Photos
Below are a sporadically updated selection of photos from our trip (Keep scrolling as WIX has added a gap at the start of the photos!).
27th Feb 2016
7th March 2016
14th March 2016
 The snow continues! |  Camping by the Marne |
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 The famous white storks |  Sunshine! |
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 Trucker chic |  Looks like you should just roll over them...you can't with 20kg on your bike |
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 White crane |  Trucker chic enters Alsace |
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 Long downhill to Saverne |  Happy exhaustion by the Rhine |
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 Think we've just entered Germany |  Woodland camping |
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 Primordial stork |  Finally crossing the Rhine! |
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 Hurrah! |  Exhausted but happy arrival at George and Fernanda's |
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 Sunday stroll |  George and Fernanda - superhosts!!! |
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March/April 2016 - Germany and Austria
 Hurrah for sunshine! |  First sunny picnic |
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 Reaching the Danube! |  Camping on the Danube |
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 Red faced bbq |  Wobbling on our way |
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 A rainbow of fleeces |  Donauworth bridge |
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 A Jonathan pizza meets a Harriet pizza |  Lunch under a motorway |
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 Oldest monastic brewery in the world |  Drinking a dunkel |
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 The hard life of cycle touring |  Passau at night |
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 Beer looking over Passau |  Entering Austria with big shiny faces |
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 Cycling past nuclear facility |  Pretty bird |
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 Alps in the distance |  Pensive Harriet |
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 Pensive Harriet meets apricot orchard |  Apricot orchard in bloom |
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 Street art in Vienna |  Vienna fountain |
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 Piotr takes us sightseeing in his van |  Harriet and Piotr looking over Vienna |
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 Bad hair looking over the city |
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April 2016 - Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia
 Bratislava in the distance |  Crossing the iron curtain into Slovakia |
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 And straight into Hungary |  First puncture of the trip |
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 Road quality becoming more sporadic |  We're banned along with horse and carts and tractors |
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 Idyllic camping spot by the Danube |  Harriet swims in the Great Danube |
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 Langos - a Hungarian delicacy (basically melted cheese and sour cream on a doughnut) |  Sweaty and tired arrival in Budapest! |
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 Decadence! |  Hungarian contrasts |
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 Dinner time |  Measuring distances with a spoon |
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 Our old friend the Eurovelo 6 |  Hungarian beekeeping |
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 Sheep! |  Crossing the Danube for the very last time |
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 Pretty contrasts |  Crossing into Croatia |
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 Spring blossom everywhere |  Osijek, Croatia |
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 Unexpected wildlife |  Wine tasting |
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 Harriet's birthday supper |  Our Rakia providing host |
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April 2016 - Bosnia
 Stunning River Bosna |  Beautiful foothills |
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 The hills begin! |  Entering Sarajevo and encountering its traffic |
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 Chess players in Sarajevo |  Bosnian coffee |
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 Sarajevo |  Our new Bosnian friend |
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 Into the mountains |  Harriet's vertigo nightmare |
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 Swimming in the Neretva |  Lunar landscape |
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 3000km!!! |  Stari Most |
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 Dervish monastery |  Harriet the dervish |
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 Meat! |  United in their meat consumption |
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April 2016 -Croatia and Montenegro
 Arriving at the sea |  Sundowners in Dubrovnik |
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 Dubrovnik |  Dubrovnik |
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 Dubrovnik |  Dubrovnik |
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 Dubrovnik |  Beware the piggies in Montenegro |
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 Beach in Bar, Montenegro |  Urban cows |
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 Mountainous Montenegro |  Olive grove |
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 Approaching the Albanian border |
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May 2016 - Albania and Italy
 Arriving in Albania! |  Shkoder's cycling gentry |
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 Rain in Shkoder |  Slightly too excited about olive bread |
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 Traditional transport |  Albanian mountains |
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 Albanian backroads |  Puncture number two |
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 Relaxing in Durres, Albania |  Ferry feast |
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 Our deluxe cabin |  Bosnian coffee, Italian sand dune |
