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Monthly Archives: February 2017
An Emotional Rollercoaster
On Sunday morning I woke up, poured a coffee and stretched myself into the day with half an hour of yoga. The night before, Arron had shared his worries about going back to the UK so soon, with no job … Continue reading
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Tagged almaty, broken, cycle, Kazakhstan, p clips, pannier rack, tour
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Karakol
There are few places that I visit for such a short time that I fall in love with, but it has to be said, this small mountain town in the midst of central Asia is one of them. I cannot … Continue reading
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A New Horizon
Karakol is a small town in the east of Kyrgyzstan, most famous for the largest saline lake in the world after the Caspian Sea, Lake Issyk-Kul. However, it was not the lake that drew us to Karakol, but the mountains, … Continue reading
Learning to Fail
Last week, I started listening to a book about learning to fail well. I confess I didn’t expect to be implementing what I had read quite so quickly. It never really crossed my mind that I would not manage to … Continue reading
Dealing with Disappointment
​I woke up inside our icy cavern as the sun rose and turned our tent from darkness to an orange glow. I shuffled up into seated position, poured hot coffee from the flask I had stashed inside my sleeping bag … Continue reading
Entering KazakhstanÂ
The excitement entering a new country still thrills me each time I do it. Though we had not entered Kazakhstan quite the way we had planned, it was still an adventure. Crossing the border with our packaged up bicycles was … Continue reading
Posted in China, China to UK by Bicycle
Tagged almaty, bicycle, bus, Kazakhstan, Urumqi
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Wanderlust for Wild Places 