The Tour of Gondwana: Slideshows

I hope that you will enjoy these slideshows from each of the five Stages of The Tour of Gondwana, my global bicycle Tour. I enjoy making them almost as much as going on the tour itself, and I would like as many people as possible to be able to view them as well.

What you need to watch the shows:

  1. A BitTorrent Client installed on your PC:
    A BitTorrent Client is a small, usually free, program that allows you download files from other users using the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorreent is currently the most efficient way to distribute large files over the Net. As of February 02009 popular clients are "Vuze" (my fav) and µTorrent. If you do not have one of these already, just Google the program name, or "bittorrent client", download and install the program, and you're good to go. Then just click on the Download Link at the bottom of this page to go to the Tracker page where the Torrent links are located. There are also many tutorials on the Web for BitTorrent if you have trouble.
  2. A Broadband Internet Connection:
    The shows are large avi files, 1 GB or more in size. While it is technically possible to download over a dial-up modem, it could take weeks to do so.
  3. A reasonably fast PC:
    The shows are high resolution (640 x 480) avi video with a fairly high bitrate. I have now switched to using the XVID codec to reduce the file sizes somewhat. You will need to have the codec installed on your PC in order to see the video. If you don't have it yet, just look on the Web (like HERE), it's small and free. Just be sure to switch to FullScreen for the best effect :-)

    Given the years that have passed since I first posted this before the Tour began, this has probably become an irrelevant point. Any current PC will be just fine.


 

OK, Here are the Links to the Files:

Click On the "Download" link to go to the download page, torrents for each show will be posted there as they become available. Click the link for the show you are interesed in, save the torrent on your hard drive, and the download will begin.

Stage 1 (Australia)

Availability: NOW SEEDING (This is a Re-encoded version of the same show that was originally posted in December '05. If you have already seen that version, don't download this one as the content is exactly the same.)
Video Length:2 hours, 21 minutes
File Size:1.31 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 1- xvid.avi; Stage 1 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE

Stage 2 (Asia)

Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length:2 hours, 54 minutes
File Size:1.62 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 2 - xvid.avi; Stage 2 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE

Stage 3 (Africa)

Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length:2 hours, 29 minutes
File Size:1.4 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 3 - xvid.avi; Stage 3 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE

Stage 4 (part 1) (S. America: Argentina through Brazil)

Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length: 1 hour, 36 minutes
File Size: 914 MB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 4 - part 1.avi; Stage 4 Commentary.pdf
 Download Torrent HERE

Stage 4 (part 2) (S. America: Paraguay through Colombia)

Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length: 2 hours, 46 minutes
File Size: 1.54 GB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 4 - part 2.avi; Stage 4 Commentary.pdf
Download Torrent HERE

Stage 5 (Central America/Mexico)

Availability: NOW SEEDING
Video Length: 1 hour, 43 minutes
File Size: 984 MB
Resolution: 640 x 480
Codec: XVID (MP3 Audio)
Codec: MS MPEG4 v2 (MP3 Audio)
Files:Gondwana Stage 5.avi; Stage 5 Commentary.pdf;  EXTRAS: SantosHarbor.avi; StandingOnGondwana.avi
 Download Torrent HERE


Enjoy!
~Mike