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 Truilli houses |  Olive grove |
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 Ostuni |  Italian meadow flowers |
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 The Puglian coast road |  More flowers... |
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 Washing day for worldwide wobblers |  Porto Cesario |
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 Happiness! |  Cooking mussels on the beach |
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 Another beautiful lunch spot |  Camping on the dunes |
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 Gallipoli |  Puglian coast |
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 Otranto |  Lunch in Lecce |
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 Lecce |  Sunset on the coast |
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 Morning swim |  Boarding the ferry to Greece |
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 Sleeping by the casino |
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May 2016 - Greece Part 1
 Greek pastries |  A rainy, hilly start |
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 Sunshine in Lefkada |  Arriving in Nidri |
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 Ferry to Kefalonia |  Our (almost) private beach |
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 Looking at ants on the nature walk |  Joyful trampolining |
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 Captain Hulme |  Captain Scrutton |
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 Sunrise over Ithaca |  Goats of Kefalonia |
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 Readying ourselves for a swim across the bay |  Checking the tyres |
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 A tent helper |  Being directed on our departure |
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 Saying goodbye |  Ferry to the mainland |
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 Another lovely camping spot, Xilocastro on the Pelopponese |  Sunset at Xilocastro |
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 Pelopponese valley |  Lunch in an orange grove |
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 A happy reunion |  Steepest road in the world |
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 View from the villa, Tolo |  Epidavros Theatre |
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 Siblings at Epidavros |  Epidavros Port |
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 Out for dinner |  Reunion with an old family friend |
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 Lion Gate, Mycenae |  Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae |
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 Swimming at Nafplio |  The villa kittens |
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 Saying goodbye again |
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June 2016 - Greece Part 2
 On our way to Athens |  Athens' coast |
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 Birthday breakfast with a mullet |  Acropolis |
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 Birthday boozing (Athens' Raki/Ouzo bar) |  "Nicest" retsina in the world |
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 Children at Piraeus refugee camp |  Piraeus refugee camp |
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 Afternoon beers on Samos island |  Hippy's bar Samos |
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 Novel camping spot, Samos |  Sunset, Potumi beach, Samos |
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 Potumi beach |  Sunset skimming |
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 Another beautiful Samos beach |
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June/July 2016 - Turkey Part 1
 Saying goodbye to Greece |  Arrival in Kusadasi |
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 Sunset in Kusadasi |  Kusadasi campsite |
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 Harriet's shoes after 3 months' cycling |  Harriet's new dayglow shoes! |
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 Cycling in 42 degree heat |  Turkish coffee |
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 Cafe friends |  Jonathan whisked off on a moped |
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 Cafe camping |  Our cafe host |
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 Roadside resuce |  Happy tortoise |
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 Highway cycling |  Petrol station camping |
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 Pamukkale pools |  Pamukkale |
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 Pamukkale |  Pamukkale |
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 Hierapolis ruins |  Herapolis contemplation |
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 Herapolis |  Crazy alien caterpillar |
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 Stork catching frongs |  5 star petrol station camping |
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 Stunning cycling to Egidir |  Arriving in Egidir |
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 Lake Egidir |  Lake Egidir |
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 Lake Egidir resident |  Stunning scenery |
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 Lake Beyrsehir |  Watching Lake Beysehir sunset with new friends |
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 Bugs! |  Rainy day in the Konya highlands |
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 Trucker chic |  Konya cityscape |
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 Kunefe with blackberry icecream |  Kunefe after meeting two cycle tourers |
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 Start of whirling dervish Sema |  Sema |
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 Whirlies! |  More whirlies! |
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 Mehmet, our awesome Warmshowers host |  Etli Ekmek |
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 Mevlana museum |  Konya bazaar |
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July 2016 - Turkey Part 2
 Deserts and hills |  Petrol station friends |
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 Sunset over Turkish plains |  Sultanhani Caravanistan |
