After escaping rain all day yesterday it came in the night which is fine by me – other than the fact that it means packing a wet tent, but that’s preferable to trying to ride or set up camp in…
Acclimatisation day (stage 57)
Getting somewhere shady for my tent last night proved to be unnecessary – the clouds rolled in before the sun set and once the sun was gone it got really pretty cold. The forecast was also for rain overnight, so…
Making progress
We had a rest day two days ago in Khorog but unfortunately the WiFi at the hotel was very slow on the afternoon we got in, and then died completely on the actual rest day so I was only able…
Into higher altitudes (stage 56)
Ah sleep…! What it is to be able to sleep without needing to run to the loo all the time. As unpleasant as yesterday was it would have been a whole lot worse if it had been last night that…
Spoke too soon (stage 55)
I was chatting with Adam yesterday afternoon and saying that I’d managed to escape the upset stomachs which had caused a number of other people issues. Unfortunately that was my undoing, and a night of constant trips to the loo…
All good in the ‘Stans
As we left Osh at the beginning of the week we came onto the Pamir Highway which we will follow from the south of Kyrgyzstan all the way across Tajikistan to Dushanbe. One of the things about the Pamir Highway…
A quiet day in Osh (rest day)
Today has been a very quiet day – just what was needed after seven consecutive riding days, several of which were really very tough! I slept in late, had a great hotel breakfast and helped a couple of people with…
Back to black – pavement that is (stage 54)
Our homestay hostess turned up at 0530 this morning with rice porridge, fresh bread and homemade blueberry jam, all of which was delicious. Andreas then picked us up in the van to take us make to the compound our bikes…
Uphill, down dale, and unexpectedly into a town (stage 53)
In the swings and roundabouts of this trip, today was an awesome day – oh so much better than yesterday…! The first couple of km were downhill but then we began the main climb for the day – thankfully we…
Self doubt, self belief and stubbornness (stage 52)
Today was always going to be one of the toughest days of this week as though the distance wasn’t overly far, there was a lot of climbing, and it was pretty much all on gravel! Things began pretty well –…