TAJIKISTAN, 22nd – 29th October 2017 4,300 metres was the highest I’d ever spent the night, but despite Dea’s headache I wasn’t too worried about the altitude. We’d come up pretty gradually from the Wakhan Valley and I was confident…
#044: The truth about cycling the Wakhan Valley in October
TAJIKISTAN, 12th – 21st Ocotober 2017 Should we cycle the Wakhan Valley or not? It was a question we had left open and naturally had discussed a lot on the way to Khorog. It was here we could choose to…
#043: Tackling the first big pass followed by a picturesque ride along the river-border to Afghanistan
TAJIKISTAN, 4th – 11th October 2017 “This is it” said Chris as we stood in front of a small stream running through a wide rocky river bed that disrupted the road. “This is where me and my bike almost got…
#042: A puppy called Harry
TAJIKISTAN, 28th September – 3rd October, 2017 It was true, I was so excited (and apprehensive) about what was awaiting us out on the Pamir Highway that I found it hard to wait all nine days in Dushanbe. While we…
#041 – A lot of getting ready for the Pamir Highway in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
TAJIKISTAN, 19th – 27th September 2017 We arrived in Tajikistan late one afternoon to be greeted by a billboard with the face of a suited man bearing down upon us. We assumed him to be an important man, for he…