Bikepacking the Altai – Pt 1 Kazakhstan to China
The road we bikepacked through Kazakhstan towards China was partly constructed by Arnold Schwarzenegger's father - we had high hopes. However we had to...
Bikepacking In Tibet – Kit Choices
As ever we tried to go even faster and lighter for our trip to Tibet. I reassessed where we could save bulk and weight...
Tibet, Yarchen Gar the final part – 8,000 nuns, a naked...
Yarchen Gar was such an unexpected place. We had never even heard of it only a week ago and here we were, two of...
Tibet Part 3 – Holy Lakes, big climbs and chicken feet
From the Tibetan city of Garze we headed West towards the biggest climb we've ever undertaken, we both wondered nervously how would we cope...
Cycling Tibet Part 2 – Wolves, Monks and Proper Bo Cha
We had just ridden into Litang in part one which turned out to be a remarkably interesting place. It had a real sense of...
Riding Tibet Part 1
It's taken a while to write a blog about our trip to China and Tibet. It was a pretty crazy trip where so much...
Cycling East Part 24 – The Grand Finale
After cycle touring across the remote Kegen border crossing into Kazakhstan it hit me that I was in the most amazingly picturesque spot with...