Good road to begin, much more pavement than expected, sections of new pavement even once gravel started, construction impressive, short walk in steep dusty area, lunch, have a hotel for tonight, continue climbing on better construction road, initial descent awful,…
Started out not bad, nice town at 31km, road got much (much, much) worse before the pavement began, bridge that had been moved, waterfall shower, truck stop so much better then envisaged (one of the best campsites we’ve had), fresh…
We were back to 0500 breakfast this morning which meant it was still completely dark as we were getting up and getting organised – not my favourite way to start any day! For the first 20km the road wasn’t too…
So I managed to get a decent night’s sleep without needing to climb the stairway to heaven (well the toilet actually) which made this morning considerably better than yesterday morning. While and I was feeling somewhat better I wasn’t really…
Arrrggghhhhh…!!! Awake at 0330 because I’ve got a runny bottom again! And it turns out I’m not the only one, by the end of the day there were eight of us who were unwell. As a consequence my plans for…
Wind, rain, drafting trucks, sun, more rain, lunch, downhill, sunshine, ice cream, beer, hotel that we’re camping beside, not very friendly friendship bridge (it’s closed most days), dinner, wine (really), off to bed. Riding data
Despite the relatively short distance today always had the potential to be a tough day with two passes in excess of 4,000m, the altitude we were starting from and some 30km of gravel in the middle. Add to that the…
A long time ago came a man on a track Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back And he put down his load where he thought it was the best He made a home in the wilderness He…
After dinner last night where the bread was super fresh the rock hard stuff we got at breakfast was a serious disappointment! The rest of breakfast wasn’t so bad, with fried eggs, a pancake with home made jam and tea.…
Today we hit the literal high point of the trip as we crossed the 4,664m Ak-Baital Pass! The day started off very cold, -3ºC in my tent when I was getting ready to ride. We could see that the sun…