set out to do requires a full commitment from both parties, it is to young of a relationship to burden the other with such a dream, as they cannot live it for you. as a person who has traveled solo on my bike for 6 year long jaunts , i say this, you are much lonelier as a person that wants to be with someone that is not there, than you are as a person that has let go and can then freely and without altered feelings experience all that comes along, the loneliest times when touring are the ones when you have to say goodbye to a fellow traveler going a separate way, now imagine having to say goodbye to the one you love time and time again, why torture yourself it has a more profound effect than you can even imagine, and in the end if the relationship blows up he will regret having not done what he stated was his true desire when setting out, I do not wish anything but goodwill towards his journey and relationship, but what he has set out to do requires a full commitment from both parties, it is to young of a relationship to burden the other with such a dream, as they cannot live it for you.

]]> By: Liz Allen http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1030 Liz Allen Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:42:38 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1030 Well said, Andrew Well said, Andrew

]]> By: andrewwelch http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1029 andrewwelch Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:20:43 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1029 Eric, if you've never been in the same situation as Tom, you'll never know. Love is an essential part of life. and there is a chance to travel with the person you love and that's worth risking focus because a lonely person on a bike cycling around the world is just that. I mean you're never going to be lonely in the sense of meeting lots of people, but then why do people say they feel lonely living in London or New York for example. I agree on the one hand, yes it would be easier just to plod on and ignore the person you love, but if the goal of your trip isn't to cycle round the world for the sake of a pat on the back at the end of it maybe you'd be going a bit deeper into your feelings. Tom is going to continue travelling with his 'girl' which for him and for anyone reading the blog will be totally different and incredibly interesting as Tom shares his experiences. Eric, if you’ve never been in the same situation as Tom, you’ll never know. Love is an essential part of life. and there is a chance to travel with the person you love and that’s worth risking focus because a lonely person on a bike cycling around the world is just that. I mean you’re never going to be lonely in the sense of meeting lots of people, but then why do people say they feel lonely living in London or New York for example.
I agree on the one hand, yes it would be easier just to plod on and ignore the person you love, but if the goal of your trip isn’t to cycle round the world for the sake of a pat on the back at the end of it maybe you’d be going a bit deeper into your feelings.
Tom is going to continue travelling with his ‘girl’ which for him and for anyone reading the blog will be totally different and incredibly interesting as Tom shares his experiences.

]]> By: Eric http://tomsbiketrip.com/2009/05/trying-to-ride-through-yemen-and-failing/#comment-1028 Eric Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:41:49 +0000 http://tom.ride-earth.org.uk/?p=658#comment-1028 dude great stuff , but honestly if you want to travel around the world Loose the girl, your focus is lost. dude great stuff , but honestly if you want to travel around the world Loose the girl, your focus is lost.

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