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Surf and cycling: the beaches of LA on two wheels

Posted on April 23, 2018by Tess Humphrys
cycling on the beaches in LA

Before I travelled to California this year, I believed the stereotype that Los Angeles is car-obsessed and that it’s impossible to even walk, let alone, cycle around the city. Now, while this did turn out to be largely true (the city had some of the biggest, least pedestrian-friendly roads I’ve ever seen), I was pleasantly […]

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Escaping the Golden Week crowds: cycling in Yunnan

Posted on October 17, 2014November 2, 2017by Tess Humphrys

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read or been told, that travelling in China during public holidays is a big no-no, that the hordes of people returning home or getting away on holiday would make for an agonising reminder of just how many people inhabit this vast country. This is particularly true […]

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I’m Tess Humphrys, 30-something writer, cat-owner and perpetual traveller. I’m extremely fortunate to have visited many amazing and unusual places. I keep this website as a repository of my writing as well as to remind me where I’ve been. I hope it inspires you to get out there and roam the roads of lands remote.

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I’m a Culture Trip author now! - 26 Apr , 2019
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