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 Fields of sunflowers |  Wild man pre-shave |
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 Selime fairy chimneys |  Ilhara valley |
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 Ilhara valley |  Rock-cut church |
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 Ilhara wildlife |  Fairy chimneys and cave houses |
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 Intrepid explorer |  River cafe |
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 River cafe guest |  Ilhara valley |
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 Star wars set |  Ilhara valley |
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 Beer and meat joy |  Beer and cheese joy |
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 River cafe again |  Riverside contemplation |
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 River swim |  More arid plains |
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 Derinkuyu |  Derinkuyu underground city |
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 Underground city |  Underground city |
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 Underground city |  Cappadocian landscape |
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 Rose valley, Goreme |  |
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 Tent with penis rock |  Resting with lemming killer |
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 Red valley, Goreme |  Balloon! |
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 Balloons! |  Balloon and head |
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 Rolling roads |  Kayseri volcano |
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 Aziz preparing dinner |  Aziz and friends |
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 The aftermath of the coup |  Anti-coup demonstrations |
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 Anti-coup demonstrations |  Anti-coup demonstrations |
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July 2016 - Turkey Part 3
 Bikes take a train ride |  Train through gorge |
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 Train station |  The mountain road begins |
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 Puncture repairs |  Pass number 1 |
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 Pass number 2 |  Whizzing down from the pass |
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 Streamside campsite |  Early morning dishwasher |
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 Toytown mosque |  Coffee break on the hillside |
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 Bob Marley fan in the background |  Pass number 3 |
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 Exhileration at the summit |  Turkish hospitality continues |
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 Hemsin family |  Sunset in Ispir |
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 Sunset in Ispir |  River wash, Ispir |
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 Bubble mat disaster |  Hit 6000 km! |
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 Exhaustion at 6000 km! |  Beginning pass number 3 |
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 An unexpected feast |  Approaching Ovit Dagi |
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 Yaylas near the summit |  Entering the clouds |
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 The summit in the mist! |  Camping in the mist |
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 Early morning on the summit |  Perfect camp spot |
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 Start of our 82km descent |  Stunning mountain scenery |
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 Transition to alpine forests |  Tea plantations |
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 We hit the Black Sea |  Loading up the calories |
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 One of the many Black Sea tunnels |  Laz family |
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 30 km lorry queue to Georgian border |
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July/August 2016 - Georgia
 Arriving in Georgia! |  Georgian beach |
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 Knee pain begins |  Batumi |
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 Sunset cocktails |  Batumi skyline |
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 Moving sculpture, Batumi |  Inappropriate fountain, Batumi |
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 Khachapuri! |  Georgian feast |
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 The Adjara mountains |  Cycling into the Adjara Mountains |
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 Riverside camping |  Sinori before |
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 Sinori after |  Adjara mountain house |
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 Adjara mountains |  Terrible road begins |
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 Beekeepers |  On the top of the Goderdzi Pass |
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 Mountaintop restaurant |  The great descent |
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 Neverending forest |  Tomaz crosses mountain stream |
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 Harriet fords stream |  Inhabitants of the strea, |
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 Tomaz and the terrible road |  Rocky hell |
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 Borjomi mineral pool - crowded! |  Camping by the railway bridge |
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 Bovine swimmers |  Cycling the Georgian backroads |
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 Georgian backroads at milking time |  Tarragon lemonade! |
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 Entering Tbilisi |  Tbilisi traffic |
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 Tbilisi clocktower |  Vegetarian feast, Tbilisi |
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 Cat in pot |  Harriet makes a Georgian friend |
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 Peace Bridge, Tbilisi |  Mother of Georgia |
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 Tbilisi cheese shop! |  Cha cha party |
