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China

Sary-Tash to China. Help! I need somebody. Help!

Becoming a little stuck in Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. How on earth

Jamie Shannon November 15, 2016

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Murghab to Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan

Currently in Longnan, China. This is very late but up

Jamie Shannon November 14, 2016

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Khorog to Murghab. Cycling on the roof of the world!

After three days in Khorog, and with Grant and Sasha

Jamie Shannon October 26, 2016

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Khorog. Table tennis, cheap vodka, Afghan hash and lazy days

Arriving in Khorog, I felt like a broken man. I

Jamie Shannon October 14, 2016

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Dushanbe to Khorog – part 2. It’s only a grenades from from Afghanistan

When I woke in the morning, the temperature was -5

Jamie Shannon October 13, 2016

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Dushanbe to Khorog – part 1. 3252 metres never felt so high

It was intimidating to say the very least – setting

Jamie Shannon October 12, 2016

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Entering Tajikistan. I survived the madness of Uzbekistan!

I arrived at the border at ten and saw the

Jamie Shannon October 4, 2016

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Bukhara to Tajikistan. Otkuda, otkuda, otkuda!? Get me out of here!

From Bukhara, the first 20 km’s east were actually kind

Jamie Shannon October 1, 2016

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Bukhara. An unforgettable place

I enjoyed a couple of very relaxed days in Bukhara

Jamie Shannon September 23, 2016

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Khiva to Bukhara. The government pay you? Otkuda, otkuda?!!

I left the hostel in Khiva at around 09:30 and

Jamie Shannon September 21, 2016

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Khiva – Marvellous, majestic and magical

Silk Road cities in Central Asia Khiva is a super

Jamie Shannon September 17, 2016

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Nurkus to Khiva. Hmm, I guess he’s sleeping here with me then leaving his wife inside…

It would have been nice to cycle together with the

Jamie Shannon September 16, 2016

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Through Uzbekistan to Nurkus. Mr policeman: Difficult in England to find woman?

No sooner had I stepped out the other side of

Jamie Shannon September 14, 2016

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Beyneu to Uzbekistan and the road of death!

After having stayed in the lovely cosmopolitan city that is

Jamie Shannon September 13, 2016

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Aktau to Beyneu. Starry eyed nights in the steppe

Okay, just one more day I said to myself. Holed

Jamie Shannon September 7, 2016

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A town called Aktau – not the kind of place to vacation

Wednesday 1st September I made it to Kazakhstan. That’s something

Jamie Shannon September 1, 2016

Azerbaijan

Across the Caspian Sea. Give me my Uzbek visa!

Well I finally find myself aboard my rusting cargo ship

Jamie Shannon August 30, 2016

Azerbaijan

Cycle touring through Azerbaijan

The border was fairly straight forward. It was pretty empty

Jamie Shannon August 26, 2016

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Tbilisi to Azerbaijan. The land of the Lada

I received my visa! I crossed the border! I arrived

Jamie Shannon August 24, 2016

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Waiting around in Tbilisi as the days tick on by. Please give me a visa

Friday 12th August Eight days have now passed since I

Jamie Shannon August 13, 2016

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Georgia: See, is good, drink. Me: too dangerous. I get hit, I die. Big problem. End of trip

I left Batumi with my stove kind of fixed by

Jamie Shannon August 11, 2016