![32135539615_b77b1e416b_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135539615_b77b1e416b_b.jpg?h=230)
32135539615_b77b1e416b_b
![Eid celebration on the beach](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096782856_223bcbd971_b.jpg?h=230)
Eid celebration on the beach
32096782856_223bcbd971_b
![32135549375_eba420f48c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135549375_eba420f48c_b.jpg?h=230)
32135549375_eba420f48c_b
![32016987411_723ffde4c3_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32016987411_723ffde4c3_b.jpg?h=230)
32016987411_723ffde4c3_b
![32135557425_647df18b4d_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135557425_647df18b4d_b.jpg?h=230)
32135557425_647df18b4d_b
![BP garage.. Free coffee and tea and a nice pavilion for breakfast and dinner..](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325543383_e937867047_b.jpg?h=230)
BP garage.. Free coffee and tea and a nice pavilion for breakfast and dinner..
31325543383_e937867047_b
![Hot...](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32016999771_ae8efabda8_b.jpg?h=230)
Hot...
32016999771_ae8efabda8_b
![32017002551_05b13bd840_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017002551_05b13bd840_b.jpg?h=230)
32017002551_05b13bd840_b
![32017005521_3027757a12_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017005521_3027757a12_b.jpg?h=230)
32017005521_3027757a12_b
![32096807166_5fff8d1d8f_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096807166_5fff8d1d8f_b.jpg?h=230)
32096807166_5fff8d1d8f_b
![31325566243_6dbcefeab2_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325566243_6dbcefeab2_b.jpg?h=230)
31325566243_6dbcefeab2_b
![32096810566_2cb547bf8a_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096810566_2cb547bf8a_b.jpg?h=230)
32096810566_2cb547bf8a_b
![The Turkish special forces base](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325575313_61aae4d830_b.jpg?h=230)
The Turkish special forces base
31325575313_61aae4d830_b
![The Turkish special forces base](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096814436_3893b40d84_b.jpg?h=230)
The Turkish special forces base
32096814436_3893b40d84_b
![32017023581_fb4a9b8b3c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017023581_fb4a9b8b3c_b.jpg?h=230)
32017023581_fb4a9b8b3c_b
![31986933912_45f1d1dfe0_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31986933912_45f1d1dfe0_b.jpg?h=230)
31986933912_45f1d1dfe0_b
![31986938092_ddbf46c0bd_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31986938092_ddbf46c0bd_b.jpg?h=230)
31986938092_ddbf46c0bd_b
![32017038081_e9939f226d_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017038081_e9939f226d_b.jpg?h=230)
32017038081_e9939f226d_b
![31986946182_4b0a3aaeea_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31986946182_4b0a3aaeea_b.jpg?h=230)
31986946182_4b0a3aaeea_b
![31986949392_38bfac0649_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31986949392_38bfac0649_b.jpg?h=230)
31986949392_38bfac0649_b
![31760479740_9268985f31_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760479740_9268985f31_b.jpg?h=230)
31760479740_9268985f31_b
![Camped alongside these barbecue huts on the public beach](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31986954912_9eb23b592b_b.jpg?h=230)
Camped alongside these barbecue huts on the public beach
31986954912_9eb23b592b_b
![31294467814_0cc50cf43c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294467814_0cc50cf43c_b.jpg?h=230)
31294467814_0cc50cf43c_b
![31986957992_dfe8b2297f_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31986957992_dfe8b2297f_b.jpg?h=230)
31986957992_dfe8b2297f_b
![The day after the failed coup attempt](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/570/32096847816_f780a780ab_b.jpg?h=230)
The day after the failed coup attempt
Konya | Jan, 2016
![The day after the failed coup attempt](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017061341_43bb9c9291_b.jpg?h=230)
The day after the failed coup attempt
32017061341_43bb9c9291_b
![The day after the failed coup attempt](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/297/31294473994_44caa5e5e8_b.jpg?h=230)
The day after the failed coup attempt
Konya | Jan, 2016
![31325616333_9372e8af2d_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325616333_9372e8af2d_b.jpg?h=230)
31325616333_9372e8af2d_b
![32096857226_e50e67f055_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096857226_e50e67f055_b.jpg?h=230)
32096857226_e50e67f055_b
![Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/460/32017071051_d4ac0a1b96_b.jpg?h=230)
Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016
![Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/343/31760501640_f62fc55f4f_b.jpg?h=230)
Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016
![32017077121_bec2f85b7f_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017077121_bec2f85b7f_b.jpg?h=230)
32017077121_bec2f85b7f_b
![Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/576/32135638145_c87f6eef35_b.jpg?h=230)
Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016
![32017083501_cc54319e75_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017083501_cc54319e75_b.jpg?h=230)
32017083501_cc54319e75_b
![Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/378/31325635143_68e5458b0f_b.jpg?h=230)
Cappadoccia | Jan, 2016
![Caravanserrei near Goreme | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/503/32135648515_70f066c752_b.jpg?h=230)
Caravanserrei near Goreme | Jan, 2016
![Caravanserrei near Goreme | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/442/32135655025_9977e4f94d_b.jpg?h=230)
Caravanserrei near Goreme | Jan, 2016
![Caravanserrei near Goreme | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/307/31325649473_36d58a2cc0_b.jpg?h=230)
Caravanserrei near Goreme | Jan, 2016
![Proper sparse cycling across the Anatolian plain for a good few days](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135666985_a1f07d43e9_b.jpg?h=230)
Proper sparse cycling across the Anatolian plain for a good few days
32135666985_a1f07d43e9_b
![This dude had just come back from the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/774/32017098881_683cb40369_b.jpg?h=230)
This dude had just come back from the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan
Road from Kayseri to Sivas | Jan, 2016
![The highest I had been at the time. This was followed up by a descent down to 700m before back up to 2400m, but I didnt make it up to the next pass, after a technical..](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294518174_773e1eebfc_b.jpg?h=230)
The highest I had been at the time. This was followed up by a descent down to 700m before back up to 2400m, but I didnt make it up to the next pass, after a technical..
