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Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and back to China: Winter!

Posted on March 8, 2017August 25, 2017 by David
So it has been a while since I wrote anything on here. The winter months have been spent in a shameful but wonderful limbo, cycling Southeast Asia off and on, making my way through China, Laos, Thaila... Read More

Bishkek to Kashgar: Finally to China

Posted on December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 by David
After leaving Bishkek a migrating bird fell from a telegraph pole and started to spasm a metre from my feet. I can remember catching the tortured look in its eye, in the short moment before a small, ... Read More

Tashkent to Bishkek: Across the Steppe

Posted on November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 by David
The 10 days I planned to stay in Uzbekistan had turned into 30 by the time I left, 12 hours before my visa ended, inching 50kg of bike through crowded and curious queues. Briefly inspired by having f... Read More

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

Tbilisi-Baku: Azerbaijani Adventures

Posted on September 10, 2016September 15, 2016 by David
10 days from Tbilisi and memories of the way faded just a little in the heat and bureaucracy of Baku. First try at the Uzbek embassy failed. Closed for locals to sign a book of condolences for Preside... Read More

Tbilisi-Kazbegi: 2 Days Up and 2 Days Down

Posted on August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 by David
My visa to enter Uzbekistan starts on 6 September, so for now I am staying in Georgia, before setting off to Azerbaijan, across the Caspian Sea, and through a small corner of Kazakhstan to get there. ... Read More

Batumi-Tbilisi: Cha Cha in the Mountains

Posted on August 22, 2016August 22, 2016 by David
Batumi was an abrupt change from Turkey. Quite seedy and much more alcohol. After being plied with the local 70% grape liquor at 10am when I was trying to leave the hostel, I was ready for a refreshin... Read More

Konya-Batumi: Cycling Turkey after the Coup Attempt

Posted on August 1, 2016August 12, 2016 by David
I just left Turkey and am now in Batumi, Georgia. The scene after the border, on the Black Sea coast, is dominated by casino and strip club billboards, towering above small street stalls and money exc... Read More
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