It's below zero outside and blowing a gale. My tent's getting whipped around in all directions like a whacked cricket ball on the end of...

Parts 1 to 4 With a population of about 250,000, Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, and it's a real mix. 28% of the population...

With a population of about 250,000 Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, and it's a real mix. 28% of the population is Uzbek,...

We slept like drunk babies, with no one admitting the next morning whether or not they'd heard any snoring during the night. Kurt showing...

Last Days in Kyrgyzstan I spent a couple more days in Osh, as I had plans to soon ride over the border into Uzbekistan, which isn't that...

Parts 1 to 5 So there I was, stuck in Napoli, with no flights, and no bike. Well ... I can think of way worse places to be stuck. My free...

A Coffee And A Bish-kek Carmen walked with me to the local bus stop. Local cycle posse. The train station at Schorndorf, where I took the...

Westwards Ho No, I wouldn't call you that. Eventually it was time to leave Bishkek, and I wasn't the only one choofing off. Ev and sexy...

To Jalal-abad In the morn it was finally time for me to move on, as Timur was going in a different direction. It had been an amazing...

Parts 1 to 4 It's been so so good to have time to completely and utterly rest for a change. I've been really active for the past few...

It's been so so good to have time to completely and utterly rest for a change. I've been really active for the past few months, and...

Bishkek I'm sorry to say it, but I think that I probably got scammed. I'm not 100% certain, but about 99.99%. I took my iPad to an Apple...

Kyrgyz National Museum Like most ex-Soviet republics, Kyrgyzstan has its own substantial collection of grand public buildings. The...

Kyrgyzstan National Museum The epic of Manas is famous throughout Kyrgyzstan, a hugely long poem telling of the exploits of the Kyrgyz...

Parts 1 to 5 Issyk-Kul, the second largest mountain lake in the world, perched right up in the northeastern corner of Kyrgyzstan, has...

Issyk-Kul, the second largest mountain lake in the world, perched right up in the northeastern corner of Kyrgyzstan, has many many faces....

Preparing brekky the next morn. Never seen a balcony recess quite like this before Many of the vehicles out here are ancient The town of...

Cameladerie In the morning Anna Lena had a swim in Issyk-Kul, whose name means "warm lake." And it is actually warm, relative to any of...

Parting Ways And so the time eventually came to go our separate ways. I was sad, shedding a tear or two as I left those guys. We'd had...

The next morning I made my way to a bigger road, and rolled down the hill towards the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek. Well, it wasn't all...