
Horse-Riding Kyrgyzstan – Part 1 Photo Preview
For those who didn’t know, I’ve temporarily left the bike in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. And I have bought a horse. He’s called Sarala. He’s a very cool, chilled-out dude who…
For those who didn’t know, I’ve temporarily left the bike in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. And I have bought a horse. He’s called Sarala. He’s a very cool, chilled-out dude who…
I finally met someone who likes all the off-the-beaten-track beaten tracks and mud and dirt and gravel… and it was fortunate I met him where I did. A local family…
The next proper blog post will have to wait. I have the time to write, whiling away the hours until tonight’s train to Novosibirsk from here in Biysk. But unable…
[I got a bit carried away with this blog – about time some may say – but if you just want the photos, skip to the bottom] After a few…
Having made it to Kharkhorin and had a look round the Erd Zuu monastery, I was looking forward to beginning the off-road adventures through Mongolia. Alas, progress has been made…
Having made the decision not to do a big packrafting trip, the relief was tangible. Finally I felt like I could do things I really wanted to. And I wanted…
It’s time for a round-up of the last few weeks… you may have noticed, there hasn’t been an awful lot of cycling. I had great plans, but sometimes they don’t…
Sticking around Ulaanbaatar means I’ve had the chance to see some of the Naadam Festival. Essentially one big holiday where families gather to watch the wrestling, horse-racing and archery, as…
I’m here in Ulaanbaatar for the Naadam Festival and until next week when I can get my Kazakhstan visa. The one guy at the embassy who issues them is on…
Well, it took 8 days to reach the Mongolian border from Irkutsk. As always, the shortest route is not always the quickest!. Here’s how it went. I haven’t been feeling…
It’s started hard and slow out of Irkutsk to reach Lake Baikal. But since then things have been great… it has been long days of hard ups and fun downs,…
Bundles of Russians and an English touristka trundling across industrial city sprawls that churn smoke to the skies and spew cars along straight roads that cut through the vast swathes…
Still no real blog post, but do not worry – Here are some more photos from the 3-weeks of biking and camping in northern Sweden, Finland and Norway… Hopefully they…
Until I get chance to write a proper blog post about the trip, here’s a taster with some of my favourite views from the 3 week bike ride from Kiruna…
So I’m getting rather excited and with just the occasional fit of doubt, which may be more aptly described as ‘bricking it’. In only 15 more days I shall be…
On my bookshelf at home are some old photo albums, from the days when cameras came with film and you got prints of your images. Today I took a look…
Having taken the overnight ferry from Ancona in Italy, I arrived in Split as the sun rose. Another short boat ride and I was on the island of Hvar, where…
There was time once I reached Islamabad to visit a couple more of Pakistan’s cities – Lahore near the Indian border, and Peshawar near the Afghan border. They are worlds…
From Karakul lake I took a bus to Tashkurgan and then another bus that wound up and over the Khunjerab Pass to Sost in Pakistan. The next two weeks I…
I slept in a yurt by Karakul Lake. It’s about 200km west of Kashgar on the Karakorum Highway, in Xinjiang province. At 3,600m altitude it’s the highest lake on the…