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Horse-Riding Kyrgyzstan – Part 1 Photo Preview

Posted on Sep 14, 2013Mar 12, 2017
AsiaBlogHorse-RidingKyrgyzstanPhotosTake On Asia

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…

Russian Altai part 2 – Photos of Chulyshman Gorge and Lake Teletskoe

Posted on Aug 23, 2013Aug 22, 2013
AsiaBlogPhotosRussiaTake On Asia

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…

Russian Altai – Photos of The Chuysky Trakt

Posted on Aug 22, 2013
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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…

Last Days in Mongolia – Photos and Blog Dirt-Road biking in Uvs and Bayan-Olgii

Posted on Aug 21, 2013Aug 21, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaPhotosTake On Asia

[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…

Photos of Biking Across Mongolia

Posted on Aug 06, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaPhotosTake On Asia

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…

Erd Zuu Monastery

Things are Looking Up – Naadam and Road to Kharkhorin – in maps

Posted on Jul 25, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaTake On Asia

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…

Sukhbaatar Square

The Road to Ulaanbaatar – A Little Less Cycling – in maps

Posted on Jul 24, 2013Jul 24, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaTake On Asia

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…

Naadam Festival – Archery and Knuckle-Bone Shooting Photos

Posted on Jul 12, 2013Jul 12, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaPhotosTake On Asia

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…

Bikepacking to Terelj National Park

Posted on Jul 11, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaPhotosTake On Asia

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…

Top of the hill and the tarmac!

A Week Biking Baikal and Buryatia – in maps

Posted on Jul 03, 2013Jul 03, 2013
AsiaBlogRussiaTake On Asia

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…

Photos of Lake Baikal and Off-Road Biking in Buryatia

Posted on Jul 01, 2013
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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,…

Journey Across Russia – Trans-Siberia

Posted on Jun 18, 2013
AsiaBlogRussiaTake On Asia

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…

Photos from a Winter Bike Tour

Posted on Feb 21, 2013Feb 22, 2013
BlogEuropeNorthern ScandinaviaPhotosWinter Biking

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…

Photos from North of the Arctic Circle

Posted on Feb 13, 2013Feb 13, 2013
BlogEuropeNorthern ScandinaviaPhotosWinter Biking

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…

Winter Bike Tour Countdown FTO-Day Minus 15

Posted on Jan 08, 2013
BlogEuropeNorthern ScandinaviaWinter Biking

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…

Postcard from Granada, Spain. September 2000

Postcard Past – Spain’s Caminito del Rey and Mulhacen

Posted on Dec 07, 2012Dec 07, 2012
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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…

Beach time

Croatia – A Dalmatian Vacation

Posted on Oct 25, 2012
BlogEuropeItaly

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…

Sufi drumming - Two brothers, the guy in red is deaf.

Photos of Pakistan – Lahore, Peshawar & Khyber Pass

Posted on Oct 09, 2012Dec 05, 2015
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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…

Photos of the Karakorum Highway – Into Pakistan

Posted on Oct 05, 2012Dec 05, 2015
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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…

Photos of The Karakorum Highway – Karakul Lake

Posted on Oct 02, 2012Dec 05, 2015
AsiaBackpacking AsiaBlogChina

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…

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