Today’s ride on Komoot Hardly any photos today. I’m out of practice and didn’t set up the video camera either. Tomorrow may be better ! I left Istanbul after a good rest, lots of walking, discovering, reliving 43 year old memories and just soaking it all in. I spent plenty of time photographing the mesmerizing …
Today’s ride on Komoot Pascal, the nice french guy turned out to be a snoring asthmatic. I should have guessed. His 5-6am coughing fit at least brought an end to the snoring. I did feel sorry for him though, but I felt way more sorry for me. Last night two Latvians arrived by bike quite …
I decided to get another share taxi from Dushanbe to Panjakent. I’m probably relaxing after the Pamirs and really didn’t feel like a big few days to get over the mountains to the north. It’s also warming up considerably, so laziness won the day today. The car was set to arrive at 10am but I …
I spent the day in a shared taxi and rode about 2.5kms to my hotel. I’m so glad I didn’t ride it. It was 100kms to the base of a climb of 1200m vertical, later there was 20kms of roadworks followed by more climbs before coasting into Dushanbe. Add to that the fact that it’s …
