The Vitals Dates: November 17, 2018 – December 4, 2018 Location: Mengla, China to Vientiane, Laos Distance: 660 km Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Northern Laos Riding every day really had me down for a while in November and it was exacerbated by […]
The Vitals Dates: Nov. 6 – 16, 2018 Location: Jinangcheng to Mengla, China Distance: ~455 km in 8 riding days Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Brittany and I are sitting in the city of Mengla, one short day from the border with Laos. […]
The Vitals Dates: October 23 – November 4, 2018 Location: Kunming, China to Jiangcheng, China Distance: ~615 km cycled (8 cycling days) Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip I’m sure you’ve heard of a “Chinatown” before, […]
The Vitals Dates: October 4 – 11, 2018 Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan to Samarkand, Uzbekistan Distance: 401 km cycled Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip If you stuck a toothpick into the Central Asian section of our […]
Riding Stats Overall Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Total km 2539 313 983 1183 60 Riding days 46 5 19 21 1 km/riding day 55.2 62.6 51.7 56.3 60 Total days 61 5 30 25 1 km/day 41.6 62.6 32.8 47.3 60 Days camping 33 5 12 16 0 Longest Day: 98 km (entering Dushanbe) […]
The Vitals Dates: September 12 – 29, 2018 Location: Osh, Kyrgyzstan to Dushanbe, Tajikistan Distance: ~1067 km cycled Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Resources: bikepacking.com amongst various blogs Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. A note on Apricots The featured photo I used […]
The Vitals Dates: August 30, 2018 – September 7, 2018 Location: Naryn, Kyrgyzstan to Osh, Kyrgyzstan Distance: ~316 km cycled Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Resources: Tian Shan Traverse Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip A good one word synopsis of our […]
The Vitals Dates: August 22, 2018 – August 27, 2018 Location: Karakol, Kyrgyzstan to Naryn, Kyrgyzstan Distance: ~325 km Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Resources: Tian Shan Traverse Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. Sidenote on the Kyrgyz flag We just realized when we […]
The Vitals Dates: August 12, 2018 – August 18, 2018 Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan to Karakol, Kyrgyzstan Distance: ~420 km Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip We were held in Almaty by a mighty rain storm until […]
The Vitals Dates: August 6, 2018 – August 12, 2018 Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan Partners: Brittany Activities: City touring, Hiking, Gearing up for bikepacking Photos by Brittany The Trip We left Vancouver on August 6th and after 42 hours and three flights we landed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the jumping off point for our bikepacking trip. It turns […]