31294518174_773e1eebfc_b
![31325658533_6fc6c26e40_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325658533_6fc6c26e40_b.jpg?h=230)
31325658533_6fc6c26e40_b
![31294524024_814111bf94_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294524024_814111bf94_b.jpg?h=230)
31294524024_814111bf94_b
![Arrival in Georgia](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294527924_a28e2c0097_b.jpg?h=230)
Arrival in Georgia
31294527924_a28e2c0097_b
![Arrival in Georgia](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294531324_2f9421591b_b.jpg?h=230)
Arrival in Georgia
31294531324_2f9421591b_b
![They wouldnt let me in the old 1970s cable car because they thought my bike was too heavy :(](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/435/32017118131_cdd937d21b_b.jpg?h=230)
They wouldnt let me in the old 1970s cable car because they thought my bike was too heavy 🙁
The mountain road between Batumi and Tbilisi | Jan, 2016
![On the mountain road from Batumi to Tbilisi. A bit of a classic for cycle tourers, poor quality gravelly roads and big passes in stunning scenery.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/407/31987011462_c999d51dbc_b.jpg?h=230)
On the mountain road from Batumi to Tbilisi. A bit of a classic for cycle tourers, poor quality gravelly roads and big passes in stunning scenery.
On the way up Goderdzi pass | Jan, 2016
![On the mountain road from Batumi to Tbilisi. A bit of a classic for cycle tourers, poor quality gravelly roads and big passes in stunning scenery.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/321/31987017382_abab2aeab6_b.jpg?h=230)
On the mountain road from Batumi to Tbilisi. A bit of a classic for cycle tourers, poor quality gravelly roads and big passes in stunning scenery.
On the way up Goderdzi pass | Jan, 2016
![Road condition not great](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/426/32135700085_c31f41aed1_b.jpg?h=230)
Road condition not great
On the way up Goderdzi pass | Jan, 2016
![Road condition not great](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325674973_212c258ef3_b.jpg?h=230)
Road condition not great
31325674973_212c258ef3_b
![31325676763_48e50418e7_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325676763_48e50418e7_b.jpg?h=230)
31325676763_48e50418e7_b
![Final break before reaching the top.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096907656_18a1ac25f4_b.jpg?h=230)
Final break before reaching the top.
32096907656_18a1ac25f4_b
![Surreal at the top of the pass](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096910926_58b2011935_b.jpg?h=230)
Surreal at the top of the pass
32096910926_58b2011935_b
![Surreal at the top of the pass](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294563044_bba1a04483_b.jpg?h=230)
Surreal at the top of the pass
31294563044_bba1a04483_b
![32135724705_8c794a7998_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135724705_8c794a7998_b.jpg?h=230)
32135724705_8c794a7998_b
![After the descent form Goderdzi pass](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760559030_a71f7334f3_b.jpg?h=230)
After the descent form Goderdzi pass
31760559030_a71f7334f3_b
![After the pass this stretch of 40km of roadworks lies in wait. Lots of things breaking made for a long day.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760564220_9a64fafc24_b.jpg?h=230)
After the pass this stretch of 40km of roadworks lies in wait. Lots of things breaking made for a long day.
31760564220_9a64fafc24_b
![31760568410_60a48e9653_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760568410_60a48e9653_b.jpg?h=230)
31760568410_60a48e9653_b
![This old cave city still houses a monastery; great campspot with 5-6 tents underneath.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096928806_fbbdd0088a_b.jpg?h=230)
This old cave city still houses a monastery; great campspot with 5-6 tents underneath.
32096928806_fbbdd0088a_b
![31294579204_c157abd476_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294579204_c157abd476_b.jpg?h=230)
31294579204_c157abd476_b
![31294584634_be24faf5ff_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294584634_be24faf5ff_b.jpg?h=230)
31294584634_be24faf5ff_b
![31325706803_497484ca4c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325706803_497484ca4c_b.jpg?h=230)
31325706803_497484ca4c_b
![Joined up with a Polich couple to cycle to Tbilisi](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/453/31294593394_13f564864a_b.jpg?h=230)
Joined up with a Polich couple to cycle to Tbilisi
On the way back from Vardzia | Jan, 2016
![31760585530_c97d1e05cd_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760585530_c97d1e05cd_b.jpg?h=230)
31760585530_c97d1e05cd_b
![Next to a stone / concrete plant.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/646/31760589050_b08480ee84_b.jpg?h=230)
Next to a stone / concrete plant.
