Kyrgyzstan is much gentler than Tajikistan. Still mountainous but without the snowy, jagged peaks towering above. The road is much gentler too. Perfect tar seal and even has white lines! There are many villages but in the rural parts, yurts proliferate with horses, sheep and goats. We pass dozens of…
The plan is to get to Murgab today. It’s about 180 kms from Langar and last night we camped about 20 kms short of Langar. So around 200kms. Once we reach Langar the road starts to climb dramatically in a series of very narrow hairpins. No barriers and a…
I couldn’t get to sleep last night. After finishing the first novel I had read in ages, it left me ….deeply depressed. The book, ‘The light Between Oceans’, by M L Stedman. Great read, once you accept and get past the flowery introduction. It beautifully captures the Australian psyche and…
After last nights excitement, we managed to get some disturbed sleep by the roadside with a voluminous, noisy stream right beside us. Jen was anxious about being moved on again, so don’t think she got too much sleep. On the road by 9am and for the rest of the day,…
Great camp site last night, but we are on our way by 8.30am. Not too far down the barely road which is marked on the mp as ‘Highway 41’ we had a choice of tracks to follow, straight ahead or right, over a bridge. While trying to get MapMe to…
A disturbed night. The first night in the land Rover for ages, it seems. A cool night but goddam dogs barking at the moon all night! Jen mentioned us arriving at the lake edge last night and pulling in near another Land Rover Defender. A Swiss registered vehicle with a…
This is coming from memory and you know what happens at my age, when you rely on memory…:) The drive from Samarkand to the border, about 60k’s….chaos. People and cars everywhere. Markets buzzing and people crossing the road taking their purchases back to their cars. The road is rough, it’s…
It’s 9pm and we have had dinner, in the Land Rover, and are having a really cold beer in celebration of a few things. Thanks folks for your kind wishes. 74 Not out. Not a bad knock for a lousy batsman..:) First and most importantly the Land Rover is whole…
It’s 2pm and as we prepare to head for Tashkent, we have just been greeted with news that our water pump has arrived there. How appropriate. So now, the plan is to take a taxi to the Bukhara station and catch a smart looking Spanish made fast train to Tashkent.…
Sorry folks, nothing to add so far today. The news on the part from the UK is, that there is no news. So, today’s post is going to be a pictorial one :- Visits: 16