Central Asia

The second thunderstorm of the afternoon is hot on our tail and I am keeping an eye out for somewhere to stop and pitch the

As we pedalled past Ugut we reflected on the last time we were here after following a very muddy shortcut in the pouring rain with

We finally tore ourselves away from Nomad Cafe after stalking the place for 2 days and headed off up the paved road that eventually led

Our tent was frosty white when the sun hit it before 6 in the morning. We were looking forward to a big downhill day but

Last summer a small group of bikepackers put together a route that traversed a huge variety of Kyrgyzstan landscapes over 1000km from Lake IssyKul to

Kyrgyz men drive like they are on a race track and they don’t leave a lot of room for cyclists. It was 60km uphill on

We ended up spending a few days longer in Osh than planned as tummies went on strike again. When we left we organised a taxi

We are in a small cold corrugated shed that is the Tajikistan border immigration office. Looking out the small dirty window we watch the snow

Despite the strong tail blowing us to Murghab, we were not quite so lucky heading away from Murghab. It was the first time I considered

We met cyclists coming in the opposite direction with tales of the worst road ever. Some had pannier racks being held together by cable ties,

From Khorog we followed a route along the edge of the Wakhan corridor. The corridor is a thin strip of land belonging to Afghanistan which

‘Hand on the heart Tajikistan’ sums up one of the lovely gestures we get as we ride along past people. The right hand is placed

We had our eye on a 5-6 day loop out of Khorogh that few cyclists do and would take us under the high peaks of

There are 2 routes to Khorog- the southern route is 100km longer and goes thru lower hotter countryside. The northern route is presently closed to

17 hours on a plane was a record for both of us. That got us to Dubai and then we had 17 hours on the

We are off to pedal two of the ‘Stans in Central Asia, formerly USSR. We fly into the capital of Tajikistan and out of the