Abandoned house | Jan, 2016
![31325712323_9412d9cf67_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325712323_9412d9cf67_b.jpg?h=230)
31325712323_9412d9cf67_b
![On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/503/32017172801_71cf86ea14_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016
![31294613594_fbaf223b0f_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294613594_fbaf223b0f_b.jpg?h=230)
31294613594_fbaf223b0f_b
![After Goderdzi the terrain is still high but reasonably flat and full of very gradual climbing](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/385/32135769355_30bbf47452_b.jpg?h=230)
After Goderdzi the terrain is still high but reasonably flat and full of very gradual climbing
On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016
![Last night wild camping before Tbilisi](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32096988426_2d825b5094_b.jpg?h=230)
Last night wild camping before Tbilisi
32096988426_2d825b5094_b
![On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/296/32096993416_a312ff0a0a_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/711/31987082492_3da77bdbd6_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Tbilisi | Jan, 2016
![Academy of Sciences building](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987085782_66118fa708_b.jpg?h=230)
Academy of Sciences building
31987085782_66118fa708_b
![Setting off for a round trip to Kazbegi, at the Russian border](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987087702_508f3ea2ac_b.jpg?h=230)
Setting off for a round trip to Kazbegi, at the Russian border
31987087702_508f3ea2ac_b
![Ananuri, on Georgia's military highway | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/606/31987089472_08d637d444_b.jpg?h=230)
Ananuri, on Georgia's military highway | Jan, 2016
![32135790195_049780c123_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135790195_049780c123_b.jpg?h=230)
32135790195_049780c123_b
![31760628070_ee6a61c654_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760628070_ee6a61c654_b.jpg?h=230)
31760628070_ee6a61c654_b
![Climbing up to Kazbegi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/604/31760632290_bdeab113d5_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing up to Kazbegi | Jan, 2016
![Climbing up to Kazbegi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/692/32017228391_e1d86c25df_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing up to Kazbegi | Jan, 2016
![32017231891_f966a81d95_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017231891_f966a81d95_b.jpg?h=230)
32017231891_f966a81d95_b
![Climbing up to Kazbegi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/749/32017236131_4b5150d3b4_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing up to Kazbegi | Jan, 2016
![31294682734_97f09dbcb1_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294682734_97f09dbcb1_b.jpg?h=230)
31294682734_97f09dbcb1_b
![32097029676_6c20e30ac4_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097029676_6c20e30ac4_b.jpg?h=230)
32097029676_6c20e30ac4_b
![After this pass the road descends to Stepantsminda, the dropping off point for Kazbegi, a 5000m+ mountain on the Russian border](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/651/32097030446_79fa5d66eb_b.jpg?h=230)
After this pass the road descends to Stepantsminda, the dropping off point for Kazbegi, a 5000m+ mountain on the Russian border
Jvari Pass | Jan, 2016
![31294690674_916b272c6e_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294690674_916b272c6e_b.jpg?h=230)
31294690674_916b272c6e_b
![Good view of the mountain from a camp spot just outside the town of Stepantsminda](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/591/31294694184_49391f21fa_b.jpg?h=230)
Good view of the mountain from a camp spot just outside the town of Stepantsminda
Kazbegi | Jan, 2016
![Good view of the mountain from a camp spot just outside the town of Stepantsminda](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/607/32135841675_a7d0d938bc_b.jpg?h=230)
Good view of the mountain from a camp spot just outside the town of Stepantsminda
Kazbegi | Jan, 2016
![32135848435_a8aec1744c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135848435_a8aec1744c_b.jpg?h=230)
32135848435_a8aec1744c_b
![32135853805_600a11540e_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135853805_600a11540e_b.jpg?h=230)
32135853805_600a11540e_b
![32135859545_e5eb2659e7_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135859545_e5eb2659e7_b.jpg?h=230)
32135859545_e5eb2659e7_b
![31294712154_3393e35304_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294712154_3393e35304_b.jpg?h=230)
31294712154_3393e35304_b
![32017266561_03c86b1844_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017266561_03c86b1844_b.jpg?h=230)
32017266561_03c86b1844_b
![32017270421_7af399bb27_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017270421_7af399bb27_b.jpg?h=230)
32017270421_7af399bb27_b
![32017275031_5c852935af_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017275031_5c852935af_b.jpg?h=230)
32017275031_5c852935af_b
![32017278541_cc833df0d3_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017278541_cc833df0d3_b.jpg?h=230)
32017278541_cc833df0d3_b
![On the way back from Kazbegi | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/523/31325800953_420ef7f4f0_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way back from Kazbegi | Jan, 2016
![Nice lady let me sleep in the courtyard of this restaurant / hotel](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987184372_e987f6aeef_b.jpg?h=230)
Nice lady let me sleep in the courtyard of this restaurant / hotel
31987184372_e987f6aeef_b
![Last town in Georgia before the Azerbaijan border. After wine tasting.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987190642_d190eae3d9_b.jpg?h=230)
Last town in Georgia before the Azerbaijan border. After wine tasting.
