Uzbekistan
Tashkent – Dushanbe 4927km
Rumours and stories are an integral part of a travellers life. When there is little to do and travellers are clustered together they tend to tell ‘their’ story. Some are fascinating some are tedious and some end up being ridiculous. A substantial part of these rumours concern visas and border crossings and the horror stories [...]
Bukhara – Tashkent 4407km
This trip for me has a couple of highlights both in terms of landscapes and landmarks; the Cappadoccia, the Pamirs and Tien Shan. Damascus, Esphahan and Samarqand. They so far have lived upto their name. So after a couple of days in Bukhara, a sleepy town with numerous madrassas and mosques I had even higher [...]
Mashad – Bukhara 3610km
Crossing borders can sometimes be a real anti-climax for me, especially in Europe. I expect that by entering a new country you will be entering a new culture. This was definately the case entering Turkmenistan. We cycled from Mashad to the border in three days, in which time I saw England lose to Germany in [...]