This video montage shows you just a few of the outstanding memories that Onavelo guest Diane brought home with her from the 2023 tour through northerwestern Argentina. New friends? Check. Incredible scenery? Check Great food and wine? Double check! Cultural discovery? Absolutely. Have a look at what’s in store for you on this extraordinary adventure.
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You’re intrigued – even excited – about the prospect of exploring lesser known regions of Argentina by bicycle. But maybe your bikepacking experience is limited and you don’t know what you can expect. Rick & Tanya McFerrin have been guiding trips for more than 20 years. In this video, they tell you a bit about
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During a recent bicycle trip in northwest Argentina’s culturally rich rural landscape, guests talk about the stunning scenery, cozy accommodations and delicious food and drink. And they talk about what they learned about themselves, and their abilities. “Every day, there seemed to be a nicer, nicer place to meet,” said one guest. “So many beautiful
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Gilbert Desjardins witnessed the genocide in Rwanda. But not the one that dominated the headlines in 1994. Instead, the artist who lives in the small Quebec town of Mont-Laurier, about an hour north of Mont Tremblant ski resort, was a young traveller in that tragedy-laden African country in the years 1965 to 1969. It was
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The ConnecTour team had the opportunity of being hosted by a Warmshowers couple in the heart of Ottawa’s Centre-Ville district, beside the Ottawa River. But the overnight campout in the backyard was filled with drama. In the middle of the night, Lynn Marshall was awaken by someone sneaking into the back yard. Fearing the person
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We’d been planning the ConnecTour cross-Canada cycle-touring ride for 16 months. Had it ever crossed my mind that one of us would be injured and off the ride for more than seven weeks? I know I certainly didn’t. Ever the optimist, I was excited to start on the four-month ride to discover our beautiful country
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There are dozens of highway memorials along the roads we have taken across Canada, fading memories to those who have died in crashes along the way. In some cases, the locations of these mishaps seem so benign, the tragedies are inexplicable. One often wonders, how could someone lose control at this place? Bicyclists are given
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As we are about to set up our bicycle clinic on the legislative grounds in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, we hear a loud bang, coming from the vicinity of where Donald Street crosses the Assiniboine River. Kevin Celestino, a member of our event partner – The Wrench – quickly realizes a bicycle tire has
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Ross and Brenda Bond live on a small farm they bought in 1975 about an hour’s drive west of Winnipeg near the hamlet of Poplar Point. It’s an idyllic piece of tree-lined property located about a kilometre south of the highway. With all the green cover, passersby would never even know it was there. The
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It’s the time of year when we collectively celebrate this great country and the vast diversity of people who enrich our lives. Here’s a short video from one of the lovely trails we have ridden in the past few days. The paved North Star Rails to Trail out of Cranbrook truly IS a great trail.
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