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cycling into (and out of) bangkok
This page is intended to give you some idea of how we cycled from Siem Reap to Bangkok, with a lot of focus on the last day into Bangkok, and the first day out of Bangkok heading south. Siem Reap to Cachoengsao: 3 days cycling, 329.8km Day 1: Siem Reap to Serei Saophoan The first … Continue reading
lanzhou to laos: the china challenge – part two
We used a number of resources from crazyguyonabike.com to plan this section of our journey, essentially breaking it down into three stages: 1. Lanzhou to Chengdu – 1,140.7km in 9 days; 2. Chengdu to Jinning (just south of Kunming) – 1,012.3km in 9 days; 3. Jinning to Laos border – 728.9km in 8 days. Lanzhou … Continue reading
khorgas to lanzhou: the china challenge – part one
Our journey from the moment we pushed our bicycles out of the Kazakhstan border post to the moment we reached our hotel in Lanzhou took us on a 2,560.9km adventure. This page outlines how we went about it, where we cycled, where we stayed and any other observations we think are important for crossing this … Continue reading
caspian sea crossing
For some unknown reason we were unable to find concrete information about how to go about getting the all important ticket to cross the Caspian from Baku. This page highlights how we went about it, where to find the locations that we mention, and some photos to help you along the way. 1. Staying at … Continue reading
khiva to bukhara
This page is intended to give some facts, figures, and useful resources for cycling from Khiva to Bukhara across the Kyzyl Kum desert. We cycled this stretch in mid/late-January 2015 and due to the winter cold it was important (for us) to find shelter (not our tent) every night. Finding shelter and supplies is much … Continue reading
beyneu to nukus
This page is intended to give some facts, figures, and useful resources for cycling from Beyneu to Nukus. We cycled this stretch in mid-January 2015 and due to the winter cold it was important (for us) to find shelter (not our tent) every night. There is not a lot out there in terms of shelter … Continue reading
milestones
The following map shows a high level view of our progress across the globe. Each of the 1000km marks is shown, as well as any mechanical misfortune that we endure. Hopefully there will be a lot more blue cyclists than yellow spanners, but we will see… View Milestones in a larger map Note: Clicking on … Continue reading
cycling into istanbul
We are hoping that this page will help alleviate any stress that you may be experiencing at the thought of cycling into Istanbul from Europe. OUR ROUTE View Approaching Istanbul in a larger map OUR NOTES 1. The night before the Turkish border we camped at the Sakar Hills campsite near Biser, a top drawer … Continue reading
training trips
Q. Have you started training? A. No, not really; sort of, but not really. Q. Why not? A. How does one train for cycling to NZ? Q. Mmm, good point… (cue head scratching, head shaking, head in hands)… Q. But why haven’t you started? ARE YOU MAD? From our experience, the above is a fairly … Continue reading
camping locations
We intend to take a GPS reading (and photo) of where we spend every evening to allow you to see where we are roughing it (or living it up). Presumably at the end of the trip this will culminate in a Top 5 sort of list. This will also give you a good idea of … Continue reading
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