Your best single piece of advice

[BikeliciousBabe]

^^A.I.?^^

[rayed]

Don't take too much things with you, only the necessary ones.
Make yourself a small travel pharmacy with all the basic meds which every cyclists might need here and there.
I mostly order mine from canadian pharmacy, as they offer a free delivery and much better prices than i my local place.

[m610]

Definitely keep a journal. I kept one for my 1979 tour but stopped updating it about one-third of the way through the trip. The few photos I have are helping remind me how the other two-thirds went.

So, also take lots of pictures.

I have a bunch of business cards from bike shops, people I met, and bike shops I visited. I even have one from Lazy Louie Bicycle Camp. Priceless.

I also have the names and addresses of people I met. I sent them all a card when the tour was over.