Kyrgyzstan

Day 150, 24th October., Sosnovka Getting the Russian visas before the section of the Chinese trip from Mohan to Irkeshtam was finalised, I had assumed we would be in China … Read more

Day 149, 23rd October, Tashkomyr After a lazy morning and a late breakfast, we proceeded at a leisurely pace to Osh where a rather sullen-faced man at a tyre repair … Read more

Note: The wifi in western Tibet was barely existent, probably because there weren’t ant people to use it. We are now in Bishkek and, although th wifi is good, the … Read more

Day 91, 27th August, Sarytash An eventful night’s sleep. Woken first by the crunching of gravel as something big walked past the van. Probably a cow. Then woken by a … Read more

We set off as soon as we woke because we thought it a bit cheeky to eat breakfast in the car park of a restaurant. We were flagged down by … Read more

After a very pleasant meeting with Jim and Sonia we had an excellent night’s sleep and a splendid breakfast at the Albatros Hotel. We stocked up with provisions at the … Read more

We arrived in Bishkek this morning and got a taxi for £5 for the 22 mile drive to the excellent Albatros Hotel on Gorki Street. We had spent a night … Read more

Some very lazy days while we stayed in Bishkek. Spent ages trying to find the Asia Mountain hotel as recommended by the Lonely Planet book, basically because I confused Gorki … Read more

The day started dry and misty but, as we wound our way round the reservoir, the weather deteriorated. After the village of Toktogul, the road started to rise through a … Read more

Driving from Taldyk village (nowhere near the Taldyk Pass) towards Osh, we were delighted to see a sign saying “Bishkek 655 kms” and we turned right, glad that we didn’t … Read more