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High Plateaus and Cold Toes

Central Asia, Cycle touring TajikistanBy JamieSeptember 29, 20191 Comment

Cycling one of the highest plateaus in the world, at over 4000m in the Pamirs, on the second-highest international highway in the world.

Cycling up the Bartang Valley

Continuing up the Bartang Valley

Central Asia, Cycle touring Tajikistan, TravellingBy JamieSeptember 3, 20192 Comments

Cycling further up the valley and making the river crossing at Savnob.

Dancing at a Tajik wedding

A Wedding in Tajikistan

Central Asia, Cycle touring Tajikistan, TravellingBy JamieAugust 31, 2019Leave a comment

We were invited to a wedding in the Pamirs, the heart of Tajikistan.

My touring bicycle outside a Pamiri home in the Bartang valley

How I Found My Home

Article, Central Asia, Cycle touring Tajikistan, TravellingBy JamieAugust 28, 20194 Comments

It was here, on the edge of nowhere, that I considered my own home and possessions.

A picture of a family in the Bartang valley

How to Treat a Foreign Stranger

Article, Central Asia, Cycle touring TajikistanBy JamieAugust 1, 20192 Comments

The first time I got positive culture shock.

Cycling down the Afghan border next to the river Panj

The Afghan Border

Central Asia, Cycle touring Tajikistan, featuredBy JamieJuly 2, 20193 Comments

Military, puke and parties as we cycle along the Afghan border.

The North Road

Central Asia, Cycle touring TajikistanBy JamieJune 26, 20194 Comments

From Dushanbe to Kalaikhum, we take the road less travelled into the heart of the Pamir mountains.

The Tunnel of Death

Central Asia, Cycle touring Tajikistan, featuredBy JamieMay 6, 2019Leave a comment

Cycling up to the Anzob tunnel in Tajikistan, also fondly known as the Tunnel of Death.

Give a Little

Central Asia, Cycle touring Tajikistan, Cycle touring UzbekistanBy JamieMay 3, 2019Leave a comment

We enter Tajikistan and into a living lesson on kindness.

Lost for Words

Central Asia, Cycle touring UzbekistanBy JamieApril 21, 20192 Comments

That time I got invited to a party in Uzbekistan.

The Uzbek Café

Central Asia, Cycle touring UzbekistanBy JamieApril 6, 20193 Comments

The sweat. Our garments were now sponges more than clothes, preventing puddles beneath our worn out shoes and tired feet…

when life gives you lemons

When Life Gives You Lemons

Central Asia, Cycle touring UzbekistanBy JamieFebruary 18, 20194 Comments

Ultimately, no one can tell you never to give up better than the voice inside your own head.

Me and Oslan. Like many young people here, he spoke very good English.

Beyneu to Nukus: Salt, Sweat and Sand

Central Asia, Cycle touring Kazakhstan, Cycle touring UzbekistanBy JamieNovember 3, 20182 Comments

Cycling from Beyneu to Nukus and crossing the Uzbek border in August 2018. One hell of a sweaty ride across the Kyzylkum desert.

7 cyclists cycling the Kazakhstani desert. (the Kylylkum desert in Kazakhstan)

Cycling the Kazakhstani Desert (the Kyzylkum Desert)

Central Asia, Cycle touring Kazakhstan, featuredBy JamieAugust 21, 20182 Comments

The story of cycling 500km across the Kyzylkum desert in Kazakhstan from Kuryk to Beyneu.

Cyclists on the Merkuri-1 cargo boat of the Capsian Sea Shipping Company

The Caspian Sea Ferry from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan

Central Asia, Cycle touring Azerbaijan, Cycle touring Kazakhstan, The Caspian Sea Ferry, The CaucasusBy JamieAugust 16, 20182 Comments

The adventure of taking a cargo ship across the Caspian Sea from Alat in Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan was a lot more difficult than expected!

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