31987190642_d190eae3d9_b
![The flat bit before the Caucasus mountains ahead.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/702/31987194582_4ce171d895_b.jpg?h=230)
The flat bit before the Caucasus mountains ahead.
On teh way to teh Azerbaijan border | Jan, 2016
![Azerbaijan border | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/708/32135911625_fb25211670_b.jpg?h=230)
Azerbaijan border | Jan, 2016
![32097084646_8ae91c63db_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097084646_8ae91c63db_b.jpg?h=230)
32097084646_8ae91c63db_b
![32017325121_36ebd789dd_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017325121_36ebd789dd_b.jpg?h=230)
32017325121_36ebd789dd_b
![31325839203_7747bb4163_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325839203_7747bb4163_b.jpg?h=230)
31325839203_7747bb4163_b
![Stayed in this old caravanserri](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135928045_441c96e25c_b.jpg?h=230)
Stayed in this old caravanserri
32135928045_441c96e25c_b
![32135929905_49a33f9745_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135929905_49a33f9745_b.jpg?h=230)
32135929905_49a33f9745_b
![31987217212_2b5ac3d399_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987217212_2b5ac3d399_b.jpg?h=230)
31987217212_2b5ac3d399_b
![Camping each night in open air restaurants at the side of the road](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135934125_3d2cfc2ac1_b.jpg?h=230)
Camping each night in open air restaurants at the side of the road
32135934125_3d2cfc2ac1_b
![This restaurant had tree houses](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987222902_ebb57f9143_b.jpg?h=230)
This restaurant had tree houses
31987222902_ebb57f9143_b
![Personal treehouse](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987227902_b2ac52de0b_b.jpg?h=230)
Personal treehouse
31987227902_b2ac52de0b_b
![This road, tracing the foothills of the Caucasus, was great, just 50-60km days through amazing scenery and forests.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/316/32135956045_902c4ec739_b.jpg?h=230)
This road, tracing the foothills of the Caucasus, was great, just 50-60km days through amazing scenery and forests.
On the way to Baku | Jan, 2016
![Invited into this house as the storm descended; spent a day there, getting a tour and a feast and getting involved in an impromptu dance-off](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135962415_a6f8b4c558_b.jpg?h=230)
Invited into this house as the storm descended; spent a day there, getting a tour and a feast and getting involved in an impromptu dance-off
32135962415_a6f8b4c558_b
![Jess had it covered](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135967435_d263bc1f5a_b.jpg?h=230)
Jess had it covered
32135967435_d263bc1f5a_b
![Big fail on the drums.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32135973265_6f5a70380b_b.jpg?h=230)
Big fail on the drums.
32135973265_6f5a70380b_b
![Plov, roast potatoes, vegetable stew, Azeri salad, soup, bread, and freshly squeezed apricot juice.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294820834_6d89c72679_b.jpg?h=230)
Plov, roast potatoes, vegetable stew, Azeri salad, soup, bread, and freshly squeezed apricot juice.
31294820834_6d89c72679_b
![31325883583_9f2e40d494_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325883583_9f2e40d494_b.jpg?h=230)
31325883583_9f2e40d494_b
![Kid at front left...](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325886413_e925b3c1cd_b.jpg?h=230)
Kid at front left...
31325886413_e925b3c1cd_b
![Rain descended and we managed to](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325889553_2bc6a4008a_b.jpg?h=230)
Rain descended and we managed to
31325889553_2bc6a4008a_b
![Most of Azerbaijan was mountains and forests but we spent about 70km in the desert and dunes before arriving in Baku.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760783460_fff5119349_b.jpg?h=230)
Most of Azerbaijan was mountains and forests but we spent about 70km in the desert and dunes before arriving in Baku.
31760783460_fff5119349_b
![31760786420_5eba8e7d4c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760786420_5eba8e7d4c_b.jpg?h=230)
31760786420_5eba8e7d4c_b
![32017382891_4d27bb093c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017382891_4d27bb093c_b.jpg?h=230)
32017382891_4d27bb093c_b
![Another roadside restaurant, this time with a roof.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017387491_813d38e082_b.jpg?h=230)
Another roadside restaurant, this time with a roof.
32017387491_813d38e082_b
![Waiting for Uzbek visas and the ferry crossing to Kazakhstan](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294843314_ec71a660f2_b.jpg?h=230)
Waiting for Uzbek visas and the ferry crossing to Kazakhstan
31294843314_ec71a660f2_b
![Cool exhibition about this tower in the Old town. No one knows why it was built; three competing explanations.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760797900_8a9072d8ed_b.jpg?h=230)
Cool exhibition about this tower in the Old town. No one knows why it was built; three competing explanations.
31760797900_8a9072d8ed_b
![Waiting for the Caspian sea ferry](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760803690_c37e759cc8_b.jpg?h=230)
Waiting for the Caspian sea ferry
31760803690_c37e759cc8_b
![Waiting for the Caspian sea ferry, which was allegedly not going until the next day.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760807740_39cd7b41f1_b.jpg?h=230)
Waiting for the Caspian sea ferry, which was allegedly not going until the next day.