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 Reminders of the night before |  Kazbegi |
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 Kazbegi |  Mount Kazbek |
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 Kazbegi church |  Kazbegi sheep |
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 Kazbegi walk |  Kazbegi |
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 Beestung eye |  Honey sustenance on the pass |
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 Another pass |  Camping in the fort |
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 Camping in the fort |  Vineyards, Kakheti |
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 Watermelon cutting |  Generous watermelon seller |
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 Lagodekhi |  Black Grouse Waterfall, Lagodekhi |
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 Perturbing exit sign |
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August 2016 - Azerbaijan
 Arriving in Azerbaijan |  Weird plaster sculptures line the roads |
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 Local transport |  Smoked cheese |
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 Amazing, friendly cafe boy |  Herding the water buffalo |
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 Carvansaray |  Our room in the carvansary |
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 Tea ceremony |  Khan's palace, Sheki |
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 Piti |  Street sweepers, Sheki |
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 Mobbed by a wedding band |  Roadside baker |
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 Lovely family who gave us tea |  Tea! |
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 Green, green Azerbaijan |  Beech and Oak woods |
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 Butterfly |  In the hills |
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 Honey seller |  Fellow cyclists |
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 The desert begins |  Rolling desert |
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 More desert |  Desert town |
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 Bizarre desert attractions |  Arrival at the Caspian Sea! |
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 Caspian oil slick |  Baku skyline |
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 Flame towers, Baku |  Old town, Baku |
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 Palace, Baku |  Former president personality cult |
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 Second tallest flagpole in the world |  Display at museum of miniature books |
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 Feast! |  Baku skyline at night |
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 Sweaty chess in Baku bar |  Leaving Baku on the ferry! |
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 Bike touring friends Brad and Joel on ferry |  Caspian Sea sunset |
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 Jonathan, ferry crewmaster and Joel |  Harriet flanked by truckers on ferry |
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 True trucker chic |  Our cabin |
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 Tea in the ferry canteen |  Caspian sea seal |
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 Arrival in Aktau, Kazakhstan |
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August/September 2016 - Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
 First cycle in Kazakhstan with Brad and Joel |  Harriet's feminine beer |
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 Sunbathing by the Caspian Sea |  Desert train |
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 Sergei, our new Russian friend |  Fourth member of the Bee Gees on the train |
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 Camels in Kazakhstan |  Mausoleum in the desert |
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 Endless steppe/desert |  Turkistan mausoleum |
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 Turkistan |  Turkistan |
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 Turkistan |  Cycling towards Aksu Zhabagly National Park |
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 Zhabagly National Park |  Zhabagly National Park |
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 Zhabagly National Park |  Zhabagly National Park |
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 Mantis friend, Zhabagly National Park |  Zhabagly National Park |
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 Tea break friends |  Lunch in Shymkent |
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 Women praying for Harriet's fertility |  Kindly honey seller |
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 Yurt friend |  Unhappy camping on a ploughed field |
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 Dozy morning after camping in ploughed field |  Shashlik on the way to Kyrgyz border |
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 We're in Kyrgyzstan! |  Soviet luxury!? |
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 Boom valley |  Boom valley |
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 Camping by lake Issy-Kol |  Camping by lake Issy-Kol |
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 Golden eagle (we think) |  Early morning, Issy-Kol |
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 Autumn begins |  Riding the haystack |
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 Barskoon valley |  Barskoon valley |
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 Waterfall, Barskoon valley |  Yurt, Barskoon valley |
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 Alice arrives in Bishkek |  Bishkek monument |
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 Statue of epic hero Manas, Bishkek |  Homestay, Kochkor |
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 Road to lake Song-Kol |  Road to lake Song-Kol |
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 Yurts, lake Song-Kol |  Relaxing by lake Song-Kol |
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 Relaxing by lake Song-Kol |  Lake Song-Kol |
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 Cream making, Lake Song-Kol |  Lake Song-Kol |
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 Horse, Lake Song-Kol |  Lake Song-Kol |
