At the Kazakhstan border the guy searches hard for my visa, I say Anglia no visa, but he’s not taking my word, he opens his dog eared guidance booklet and searches for 5 minutes, I suddenly panic
The Kinesis Tripster ATR – My latest review
I’ve been cycling east for at least 8500km over 95 days and reached Eastern Kazakhstan on the Kinesis Tripster ATR and now I’m almost at the end of my cycle touring trip and I was asked the question of:Â how’s the bike been riding since my first review?
Cycling East Part 20 – Cycle Touring Uzbekistan Part 2\2
From cycle touring in Uzbekistan, Bukhara was probably my pick of the historical Uzbekistan towns, but next I was cycling to Samarkand with its gigantic mosques and more silk road bazaars.
Cycling East Part 19 – Uzbekistan Part 1\2
Looking in the mirror at the Uzbekistan border I was covered in dust from the desert riding, making my hair look grey and my beard less ginger. The border guards still recognised me as a tourist though.
Cycling East Part 18 – Aktau, riding in Kazakhstan Visit 1\3
This was the first and shortest of three sections of Kazakhstan I would be cycle touring across. In Aktau the romantic Kazakhstan world of nomads, eagle hunters, snow capped mountains and stunning lakes felt miles away.
Cycling East Part 17 – Rail Ferry across the Caspian Sea
This post is the first one that contains no cycling, instead its my adventure catching the ferry from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau in Kazakhstan. It is a journey that is billed as an epic and somewhat ridiculous rite of passage for silk road cycle tourers.
Cycling East Part 16 – Azerbaijan
Cycle touring across the border from Georgia to Azerbaijan went very smoothly, this route certainly had the greatest military presence so far, guns were everywhere.
Cycling East Part 15 – Tbilisi to Azerbaijan
After leaving Marion to fly home from Georgia the cycle touring trip changed a lot for me.
Cycle touring Batumi to Tbilisi in Georgia – Cycling East Pt14
Georgia is markedly different to Turkey in many ways, but one thing it has in common: it’s also a superb place to ride bikes!
Faster and lighter – My kit list for central Asia
As I started my central Asian section of the ride I really wanted to push lightweight touring even further and drop the panniers completely.