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  • CHINA

    Friendship Highway

    At the time of meeting two Tibetan (!) biketourers, I didn't know that they would be the last cyclists on way for a long time. The excitement was mutual despite the…

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  • CHINA

    Why am I here?

    The challenge of riding the Taklamakan wasn't a physical (biketouring rarely is), but a mental one. Weeks of nearly unchanged scenery on a perfect new road caused my motivation to decline…

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  • CHINA

    Hospitality in the desert

    One evening motorbike of fully covered man come to my side while riding. They seemed to be curious of this strange tall person riding a bicycle against a sandy storm in…

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  • CHINA

    Welcome Sand!

    您好! Back five weeks and to the beginning of China. Many long distance cyclists I know have taken a train across the Western China, as obtaining a three month visa on the road…

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  • CHINA

    UPDATE: Life goes on

    Just a quick real time update from China. During the past three weeks I cycled 2500km across the Taklamakan desert (the second biggest sands desert in the world) and a 3000m…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    The Evacuation

    Ann fells on her bicycle on a rocky trail at 4200m around 1.30pm near Lake Turumtaikul. I'm riding a few hundred meters behind her and see her lying on the ground…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    To the lake above glaciers

    The climb up to a 4300m pass in the end of a Shokhdara valley was the hardest I've done in my life. Steep, off-camber road with lots of loose gravel…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    A year on the road

    1 time lost 3 times not finishing the plate 10 days sick 15 punctures 20 tiny fishes 23 countries 100 second thoughts 150 Snickers 300 nights in a tent 500 hours of Podcasts 1000 geography lessons 19 000 kilometers 1 000 000…

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  • TAJIKISTAN

    A road less ridden

    After we recovered from the food poisoning number X if the Stans a few days in a lovely academic city of Khorog, we finally set off towards the Pamir plateau. We…

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