"Tajikistan is the greatest country in the world. It's the safest, the smartest, it has the biggest this and the best that ...." If only...

Brrrrrrr! My shower was so cold this morning that the water physically hurt my head. Like when you go under in an icy cold river and come...

Life In The Fast Train Samarkand train station I didn't realise that the train ticket I'd purchased from Samarkand to Bukhara was for a...

It was surprisingly smooth as I rode the 100kms or so from Angren to Tashkent. I knew the road would be pretty flat, and the road quality...

Parts 1 to 4 A Blistering Summer Wow, it's a stinker out there It's 6.42pm and it's still 37 smackeroos. I'm so glad I've just sat down...

A Blistering Summer Wow, it's a stinker out there It's 6.42pm and it's still 37 smackeroos. I'm so glad I've just sat down in a cool-ish...

Kokand (Qoqon) It really is sizzlingly hot outside again, it's at least 40 degrees, and that's just the air temperature, let alone the...

Sunny Side Up Shit. I'm fucking toast. I've had one of the most strenuous days in my riding career, made so much more challenging by an...

In The Lap Of Luxury I really didn't expect this, so that makes it so much better. I'm sitting on a comfy bed, I've just had a long...

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...

Uzbekistan! There's something exciting about going to a new country, especially one that you know very little about. Despite Uzbekistan...

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...

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 internet at...

To Germania My Flixbuses to Stuttgart travelled via Milano and then Heidelberg, and then I was booked on a Flixtrain from there to...

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...