31760807740_39cd7b41f1_b
![Our home for four days](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/716/31760811540_bd3df8b2e1_b.jpg?h=230)
Our home for four days
The Shahdag | Jan, 2016
![32017410821_b433bf5b60_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017410821_b433bf5b60_b.jpg?h=230)
32017410821_b433bf5b60_b
![32017414591_0a28ae9788_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017414591_0a28ae9788_b.jpg?h=230)
32017414591_0a28ae9788_b
![32017417291_97cf500e60_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017417291_97cf500e60_b.jpg?h=230)
32017417291_97cf500e60_b
![31987280962_35d8a8d27a_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987280962_35d8a8d27a_b.jpg?h=230)
31987280962_35d8a8d27a_b
![31325934873_f9cc244e00_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31325934873_f9cc244e00_b.jpg?h=230)
31325934873_f9cc244e00_b
![The Shahdag, somewhere in the Caspian | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/580/31760837720_47d440d41b_b.jpg?h=230)
The Shahdag, somewhere in the Caspian | Jan, 2016
![32097196956_7945e722de_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097196956_7945e722de_b.jpg?h=230)
32097196956_7945e722de_b
![32017432481_4c7022f31a_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017432481_4c7022f31a_b.jpg?h=230)
32017432481_4c7022f31a_b
![The Shahdag, somewhere in the Caspian | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/717/31325948083_401e69b94b_b.jpg?h=230)
The Shahdag, somewhere in the Caspian | Jan, 2016
![The Shahdag, somewhere in the Caspian | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/320/31760853650_447227bff1_b.jpg?h=230)
The Shahdag, somewhere in the Caspian | Jan, 2016
![Attempted a 200k day to get to Khiva through the desert, and failed, about 140km in, asteh sun went down. Good day though!](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/702/31987309992_c05d374d4c_b.jpg?h=230)
Attempted a 200k day to get to Khiva through the desert, and failed, about 140km in, asteh sun went down. Good day though!
Leaving Nukus | Jan, 2016
![Attempted a 200k day to get to Khiva through the desert, and failed, about 140km in, as the sun went down. Good day though!](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/257/31987312712_d8c729c13d_b.jpg?h=230)
Attempted a 200k day to get to Khiva through the desert, and failed, about 140km in, as the sun went down. Good day though!
Approaching Khiva | Jan, 2016
![31987315072_b8e6eb5272_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987315072_b8e6eb5272_b.jpg?h=230)
31987315072_b8e6eb5272_b
![31760864830_751c514657_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760864830_751c514657_b.jpg?h=230)
31760864830_751c514657_b
![31760868650_8436512b25_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760868650_8436512b25_b.jpg?h=230)
31760868650_8436512b25_b
![31760870990_bf49d82bb0_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760870990_bf49d82bb0_b.jpg?h=230)
31760870990_bf49d82bb0_b
![31760872900_4876988b3e_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760872900_4876988b3e_b.jpg?h=230)
31760872900_4876988b3e_b
![31760874510_1330347a4e_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760874510_1330347a4e_b.jpg?h=230)
31760874510_1330347a4e_b
![32017447301_4ffe919737_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017447301_4ffe919737_b.jpg?h=230)
32017447301_4ffe919737_b
![31987338342_20b70d17f6_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987338342_20b70d17f6_b.jpg?h=230)
31987338342_20b70d17f6_b
![32097225526_8c6c5c3a4a_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097225526_8c6c5c3a4a_b.jpg?h=230)
32097225526_8c6c5c3a4a_b
![32097227566_7380c21212_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097227566_7380c21212_b.jpg?h=230)
32097227566_7380c21212_b
![32097229966_c5ff1cb4ae_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097229966_c5ff1cb4ae_b.jpg?h=230)
32097229966_c5ff1cb4ae_b
![31294947194_823ccdf3ba_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294947194_823ccdf3ba_b.jpg?h=230)
31294947194_823ccdf3ba_b
![31294949824_a3a1ff017f_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294949824_a3a1ff017f_b.jpg?h=230)
31294949824_a3a1ff017f_b
![31294952154_ce1697788b_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294952154_ce1697788b_b.jpg?h=230)
31294952154_ce1697788b_b
![On the way to Samarkand | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/424/31294954174_2c332c9e8c_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Samarkand | Jan, 2016
![31294956674_5d124e4d6c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294956674_5d124e4d6c_b.jpg?h=230)
31294956674_5d124e4d6c_b
![31294960714_f7289a414c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294960714_f7289a414c_b.jpg?h=230)
31294960714_f7289a414c_b
![31294963534_9235596567_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294963534_9235596567_b.jpg?h=230)
31294963534_9235596567_b
![31294966434_a5b71124d7_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294966434_a5b71124d7_b.jpg?h=230)
31294966434_a5b71124d7_b
