July 5, 2016 A 40 minute flight from Ile Sainte Marie to Tana and I had essentially un-done my last 3 weeks. It’s sad to me to think of traveling in this way, but most people do…simply A to B. What if I skipped all the adventure, connections, and interactions of the...
Being June 30 – July 4, 2016 After riding nearly 300 arduous kilometers the past 3 days, it was time to focus on “being” rather than “doing”…something I’m historically challenged by. I’m much better with a daily schedule and being on the go. The ride from Toamasina to...
June 29, 2016 Today was relentless. I rolled out from Brickaville headed toward Toamasina. 105 km. 5 hours. Hills, hills, and yes, still more hills. Free refills…as if I couldn’t get enough. The flip side is that every time I was bludgeoned with another hill...
June 24 – 28 “Are you Jerry?” a young woman asked as I came downstairs from my hotel to have breakfast. She was the only foreigner that I have seen in the past 5 days since leaving Tana. She just so happened to be standing in the lobby of my hotel at 8 a.m....
June 23 Remember that time you smiled with your entire body, rather, your entire being? I do, and it happened today…all day. I got an early start, leaving Andasibe by 8am with hopes to knock out the 90km before noon. Again, I started out riding in a slight mist. I...
June 22, 2016 I spent the day at Andasibe National Park. This is the prime place to get your lemur on. The park consists principally of primary growth forest and is home to a vast biodiversity of many endemic and endangered species. There are 11 lemur species...
The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love—recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry’s two-year bicycle journey back to himself.