One KilometreAt A Time
A solitary cyclist stands beside a fully loaded touring bicycle overlooking the misty Belize jungle at sunrise.

A true story —

From Scrubbing Toilets to Living in the Jungles of Belize One Kilometre at a Time

A memoir about determination, long-haul trucking, heartbreak, isolation, bicycle travel, and building a life deep in the Belizean jungle.

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The Story So Far

A human story told through years of movement, distance, and change

For years, I lived a life built on discipline, sacrifice, and isolation. I scrubbed toilets. Drove transport trucks back and forth across North America. Spent years alone on the road.

After heartbreak changed the direction of my life, I set out to test myself the hardest way I knew how.  Face a Canadian winter on a bike.

I STARTED MY BIKE RIDE ACROSS CANADA DURING A CANADIAN WINTER.

Two years and twenty-six thousand kilometres later, I found myself building a life in the jungles of Belize.

This memoir is about isolation, obsession, resilience, meaning, and the complicated cost of pursuing a dream.

A white Volvo semi-truck with a Voortman Cookies trailer — the kind of rig that carried me across North America.
The author bundled in a winter jacket, standing behind a fully loaded touring bicycle with a Canadian flag, snow on the ground.
A loaded touring bicycle with a Canadian flag, covered in snow, parked beside a guardrail in a snowy forest.
The author standing in a flooded Belize jungle holding a large snake.
The author holding a large snake in a sunny Belize jungle clearing.

From the road & the jungle

Stories from the journey

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Kilometre by kilometre

The journey timeline

  1. CHAPTER 01

    HARD LESSONS

    From scrubbing toilets to long-haul trucking and heartbreak.

  2. CHAPTER 03

    THE CANADA THAT TOOK ME IN

    Through the 2019-20 Canadian winter and Covid-19 Canadians across the country took me in.

  3. CHAPTER 05

    AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

    The beautiful Pacific Coast, Death Valley, Utah's National Parks, and the Grand Canyon.

  4. CHAPTER 07

    MEXICO THE GENEROUS

    A country whose people never stopped giving.

  5. CHAPTER 09 THROUGH 14

    ALONE IN BELIZE

    And then everything changed - betrayal, hardship, and isolation.

  6. CHAPTER 16

    THE CALL TO ADVENTURE

    A reflection on the journey that shaped me - the struggles, sacrifices, and lessons that revealed discipline is the foundation of freedom

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What readers can expect

Epic doesn't happen on the couch.

Epic begins where comfort ends.

IT COMES FROM SHOWING UP, AGAIN AND AGAIN.

A life shaped by discipline, resilience, and perseverance.

EFFORT COMPOUNDS. IT DOESN’T DISAPPEAR.

One kilometre becomes ten, then a thousand, then a continent behind you.

The cost is real — but so is the reward.

An honest accounting of what a dream takes, and what it gives back.

DISCIPLINE, RESILIENCE, AND SACRIFICE SHAPE THE LIFE YOU BUILD

The journey changes you long before you reach the destination.

Portrait of Arie.

About the author

CANADIAN. TRUCKER. CYCLIST. JUNGLE ADVENTURER.

I am a Canadian and former long-haul truck driver who completed a 26,000-kilometre bicycle journey from Canada to Belize.

I now live deep in the Belize jungle, documenting wildlife, nature and jungle living through photography and writing while building a farm.

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