![31294970164_42bedf0e93_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294970164_42bedf0e93_b.jpg?h=230)
31294970164_42bedf0e93_b
![31987377892_0f2a60bb2e_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987377892_0f2a60bb2e_b.jpg?h=230)
31987377892_0f2a60bb2e_b
![31987380812_bf026212d7_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987380812_bf026212d7_b.jpg?h=230)
31987380812_bf026212d7_b
![31987383622_478a73be5b_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987383622_478a73be5b_b.jpg?h=230)
31987383622_478a73be5b_b
![31987385742_321df4c366_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987385742_321df4c366_b.jpg?h=230)
31987385742_321df4c366_b
![31987388352_acc18e1470_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987388352_acc18e1470_b.jpg?h=230)
31987388352_acc18e1470_b
![31326040623_f77bd70365_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31326040623_f77bd70365_b.jpg?h=230)
31326040623_f77bd70365_b
![31987396812_e9defef381_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987396812_e9defef381_b.jpg?h=230)
31987396812_e9defef381_b
![31987400092_a7ea4e9414_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987400092_a7ea4e9414_b.jpg?h=230)
31987400092_a7ea4e9414_b
![31987403342_5614d6ecc6_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987403342_5614d6ecc6_b.jpg?h=230)
31987403342_5614d6ecc6_b
![32097264806_6c3258835c_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097264806_6c3258835c_b.jpg?h=230)
32097264806_6c3258835c_b
![31294997964_c07ff36400_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31294997964_c07ff36400_b.jpg?h=230)
31294997964_c07ff36400_b
![32136103955_b43ec527db_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32136103955_b43ec527db_b.jpg?h=230)
32136103955_b43ec527db_b
![32136107015_b20bd5f943_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32136107015_b20bd5f943_b.jpg?h=230)
32136107015_b20bd5f943_b
![31295003164_b1e1df9e11_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31295003164_b1e1df9e11_b.jpg?h=230)
31295003164_b1e1df9e11_b
![31295006974_050d582de9_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31295006974_050d582de9_b.jpg?h=230)
31295006974_050d582de9_b
![31760946940_cffcf8cbfe_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760946940_cffcf8cbfe_b.jpg?h=230)
31760946940_cffcf8cbfe_b
![31760949720_028336f8e7_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31760949720_028336f8e7_b.jpg?h=230)
31760949720_028336f8e7_b
![32017528031_820fb4aea7_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017528031_820fb4aea7_b.jpg?h=230)
32017528031_820fb4aea7_b
![32097291006_4cbdfa1825_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097291006_4cbdfa1825_b.jpg?h=230)
32097291006_4cbdfa1825_b
![31987440212_8d6dc81488_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987440212_8d6dc81488_b.jpg?h=230)
31987440212_8d6dc81488_b
![31987442952_af917817aa_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987442952_af917817aa_b.jpg?h=230)
31987442952_af917817aa_b
![32136129295_22cb31f266_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32136129295_22cb31f266_b.jpg?h=230)
32136129295_22cb31f266_b
![32017539511_05d288e6a8_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017539511_05d288e6a8_b.jpg?h=230)
32017539511_05d288e6a8_b
![31987452652_5c4e1f0be4_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987452652_5c4e1f0be4_b.jpg?h=230)
31987452652_5c4e1f0be4_b
![31987455532_2a3126bb92_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987455532_2a3126bb92_b.jpg?h=230)
31987455532_2a3126bb92_b
![31987459832_a6f7cb3846_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987459832_a6f7cb3846_b.jpg?h=230)
31987459832_a6f7cb3846_b
![31326092453_b973d5a8af_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31326092453_b973d5a8af_b.jpg?h=230)
31326092453_b973d5a8af_b
![31295061864_0a01808990_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31295061864_0a01808990_b.jpg?h=230)
31295061864_0a01808990_b
![31987479572_32074c1419_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987479572_32074c1419_b.jpg?h=230)
31987479572_32074c1419_b
![31295069364_c740db1274_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31295069364_c740db1274_b.jpg?h=230)
31295069364_c740db1274_b
![32097329246_c4a451a756_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097329246_c4a451a756_b.jpg?h=230)
32097329246_c4a451a756_b
![After finishing the Silk Route Super Brevet](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/494/32097330406_56d0f13e20_b.jpg?h=230)
After finishing the Silk Route Super Brevet
Art Hostel, Tashkent | Jan, 2016
![Bike | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/434/32097331756_5215b0d980_b.jpg?h=230)
Bike | Jan, 2016
![32097333946_986c624a8b_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097333946_986c624a8b_b.jpg?h=230)
32097333946_986c624a8b_b
![Invited me to their house when I stopped off for some cash. Plus vodka.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097338026_23aa2221e2_b.jpg?h=230)
Invited me to their house when I stopped off for some cash. Plus vodka.
