Tashkent-Bukhara-Tashkent: The Silk Route Super Brevet!

Posted on October 24, 2016January 10, 2017 by David

The courtyard was full of lean, experienced cyclists fine-tuning shiny road bikes. Mine sat idly in the corner battered from 6 months of inattention and bad roads. On a slightly tipsy whim I had decid... Read More

Nukus-Tashkent: One Step Forward Two Steps Back

Posted on September 27, 2016September 28, 2016 by David

Cycling about and finding a spot to camp, or chancing on the hospitality of strangers, is a real joy. It doesn’t always work out. Pushing my bike along rutted tracks one night last week, evading... Read More

Baku-Aktau-Nukus: Cabin Fever

Posted on September 18, 2016October 25, 2016 by David

Uzbek embassy official: “No more visa.” “But the three of us are travelling together.. Can you not just possibly not just issue just one more…” Long pause. “No. You... Read More