Winter is coming…
Almost a year has passed since I made a start on writing a second book… I had returned from my winter cycle ride through Siberia in April and was struggling…
St Petersburg – The Urban Side – Photos
I’m now back in the UK. Again. It’s wonderful with the warm sun and green fields, leafy trees and chirping birds. What a contrast to Magadan in the Russian Far…
Kolyma Highway Photos – Winter Biking – 2000km Yakutsk to Magadan
Well, there are many stories to tell from the last couple of months. The 2000km from Yakutsk to Magadan was a fantastic ride, made all the more memorable by the…
Too Cold – Winter Biking Yakutia Photos
Oh where do I start?! I think for now, I will just show you the photos from the last couple of weeks. Mostly it was too cold to stop and…
Biking to Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island
Just over a week has passed since leaving Irkutsk… and now I’m back. Briefly. Tomorrow I take a train to Neriyungri to begin the very cold cycle to Yakutsk. But…
Into the White
Time for a long-awaited update… After a few weeks back home, I’m finally back out in Russia – in Irkutsk, near Lake Baikal. The first 3 weeks at home were…
Home and the things we love and miss
Each time I return home from an extended time abroad, I am engulfed with a mixture of emotions and impressions. And each time it is different. Last time, it was…
Take On Asia – Free Photobook and Round Up Part 1
I am back in the UK! Yes, that happened fast you say. Indeed, I’d been keeping my return quiet so I could surprise my mum for her birthday. But now…
In Search of the Aral Sea – From Khiva to Moynaq, Uzbekistan
Rather than retrace the direct route to the main road via Urgench, cycled along the smaller roads for a short cut towards Nukus. Riding through small towns and farmland. Uninspiring.…
Photos of Khiva
I pushed on towards Khiva, rather than camp – it would have been the crap kind of camping. Where you have to hide and make no noise and try not…
Elliq Qala – A tour of the 50 Fortresses (well, 6 to be exact)
Because it had taken three hours for the taxi driver to find 3 other passengers, it was well after dark when I arrived in Tortkul. So rather than cycling out…
Photos of Bukhara
After Samarkand, came Bukhara. On the route I’m cycling west, at least. It was the same for those merchants from the East trading along the Silk Road so many centuries…
Photos of Samarkand
Samarkand was founded around 700BC by the Sogdians. It became one of the greatest cities in the world at the time due to it’s central location on the Silk Road,…
The Golden Road to Samarkand
Time is flying by. I have so much I could write about, but too little time to do it justice. That has been the trouble with this trip… not enough…
Get On With It – Getting to Dushanbe and Visa Woes
So this was the plan… cycle through the Pamirs and on to Dushanbe, pick up my Uzbek visa and be on my way to Uzbekistan to see the Silk Road…
Riding the Pamir Highway – The Wakhan Valley – from Langar to Khorog
It was a struggle leaving Langar. After a night in a bed (=mattress on floor), I was more tired than usual. Not much energy either (soup and bread for dinner…
Riding the Pamir Highway – Into Wakhan Valley – Murghab to Langar
I woke up in my dim unlit room in Murghab, went to the window and pulled back the curtains. White light blinded me. I blinked and rubbed my eyes and…
Riding the Pamir Highway – The Cold Way – Sary Tash to Murghab
My legs and busting lungs screamed for a day off in Sary Tash (that’s what you get when you sit on a horse for a month). But the clear skies…
Osh and Up to the Roof of the World in Photos
Having lingered long enough in Bishkek while arranging onward visas, I took a bus straight to Osh. From there, it would be back on the bike. In at the deep…
Calendar 2014 – Take On Asia
This year is galloping on and before you know it, it’ll be Christmas. Well, that got me thinking about calendars recently. So I’ve been looking through all my photos from…