32097338026_23aa2221e2_b
![On the way to Shymkent | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/545/32097343066_07543c08ce_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Shymkent | Jan, 2016
![Second dinner at second random homestay in two nights](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31326120773_ec0c82423f_b.jpg?h=230)
Second dinner at second random homestay in two nights
31326120773_ec0c82423f_b
![Saying goodbye to my hosts, an Uzbek family](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017583751_5ec0bd1d6f_b.jpg?h=230)
Saying goodbye to my hosts, an Uzbek family
32017583751_5ec0bd1d6f_b
![Many hundreds of km of empty steppe, and gloriously empty roads, on the way to the Kyrgyz border](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/736/32017589851_bd4100afa2_b.jpg?h=230)
Many hundreds of km of empty steppe, and gloriously empty roads, on the way to the Kyrgyz border
Setting off for Bishkek | Jan, 2016
![32017594851_1391411098_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017594851_1391411098_b.jpg?h=230)
32017594851_1391411098_b
![32017601821_36f96782cf_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017601821_36f96782cf_b.jpg?h=230)
32017601821_36f96782cf_b
![Early snow in Kyrgyzstan](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/679/32017606331_f98956cf08_b.jpg?h=230)
Early snow in Kyrgyzstan
Kara Balta | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/300/32097375086_da1fbce824_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/321/32097379366_9022f7ae09_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/663/32097385676_00ef7de01b_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/297/31295106494_73b19ff87f_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/512/32136189135_96227c0d91_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/422/32136192905_52085936bf_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/709/31987554522_e65b1543eb_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/464/31987559392_9efb741d41_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/354/31987563682_ac5d72452d_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/410/31295124934_d096fd012a_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/363/32097426836_a0f879ec60_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/650/32097432856_056bf7e1a2_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/704/31295131004_dbdbe447d8_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Issyk Kul | Jan, 2016
![The turn off to Osh, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/605/32097444026_0684e90f91_b.jpg?h=230)
The turn off to Osh, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016
![My hotel, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/733/31326182463_81bdaa06d6_b.jpg?h=230)
My hotel, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016
![My hotel, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/5607/31326188043_dec3b43331_b.jpg?h=230)
My hotel, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016
![My hotel, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/664/31987594212_67aaa9f548_b.jpg?h=230)
My hotel, Kara Balta | Jan, 2016
![Kara Balta | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/457/32136242195_c5177f6cf3_b.jpg?h=230)
Kara Balta | Jan, 2016
![The start of the mountainous road from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/304/31326199173_3ec4c7dcb0_b.jpg?h=230)
The start of the mountainous road from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![The road from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/649/31761104680_639958cd67_b.jpg?h=230)
The road from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![The road from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/643/31761111420_4f69c849ca_b.jpg?h=230)
The road from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![A very solitary shop near the top of the first mountain pass on the way from Bishkek to Osh](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/388/31761121690_84ac1b314a_b.jpg?h=230)
A very solitary shop near the top of the first mountain pass on the way from Bishkek to Osh
Near Suusamyr | Jan, 2016
![A very solitary shop near the top of the first mountain pass on the way from Bishkek to Osh](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/700/31761126610_20f626c1c6_b.jpg?h=230)
A very solitary shop near the top of the first mountain pass on the way from Bishkek to Osh
Kyrgyz kid | Jan, 2016
![Budding photographer | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/565/31761131050_93a65bfa62_b.jpg?h=230)
Budding photographer | Jan, 2016
![Budding photographer | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/303/31295162964_d9b550bc3e_b.jpg?h=230)
Budding photographer | Jan, 2016
![Portrait | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/529/32017708941_2bee239b88_b.jpg?h=230)
Portrait | Jan, 2016
![32097499506_49507170ab_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097499506_49507170ab_b.jpg?h=230)
32097499506_49507170ab_b
![31295176954_887b677e23_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31295176954_887b677e23_b.jpg?h=230)
31295176954_887b677e23_b
![Climbing the first pass from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/724/31761160010_27ee720e75_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing the first pass from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![That is a group of horses in the background. Bit surreal.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/543/31987649542_d611acb9c4_b.jpg?h=230)
That is a group of horses in the background. Bit surreal.
Climbing the first pass from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![Hairpins...](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/468/32017742531_e13fd5a651_b.jpg?h=230)
Hairpins...
Climbing the first pass from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![Just emerged from this 3k tunnel. Not much fun..](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/632/31326253313_a30546bfe4_b.jpg?h=230)
Just emerged from this 3k tunnel. Not much fun..
The tunnel at the first pass from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![Happy and stupidly cold.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/351/32097544036_c98681982e_b.jpg?h=230)
Happy and stupidly cold.
