Today’s ride on Komoot I enjoyed the campsite. I was almost hidden from the road and the trucks continued all night, but I slept well and even my watch agreed. The morning was sunny and a little cool, so I didn’t hurry. I had muesli and real coffee in the sunshine beside the dried up …
A nice valley with a wall at the end – Lower Taldyk Pass Camp to Sary-Tash Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot Lots of rain overnight, so the roadwork in town will be fun. Enjoyed the breakfast but felt quite lethargic. I’m probably just overthinking this. From Osh to Sary Tash are 3 hard days of riding – but it’s just an introduction. From Sary-Tash, there are a few 4000m+ passes to negotiate …
The neverending uphill – Gulcha to Wild Camp before Taldyk Pass Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot As nice as it was being in a city for a change, it was time to leave. Late start, my usual. Am I lazy, or nervous sometimes ? In my head, there are a million logistics issues floating around – food, currency, weather, gear, route, the effort required etc. That can …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today’s blog is cancelled. I’d only fill it up with expletives about drivers and pedestrians. It was a busy day on a busy road full of impatient crazy drivers. One kid on a bike even tried to ram into me as I was flying down a hill.
Today’s ride on Komoot Breakfast was again leisurely but we were on the road by 9am and looking forward to a long gradual downhill with two sharp climbs. The area was getting more populated and it felt quite strange to be out of the countryside. We stopped for some water and supplies, and had second …
Downhill into town – Wild Camp to Jalalabad / Manas Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot I was happy last night when the french guys told me the tunnel was open and the high pass was closed. I focussed solely on the fact that I had 1100m less vertical to do. What I neglected to consider was that there was 1300m of climbing just to get to …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night’s camp was great and today only had one uphill, some downhill and lots of flat. Unfortunately, nothing is easy in Kyrgyzstan. I’m used to taking my time over breakfast. The small stream and the trees made for a lovely setting for muesli and a nice slow coffee. There were …
Today’s ride on Komoot After last night’s storm and a very average sleep, I took my time over breakfast and enjoyed the amazing view. It was a beautiful day. Camping where I did, meant that it was three days to Kazarman, something that deep down, I expected but we all overestimate our abilities don’t we …
Over the pass, but there’s still hills – near Torguz Toro Pass to Wild Camp Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot What a day ! Breakfast at the guesthouse was nice and I packed up and loaded the bike, somehow leaving my favourite merino shirt, charger and fast cables in the room – never to be seen again. D’Oh I stopped at the local Magazin and picked up some bread as it …
Nearly blown off the mountain – Jangy Talap to Wild Camp near Torguz Toro Pass Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot I discovered over breakfast with Daniela and Ondrej that she knows a good friend of my son. A very small world, considering I know less than a handful of people from the Czech Republic. I packed up, left the yurt and took the double track skirting the lake. It was nice …
Up and over again – Song Kul Lake to Jangy-Talap Read More »
