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Hi. I'm Jamie and generally speaking, when I'm not employed in the normal world, I enjoy riding a bicycle around different countries. I don't pretend to be an adventurer and It's not a glamorous lifestyle but it somehow works for me.

I've been doing this for quite some time now, and as I thought I might be able to show others just how easy (or difficult) it is (depending on your viewpoint) to create your own adventure, I thought I'd showcase that here.

That's me with the camera below.

Uzbekistan

Jamie Shannon

Feb 10, 2021
1 min

A new look A Fish Out Of Water

It's a blog about cycle touring, why it's a great way to travel (in my humble opinion) and how to do it on the cheap. Hi, I'm Jamie and...

Gotta get out of Vietnam quickly! Desperate times call for....

Jamie Shannon

Jan 14, 2017
11 min

Gotta get out of Vietnam quickly! Desperate times call for....

I had woken up every morning in the last few days of my stay in Hanoi feeling wretched. I didn’t feel ill in the conventional sense but...

I can't afford a Hospital! Don't worry, our leader pays for you

Jamie Shannon

Dec 11, 2016
6 min

I can't afford a Hospital! Don't worry, our leader pays for you

I slept like a baby to be honest but I woke up rather early, half four to be exact which isn’t unusual given that I’m usually asleep by...

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

Jamie Shannon

Nov 13, 2016
10 min

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

Becoming a little stuck in Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan. How on earth do I cycle to China? I woke up the following morning to a village covered...

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

Jamie Shannon

Oct 25, 2016
10 min

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

After three days in Khorog, and with Grant and Sasha both departing too, I felt it was time to tackle my next challenge of the trip. I...

Dushanbe to Khorog - part 2. It's only a grenades from from Afghanistan

Jamie Shannon

Oct 12, 2016
7 min

Dushanbe to Khorog - part 2. It's only a grenades from from Afghanistan

When I woke in the morning, the temperature was -5 but I was feeling rather toasty inside the tent and it put me in a confident mood for...

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

Jamie Shannon

Sep 30, 2016
10 min

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

From Bukhara, the first 20 km’s east were actually kind of fun. The road wasn’t too bad, the wind wasn’t hindering me much and the car...

Jamie Shannon

Sep 22, 2016
2 min

Bukhara. An unforgettable place

I enjoyed a couple of very relaxed days in Bukhara and it felt great to get off the bike. The hotel that I found as I wandered the...

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

Jamie Shannon

Sep 20, 2016
11 min

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

I left the hostel in Khiva at around 09:30 and no sooner had I left the inner city than the road once again tuned to absolute shit. It's...

Khiva - Marvellous, majestic and magical

Jamie Shannon

Sep 16, 2016
3 min

Khiva - Marvellous, majestic and magical

Silk Road cities in Central Asia Khiva is a super small town and so it didn’t take me long at all to find the old historic part of the...

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

Jamie Shannon

Sep 15, 2016
4 min

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 three guys I had met but alas we all had different plans. Jess and Tim wanted to make...

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

Jamie Shannon

Sep 13, 2016
8 min

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

No sooner had I stepped out the other side of the border than a horde of black market money changers raced over to me. Their eye’s must...

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