After our short visit to Mostar, we planned to do some hiking around Lukomir. It is a village up in the mountains so the nearest city to hitchhike to was Konjic. We made our way to the edge of the city and after an hour, Malik picked us up. What a small world it turned out to be – he was a cyclist too. He … Continue reading Hiking to Lukomir and the Rakitnica Canyon
Post title in Khmerដំណើរជិះកង់ឆ្លងទ្វីប ស្ថានភាពដំណើរ ទី១៤៖ អ៊ីស្តានប៊ុល Trip Summary សង្ខេបការធ្វើដំណើរ We’ve arrived in Turkey’s biggest city İstanbul after cycling through some scenic and magical places. We arrived on June 5th after cycling a further 2590 km, bringing our total to 16945 km. On this route we saw numerous policeman, deep blue Mediterranean Sea, and magical hot air balloons. ពួកយើងបានមកដល់ទីក្រុងធំជាងគេរបស់ទួរគី គឺទីក្រុងអ៊ីស្តានប៊ុល (Istanbul) ក្រោយការជិះកង់ឆ្លងកាត់តំបន់ដែលមានទេសភាពប្លែក និងអស្ចារ្យមួយចំនួន។ ពួកយើងបានមកដល់នៅថ្ងៃទី ០៥ … Continue reading Trip Status #14: İstanbul
Thursday 24th, January 2018 Our host in Gerash, Mohsen, organised a group of friends for hiking. They planned everything for us and we were going to be the first foreigners to go hiking with them. In total we were 8 plus a donkey. Most of us had a backpack, and a lot of food as well. The helpful donkey carried all the food for us … Continue reading Let’s Go Hiking the Persian Way
We almost the skipped country, but we are absolutely glad it was included in our route. Initially we didn’t want to come here because of the visa cost, but was convinced to go by Teddy (our Malaysian cycling companion in Xinjiang), then reconsidered again after the tragic incident south of Dushanbe where four cyclists were killed. But after flip-flopping a few times made our way … Continue reading Tajikistan’s Report Card
Sunday 9th, September 2018 4 pm While cycling along the M41 from Jelondy going west, Pheng saw a simple blue sign saying “Petroglyphs Vibist”. It was almost the end of the day so we decided to go see something touristy for once. We pushed our bikes up a sideroad hoping it’s not too far away. 4:30 pm The road took us further up and we … Continue reading Let’s go see the Petroglyphs!
A landlocked nation with mountainous terrain, she is part of the Turkic nations sharing similar language and culture. Before coming here we knew nothing about Kyrgyzstan, other than the name ending in –stan, so in this post we will share what we’ve learned so far. Give me the Name While planning the route we always had trouble spelling the name of this country. Tried “krygystan” … Continue reading Introducing our third ‘stan’ Kyrgyzstan
Almaty was the first major city we visited in Kazakhstan and it is a very modern city. There’s electric busses, pedestrian only streets, and drivers stop at pedestrian crossings (something we weren’t used to after China). Tell-tale signs of a modern developed city. The city has a beautiful backdrop of Tienshan (the same mountain range standing between China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan), so you know … Continue reading Two Days Excursion to the BAO
Trip Summary We departed Ürümqi (新疆·乌鲁木齐) heading west towards the Ili region as recommended by many people. The region is less populated, with rolling green hills and dairy farming scattered across, and plenty of opportunities to camp with priceless views. We arrived at the Khorgas border crossing on July 4th after cycling a further 1000 km. This also marked the end of the first segment … Continue reading Trip Status #6 Khorgas
Soon we will say goodbye to China but before then, we wanted to climb over Tianshan (天山) once more. Sorry Kashgar, but hello Khorgas! Initially we planned to leave China via Kashgar however due to restrictions, the border area is marked as a “no man’s land” so only licensed vehicles can cross it. This led us to choosing the Khorgas border to Kazakhstan where our … Continue reading Once more over the Heavenly Mountains
Trip Summary We departed Lanzhou climbing up to tremendous heights to Qinghai’s Golmud (青海·格尔木). We arrived on May 19th after cycling a further 1050 km. We cycled through some windy days but devised a system to cycle more efficiently (see below: Cycling Together). Most of the route was ascending with our highest altitude at 3800 meters. Snow Mountains After leaving the big smoke of Xining, … Continue reading Trip Status #4 Golmud
Pedalling Continents 