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 Lake Song-Kol |  Lake Song-Kol |
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 Lake Song-Kol |  Lake Song-Kol |
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 Bread-making, Lake Song-Kol |  Yurt interior, Lake Song-Kol |
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 Horses going for a drink, Lake Song-Kol |  Lake Song-Kol |
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 Sunset, Lake Song-Kol |  Camels on descent from Lake Song-Kol |
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 Rush hour on descent from Lake Song-Kol |  Hike in Tien Shan mountains |
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 Soviet spa |  Karakol animal market |
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 Swimming in the great Issy-Kol |
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August/September 2016 - Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
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September 2016 - Kyrgyzstan
 Setting off from Tamga |  New shoes on the beach! |
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 Incredible Issy Kol sunset |  Strange green man |
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 Fat-bottomed sheep |  Beautiful campsite |
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 Lakeside fire |  Lakeside camels |
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 First snows! |  Snowy peaks |
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 Crossing the first pass |  City of the dead |
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 Joy in the wilderness |  Amazing colours |
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 Following the river gorge |  Tea in Kyzyl-Oy |
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 Precarious bridge |  Leaving Kyzyl-Oy |
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 |  Abandoned yurt sites |
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 Climbing the pass |  Sickness on the pass |
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 Joy on the pass |  Our first pass above 3000m |
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 Whizzing down through alpine landscape |  Toktogul guest house |
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 Toktogul guest house |  Local schoolchildren |
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 Toktogul reservoir |  Toktogul reservoir |
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 Toktogul reservoir |  Surprising wild crops! |
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 Beautiful river gorge |  Perfect spot for a rest day |
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 Struggling back uphill |  Luminous friend |
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 Mountain goats |  Café joy! |
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 Bovine neighbour |  Arslanbob walnut groves |
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 Arslanbob |  Arslanbob |
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 Saying goodbye to Tomaz |  Mirror lake |
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 Campsite above Osh |
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October 2016 - Kyrgyzstan and China
 Celebratory pizza in Osh |  Osh bazaar |
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 View over Osh to the Pamir Mountains |  Autumn in Osh |
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 Snaking down the mountain |  Another mountain pass |
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 The Pamir Highway from Osh |  Climbing again |
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 The snow begins |  High-tech wet weather gear |
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 Approaching the mountains |  Snowy morning |
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 The last village before the pass |  Local cyclist |
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 Getting ready for the pass |  Entering the mountains |
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 Approaching the pass |  Pamir Mountains |
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 The road to Tajikistan |  Sary Tash icicles |
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 Lunchtime vodka, Sary Tash |  Sary Tash guesthouse |
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 White emptiness |  Snow, snow everywhere |
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 Icy roads |  Icy roads |
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 Snow clouds |  Incredible family on the snowy pass |
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 Inside the truck |  Inside the truck |
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 Irkeshtam, on the Kyrgyz-Chinese border |  Our wagon, Irkeshtam |
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 Inside our wagon, Irkeshtam |  Our wagon for the night, Irkeshtam |
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 Entering China! |  Camping in the underpass |
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 Cold hands on road to Kashgar |  First meal in Kashgar |
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 Amazing food, Kashgar |  Disgusting Chinese drinks |
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 Copper beaters, Kashgar |  10 000 kilometres! |
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 10 000 kilometres! |  Kashgar |
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 Kashgar |  Night Market, Kashgar |
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 Night Market, Kashgar |  Night Market, Kashgar |
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 Night Market, Kashgar |  Pomegranate Juice at Kashgar Night Market |
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 Eggs on a stick! |  Egg stick, Sunday Bazaar, Kashgar |
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 Sunday Bazaar, Kashgar |  Walking to Animal Market, Kashgar |
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 Animal Market, Kashgar |  Animal Market, Kashgar |
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 Animal Market, Kashgar |  Animal Market, Kashgar |
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 Animal Market, Kashgar |  Animal Market, Kashgar |
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