Hello again! This time I'll walk you through my bedroom. You already saw my tent, but let's start with two pictures of my inner tent, to get an idea of where I'll sleep. They aren't the best pictures, but it will have to do for now. So now you have seen the inner tent. As you know, I have quite a big tent. The inner tent however isn't that big, but that's okay. It's big enough to put everything in there that I need. So let's start with how my bedroom looks when packed: As you can see, I have two set-ups. Both consist of my tent in the middle, my sleeping mat, pillow and light on the right and my liner in the smallest bag (no picture yet). The first one, with the Panyam 600 sleeping bag on the left, is the set-up I'll start with. The second one, with the Liteline 300 sleeping bag on the left, is the set-up for the rest of the trip. The third picture is a comparison between the two sleeping bags. So, let's start with the Panyam 600 sleeping bag. The original colour is orange, but I ordered it in blue. This sleeping bag is shortened for me and has a comfort temperature of - 8°C. This is the temperature in which it's comfortable to sleep for a woman. The reason I start with this sleeping bag is because I'll be cycling the Pamir Highway. The highest point is 4655m, which means: cold! As you can see on the picture, the sleeping bag doesn't fit completely inside the provided bag, so I'm now looking for a new one. I'll be only using this up in the mountains. The other parts that I'm cycling will be very hot, so I won't need a warm sleeping bag. For those parts I'll only use my liner: a purple silk-stretch very thin sleeping bag. A liner is what you use to put inside your normal sleeping bag, to keep it clean. My other sleeping bag is the Cumulus LiteLine 300, which was also shortened for me. It has a comfort temperature of about 2 to 3°C. This is the sleeping bag that I'll use during the second part of my trip, from January 2017 till the end. Often this sleeping bag will also be too warm, but you never know when it will be a bit colder. Of course I won't sleep on the floor directly! I have bought a new sleeping mat: a Thermarest Neo-air Xlite Women. The womens version is only 165cm long, but that's enough for me! It's extremely light and packs very small (as you can see on the photo. Inside the bag for my sleeping mat I also put my pillow, with a buff to make it softer and a headlight. This all fits in the small bag, so that's very useful! The pillow is a bit big, but I got it very cheap and it is a good one, so I'll keep it. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of my entire set-up while camping, so I can't show you a complete picture. In June I hope to do a small camping trip, in which I'll try to take the necessary pictures! So if you want to have pictures of certain items: let me know! :)
See you next time!
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It has finally arrived: my bicycle! I cycled 25km on it so far and I absolutely love it! Still have to get used to it a bit, but I can tell we'll be best buddies very fast! My bicycle has some very nice features, but the thing I fell in love with is the fact that my feet can touch the ground while I'm sitting on my bicycle! Being short as I am (1m50cm), this is an incredible feature! But of course you want to know what else is special about this bicycle! First some general information: My bicycle has 26inch wheels. These wheels are smaller compared to bicycles here in Belgium (normally 28inch), but are the common size in Asia and practically everywhere in the world. My bicycle is made from steel, so that I can get it fixed in a lot more places! It's still lighter than my previous Vlerick bicycle, it weighs just under 14kg (my Vlerick was 15kg500). Now for some more specific things: I have 3 bottle cages: 2 for normal bottles and one that can hold a bottle of 1.5liters (the bottle in the picture is a 1 liter bottle). It has a nice little, but very loud bell attached to it as well. I also have a bicycle computer that tells me how many kilometers I'm doing and how slow I'm riding. It can't tell me how high I am riding, though... I also have a bidon to put some gear in. It has an extra wide opening, to fit tools in easily. My bicycle has simple gear, that doesn't require a lot of technology to work. This way it will be easier to fix things along the way, both for me or for bicycle repair shops along the way. My pedals are the next feature I'd like to introduce. Normally it's a pain to remove pedals when you have to pack your bicycle, because you need a special (and heavy) tool for it and it's often hard to remove. My pedals are special in that they don't need any tool to be removed, but remain securely fastened when attached to my bicycle. Nice bonus feature is that they come with a nice little bag to store your pedals. The most special feature about my bicycle are the S&S couplers. These couplers make it possible to split my frame in two. Because of this I"ll be able to pack my bicycle a lot smaller and more efficiently. My cables can be cut in two as well, so that I don't have to fiddle with my cables when I'm packing my bicycle. My bicycle is still as strong as other bicycles and it's very safe to travel with these couplers. So, I think those were the most important things to know about my bicycle. Because I can't get enough of it, I'll give you another picture to end this blogpost with! ;)
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