Border crossing day and we got to start half an hour later because otherwise we’d be waiting at the border for it to open for too long…! On the way to the border I nearly got myself in trouble with…
A day of climbing (stage 46)
Today’s our last full day in Kazakhstan and the country’s saved the best for last – after many days of flat we’ve got some hills to climb today. The last couple of riding days it had still been pretty dark…
Following the canal (stage 45)
Out of Almaty we were in a convoy to ensure that we got out safely – the early hour (though something of a sleep in for us) also helped to ensure that there was relatively little traffic on the road…
Expensive Almaty (rest day two)
My Thai dinner was superb – vegetable spring rolls and a red duck curry – flavours which are so common in our everyday diet at home but which I haven’t had for two months now. Mind you it worked out…
Still alive…
So the last few evenings I’ve not been feeling particularly motivated as far as blog writing (or frankly anything else for that matter) goes so I’m now a few days behind with keeping you all updated on progress. We have…
Awesome Almaty (rest day one)
After almost two months of being awake at 0430 I’m finding it increasingly difficult to sleep in as late as I would like to on rest days – this morning I only managed to sleep through till just after eight…
Convoy to Almaty (stage 44)
Today was always going to be a bit slow because of the convoy, but in the end it was even more frustrating than I’d expected it to be – so much so that I’m actually writing this the next day…
Wet as a fish (stage 43)
It worked…! I didn’t wake up this morning till my alarm went off 🙂 At that point it was dry, but as I was taking my tent down there was a spit or two, and my tent was properly wet…
Working on the the highway (stage 42)
Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop Working on the highway, all day long I don’t stop Working On The Highway, Bruce Springsteen Late in the day yesterday a young Swiss chap stopped into camp on his bike…
Dodging thunder storms (stage 41)
Despite the number of close neighbours I ended up with under my tree the white noise of the river drowned everything out and the cooler evening made for a great sleep. Surprisingly my tent was dry when I came to…