Sichuan, China. Epic scenery and curious but friendly locals
I left bright and early as I knew I had a huge day ahead of me. After about 10km’s, and having stopped for a whopping great big bowl of...
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Jamie Shannon
- Oct 13, 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...
Jamie Shannon
- Oct 1, 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 23, 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...
Jamie Shannon
- Aug 28, 2015
- 8 min
Crossing the Alps and a date with a tooth doctor
I was spitting blood out of my mouth and just wanted to get to some place where I could sit quietly and quite invisibly.