If we thought the mossies were bad last night they had nothing on what they were like this morning – the moment you opened the tent door they descended en-mass and began feeding from any exposed skin! Also somewhat annoyingly…
I can see clearly now the rain has gone (stage 31)
There had been thundery showers off and on all day yesterday, and it rained a lot in the night as well – it was still pretty warm so I had the hotel room window open and I was woken by…
Going slow in Gorno (rest day)
Today I slept in late at a great breakfast helped Liz pack her bike wrote some blog posts uploaded a bunch of photos wandered into town with Michael to take our Russia photo had awesome crêpes (blini) for lunch did…
Racing to rest day (stage 30)
Tarmac. Downhill. Tail wind. Shower. Four words to gladden the heart of any long-distance cyclist who’s been camping for the last seven days! Even though we’d stopped early yesterday today was going to be a quick and easy day to get…
Over the hills and far away (stage 29)
Today’s ride was pretty simple – ride up to the top of the hill, then down the other side again. The 4km of ‘gravel’ from the camp to the main road reminded me of all the things I love about…
Now that’s more like it (stage 28)
Though most people had decided to go for cabins, in the end I was really happy to be in my tent! It was cool, it was quite (discounting the river noise which actually helped to drown out anything else) and…
When it rains, it pours! (stage 27)
Somewhere in the night the wind really got up so by the time we got up it was really blowing – at least that kept the mossies at bay! With the really late end to yesterday we had the luxury…
Reflections on Mongolia
it’s a huge and beautiful country filled with a whole lot of nothing…! like seriously big, and seriously nothing…!! the people are amazingly friendly and helpful, though very shy (even many of the kids) so if we don’t initiate a…
Best laid plans (stage 26 – kinda)
Up, breakfast and into the vans more-or-less on time – the plan had been to be away at 0600, but it wa more like 0620 before our convey pulled out of camp Remarkably in the vans you don’t feel the…
Unexpected mountains of Mongolia (stage 25)
More like a mountain climber Looking back having made it across The steepest face But he’s still climbing The Mutton Birds – Dominion Road I spend a lot of each day with those lyrics going round and round in my…