At the top of the pass | Jan, 2016
![On the way down from the pass. Getting dark. Nothing there, and I hitched a lift after it turned pitch black and the snow worsened](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/386/31761182150_261647bb04_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way down from the pass. Getting dark. Nothing there, and I hitched a lift after it turned pitch black and the snow worsened
The first pass from Bishkek to Osh | Jan, 2016
![Near Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/419/32097551896_06df417026_b.jpg?h=230)
Near Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Next to Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/688/31987662642_c626eafb14_b.jpg?h=230)
Next to Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/729/31987665422_9a8b66913c_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/369/31987668072_e506336c10_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/517/32097566336_2dc31c62d2_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/743/31295222524_87083b00e7_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/441/31295225684_5d57f5bf01_b.jpg?h=230)
Lake Toktogul | Jan, 2016
![Leaving Lake Toktogul towards Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/5616/31295228654_5a615c7e6e_b.jpg?h=230)
Leaving Lake Toktogul towards Osh | Jan, 2016
![Leaving Lake Toktogul towards Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/292/32017790061_b875842ebb_b.jpg?h=230)
Leaving Lake Toktogul towards Osh | Jan, 2016
![Big dam up ahead, made for some stunning cycling](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/320/31761215070_a294163e12_b.jpg?h=230)
Big dam up ahead, made for some stunning cycling
The river valley on the way to Osh | Jan, 2016
![Big dam up ahead, made for some stunning cycling](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/5609/32136350495_8f2143c964_b.jpg?h=230)
Big dam up ahead, made for some stunning cycling
The river valley on the way to Osh | Jan, 2016
![The river valley on the way to Osh | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/711/32136353745_24e84e3843_b.jpg?h=230)
The river valley on the way to Osh | Jan, 2016
![Invited into this person's house, best plov I had in Central Asia, with yak meat](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/285/32136356435_baeaf23c85_b.jpg?h=230)
Invited into this person's house, best plov I had in Central Asia, with yak meat
One day away from Sary Tash | Jan, 2016
![Invited into this person's house, bike in storage in the yard](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/400/32136359315_34f1e6169f_b.jpg?h=230)
Invited into this person's house, bike in storage in the yard
One day away from Sary Tash | Jan, 2016
![Climbing in the morning](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/433/32017800891_dd1979248b_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing in the morning
One day from Sary Tash | Jan, 2016
![On the way up to the Taldyk pass | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/560/32017802541_696168c24f_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way up to the Taldyk pass | Jan, 2016
![Climbing the 3600m Taldyk pass | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/566/32017804721_0e1ddd7e2f_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing the 3600m Taldyk pass | Jan, 2016
![Climbing the 3600m Taldyk pass | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/498/32017806971_5d645e45f7_b.jpg?h=230)
Climbing the 3600m Taldyk pass | Jan, 2016
![Taldyk pass, 3615m | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/394/31295264664_3247fa96b9_b.jpg?h=230)
Taldyk pass, 3615m | Jan, 2016
![Taldyk pass, 3615m | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/433/32017809641_b424fcd62b_b.jpg?h=230)
Taldyk pass, 3615m | Jan, 2016
![Tajikistan in the background](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32017810781_6b2d029af6_b.jpg?h=230)
Tajikistan in the background
32017810781_6b2d029af6_b
![Guesthouse, Sary Tash | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/640/32017812001_9fc3f943a5_b.jpg?h=230)
Guesthouse, Sary Tash | Jan, 2016
![Guesthouse, Sary Tash | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/601/31987729512_f7ca4fe07b_b.jpg?h=230)
Guesthouse, Sary Tash | Jan, 2016
![Heading left to the Irkeshtam border with China](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/415/31295283504_8c40aac469_b.jpg?h=230)
Heading left to the Irkeshtam border with China
Leaving Sary Tash | Jan, 2016
![Sary valley | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/530/31295286264_cea400d436_b.jpg?h=230)
Sary valley | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Irkeshtam | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/686/31295288924_728cfe7698_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Irkeshtam | Jan, 2016
![On the way to Irkeshtam | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/576/32097617796_2df9a9bb3a_b.jpg?h=230)
On the way to Irkeshtam | Jan, 2016
![32097621316_1fc9bdf5c3_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097621316_1fc9bdf5c3_b.jpg?h=230)
32097621316_1fc9bdf5c3_b
![Last action for my bike until Laos. YOu have to get a taxi through the first 150km of China as it is deemed a sensitive area.](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097624186_bb13c04545_b.jpg?h=230)
Last action for my bike until Laos. YOu have to get a taxi through the first 150km of China as it is deemed a sensitive area.
32097624186_bb13c04545_b
![Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/768/32097626836_53046811fd_b.jpg?h=230)
Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016
![The kid knows what is going down..](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/574/32097629716_4026879f48_b.jpg?h=230)
The kid knows what is going down..
Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016
![Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/781/31326361433_df7c4d7635_b.jpg?h=230)
Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016
![Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/271/31987760842_92cc0859dc_b.jpg?h=230)
Kashgar, China | Jan, 2016
![Gate to Kashgar's Old Town | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/280/31987765622_190c23d022_b.jpg?h=230)
Gate to Kashgar's Old Town | Jan, 2016
![31987770112_da5c9f5ae3_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31987770112_da5c9f5ae3_b.jpg?h=230)
31987770112_da5c9f5ae3_b
![32097639106_2c82f64318_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/32097639106_2c82f64318_b.jpg?h=230)
32097639106_2c82f64318_b
![31326378763_af6c89660f_b](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/65535/31326378763_af6c89660f_b.jpg?h=230)
31326378763_af6c89660f_b
![Kashgar animal market | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/472/31326382223_4f14a553c7_b.jpg?h=230)
Kashgar animal market | Jan, 2016
![Kashgar animal market | Jan, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/live.staticflickr.com/317/31326386433_fc5b6ca9bb_b.jpg?h=230)
Kashgar animal market | Jan, 2016