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I got up at 5 am to re-position the van in front of the hotel where our good friend Gapur is going to keep an eye on it while we … Read more

There was an impressive rapids near te lorry park where we spent the night. By midday we were back in the Dostuk Hotel. We got lost in Bishkek, so I … Read more

We had a grim night. Although it was freezing outside, we were very warm under the quilt. However the altitude of nearly 4,000 metres meant that the air was thin … Read more

An eventful day! We set off early after a group of four Kyrgyz men gathered at a bus stop about 5 metres from the van about 6 am, and they … Read more

The day started badly; there was no breakfast because there were no breakfast staff. When we went out to the many nearby restaurants to see if they served breakfasts, we … Read more

We spent the day in the hotel while Gapur sorted a place to store the van when we go to China. I managed to buy some metformin pills from a … Read more

The road from Karabulak to Bishkek was one big traffic jam. We got lost in Bishkek trying to find the Albatross Hotel where we stayed in 2018 and met our … Read more

It seems that we were very close to Jalalabad and the road by-passed the city on its way via Karasu and Toktogul to Bishkek. We stopped for diesel at a … Read more

Shortly after leaving Angren, the road began to climb gently up a spur of the Pamirs with a series of hairpin bends and we passed the spot where we saw … Read more