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...

Parts 1 to 4 Oh my Pachamama, Allah, Buddha, Parvati and Jesus, these few days have been some of the most consistently beautiful of my...

Oh my Pachamama, Allah, Buddha, Parvati and Jesus, these few days have been some of the most consistently beautiful of my whole trip. And...

The next morning we climbed out of the canyon. At some point the scenery suddenly changed, and we were in the green. It was as if some...

Bye Bye Kazakhstan I felt like I'd only just arrived in Kazakhstan, and here I was already leaving it. I've actually gotta be in the...

Karakol This town is one of the main urban centres on or near Issyk-Kul, a huge lake which sits at an altitude of over 1600m. Issyk-Kul...

Parts 1 to 4 Swissish Rohan is the most beautiful man ever. He's the warmest, gentlest, most caring person you'll ever meet. He's...

Swissish Rohan is the most beautiful man ever. He's the warmest, gentlest, most caring person you'll ever meet. He's educated,...

The Best In Central Asia Manisha recommended I go to the Abikan Kasteev State Art Museum, and the art in there was some of the best I've...

Charyn Canyon and Kolsai Lake Rohan and I met ridiculously early one morning, to jump on a tour bus to visit some amazing places around...

Back In Her Arms Don't get too excited. I'm talking about Mother Nature. I was ready to go bush, back to Pachamama, and felt like having...

Parts 1 to 3 As sad as it was, the time had finally come for me to leave China. Despite cycling over 2500km, and visiting scores and...

As sad as it was, the time had finally come for me to leave China. Despite cycling over 2500km, and visiting scores and scores of places...

Orthodoxic To my usual good fortune, I met the sweetest Kazakhi guy on the bus from Ürümqi. Bolsyn is a uni student who lives in Astana,...