There was rather a lot of rain in the night, but by the time we were getting up this morning it had thankfully stopped and the wind had done a reasonable job of getting our tents dry. Today was very…
Let the (real) climbing begin (stage 50)
Today was (supposed to be) our first foray over 3000m but in the end as the Chinese have been busy building a new road according to my Garmin they’ve shaved a few metres off the top of the Dolan Pass to…
It’s all about the sleep (stage 49)
The music started with sunset – initially from ‘over the hill’, but then also in the bay we were in. Somewhere around 2300 there were fireworks, then there were drunk people coming to swim in the lake quite near my…
Back in the groove (stage 48)
Yesterday worked! Today I’m back to looking forward to the day which is probably just as well given that this is one of our longest riding stretches at seven days, and there are some pretty significant hills later in the…
Calm Karakol (rest day)
This morning feels like a world away from the chaos of the road getting into town as we sit on the shady veranda enjoying decent coffee and a very good breakfast. The last three days I’ve been feeling pretty drained…
Off to Kyrgyzstan (stage 47)
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…
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…