Roisin Gallagher has cycled over 17,000 kilometres across two continents. Her adventure started by riding the Baja Divide with her partner before continuing through Mexico and Central America. After seven months on the road together, their relationship ended and instead of flying home, Roisin bought a one-way ticket to Japan and kept riding.

Roisin has now arrived in Istanbul to share the story so far. We chat loads about her route, the physical and mental side of bike travel and a whole heap about food!

In this episode:

• The brutal physical reality of bikepacking the Baja Divide
• Cycling the Nicoya Peninsula route in Costa Rica
• Three months cycling in Japan
• Wildcamping solo as a woman
• Cycling the Transdinarica Route through the Balkans
• The Croatian bora wind that trapped her for five days
• Getting to Istanbul on a sushi delivery truck
• A night in Bosnia drinking rakia with three war veterans until 3am
• Durmitor National Park as an unexpected landscape revelation
• Food - glorious food!

You can follow Roisin's adventure via her instagram - @ontheroadwithro

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