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Latest Athens Travel Blog Post

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most important landmarks in Greece

Landmarks of Athens – Monuments and Ruins in Athens Greece

Latest Greece Travel Blog Post

By staying in Chora in Naxos, you will be near the magnficent Portara as shone at sunset in this photo

Where to stay in Naxos Greece: Best Areas, Villages and Beaches

Latest Bicycle Touring Blog Post

Cycling from Cairo to Cape Town FAQ

Cairo to Cape Town Cycle Ride – Frequently Asked Questions

Greece Travel Guides and Bike Touring Travel Blog

Hi! I'm Dave, and I've spent over 20 years exploring this beautiful world of ours mainly by bicycle. I currently live in Athens, Greece and use this travel blog to share my travel experiences.

Dave Briggs from Dave's Travel Pages bicycle touring and travel blog.

Welcome to Dave's Travel Pages

Dave's Travel Pages has been online since 2005, and there are literally thousands of travel tips, travel blog posts, and destination guides published here.

I have become known as a down-to-earth blogger and expert in two completely unrelated travel niches. The first is bicycle touring, and the second is Athens and Greece.

I certainly never started out with that in mind – It's funny how life works out!

Athens and Greece Travel Blog

I moved out to Athens in 2015, and decided that I would write a couple of travel blog posts about my new home.

A few years later, there are over 300 guides, travel tips, and travel blog posts about Athens and Greece on Dave's Travel Pages!

If you are planning a vacation in Greece, I'm sure you are going to find this travel information incredibly useful. If you want to get started, these are the key blog posts:

  • Greece Travel Guides
  • Athens Travel Guides
    • 2 Days in Athens itinerary
    • Day trips from Athens
  • Greek Island Hopping Guide

The Acropolis in Athens - Check out Dave's Travel Pages for in-depth travel guides to Athens and Greece.

Greece is a fantastic country to live in, and it's a wonderful opportunity to showcase it as a holiday destination. With great beaches, food, history, and culture, what isn't there to love about Greece?!

Check out my experiences here: Greek travel blogs

Bicycle Touring Travel Blog

I think that bicycle touring is the perfect way to travel. You can move at a pace slow enough to enjoy everything around you, whilst covering enough distance to move steadily through a region. 

It keeps you fit, is eco-friendly, and presents a perfect combination of challenge, adventure, and accomplishment.

Dave Briggs - Bike touring and travel blogging since 2005 at Dave's Travel Pages

It's also a little bit addictive. My first bicycle touring adventure was cycling in New Zealand for 3 months. After that, I cycled from England to Cape Town, cycled from Alaska to Argentina, and cycled from Greece to England.

I've never really kept a track of how much distance it totals, but I guess it is over 40,000 kms by now!

I've kept detailed blog posts of all my main long distance bike touring trips around the world. Most of these were simply copied over from my diary entries of the day. Use the menus at the top of the page to find my bike touring blogs.

I am also working on producing a series of bicycle touring guides on the most popular bike touring subjects, which will be continuously added. I figured that I might as well share what knowledge I've accumulated over the years, so you can avoid the mistakes I have made!

Interested in reading more of these cycling blogs and guides? Check out my bike touring guides.

Destination Guides

In addition to the travel blog posts which cover my own travels, I've created plenty of destination guides, city break ideas, and inspirational travel articles.

These cover a mix of backpacking trips and short city breaks. In fact, I am working on a project to produce a series of city guides. More about that in the future!

To read my destination guides, just take a look through the menus at the top of the page. I'm updating the travel blog almost every day with newly written guides, articles and posts, so I'm sure that every time you visit, you will find something new!

Some key countries that you might be interested in include:

  • Thailand Travel Guides
  • Vietnam Travel Guides
  • Myanmar Travel Guides
  • Nepal Travel Guides

Why did I start travel blogging?

When I started Dave's Travel Pages back in 2005, it wasn't even called blogging! I classified my site as a travelogue – somewhere I could chronicle my different adventures around the world. As time went on, the term ‘blog' became more used, and so I adopted the term.

In the beginning, I used Dave's Travel Pages as a means of sharing my travel adventures with family and friends. Rather than sending everyone an email (and not everyone had emails back then!), I aimed to have a central place they could come and visit.

At some point, I noticed that I was receiving visitors that were neither family or friends. These were people I had never met, who had somehow discovered my blog through this thing called Google.

All of a sudden, I was writing for a bigger audience, and so started adding more useful information and travel tips into the blogs of my personal experiences.

Today, hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world visit my travel blog every month. It's still humbling when I think about it!

I try to stay true to my core values though. I aim to take the path less travelled, share my experiences, and inspire other people to enjoy a life of travel. After all, if I can be a travel blogger, anyone can!

How do I fund my travels?

I love this question! My answer is, if you are passionate about something, you will find a way to make it happen. For me, this has involved a whole range of things.

I've worked in minimum wage jobs no one else would dream of taking, and saved enough cash to cycle RTW on 10 dollars a day. (Check out this article on how much does it cost to cycle around the world).

I don't own a car, have a mortgage, or have kids. I've also worked as I have travelled, taking on jobs such as nightclub bouncer and grape-picker.

As time went by, I realised that it was important to be able to earn a living online. So, I've built an online business of which this travel blog is a part. Now, I would describe myself as a blogger / online entrepreneur. 

Self funded travel adventures

Without exception, all of my ‘big' trips have been self-funded. I've worked, saved, and then travelled. There's no secret – I'm just passionate about travel, and will make it happen any way I can.

For a couple of years, as my travel blog grew in popularity, I started to receive requests to attend press and FAM trips to different destinations.

This was a whole new ball game for me, and opened up great possibilities in being able to explore areas of the world I might otherwise not have been able to visit.

Updating this in 2020, I'm not so keen on press trips and FAM trips. I'm happy to pay for my own travel, with my own money, and write about the things I want to.

How to explore this travel blog

Get started by using the links above depending on your particular travel interest. You will also see a menu system at the top of the screen. (If you are using a phone, it might be compacted down in the ‘hamburger' sign).

From here, you really do start to go down the rabbit hole… I hope you are ready for the journey!

Just looking for a little travel inspiration? Check out my list of the 100 Best Travel Quotes

Hey you, let's connect!

Want to get hold of me? Send an email to – dave (at) davestravelpages.com. I respond to every email I get sent, but if I am bicycle touring or travelling, it might not be the same day!

We can also get social! You'll find me on all the major social media sites, and I've put those links below. Thanks for visiting my travel blog, and happy tailwinds!

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