Day 64 – Thursday, June 27th 2013 We awoke at the Lunnanzhen campsite, next to the river Tarim. Jon cooked us up a New Zealand breakfast favourite of fried bread with honey, just like his grandma used to fuel him up with. We were soon on our way once more, and it was only a … Continue reading
Day 57 – Thursday, June 20th 2013 The descent through the steep sided valley as we made our way into China as a newly assembled convoy was a fine moment indeed. The sun had come out to play, the area was spectacular, and somehow even the infamous border guards seemed to be taking it easy … Continue reading
Day 46 – Sunday, June 9th 2013 They say first impressions count – and Kyrgyzstan had certainly delivered. We awoke just by the border, officially about 10 meters into the country, immediately the roads were near perfect, and within a few kilometers we were surrounded by beautiful mountains, a standard of which we had not … Continue reading
Day 37 – Friday, May 31st 2013 Back as a twosome once more, it was good to leave the Turkmen nonsense behind us – here the only restriction was that we were supposed to stop in at a guesthouse every few days to register our whereabouts. We rolled across the border and made the short … Continue reading
Day 33 –Monday, May 27th 2013 After rolling off the ferry that we had been trapped on for the last day or so (in sight of the shoreline) we made our way into the customs / excise / bureaucratic nightmare area and fortunately found our guide for this section of the trip waiting for us … Continue reading
Day 29 – Thursday, May 23rd 2013 After waiting about 2 hours in no man’s land between the border of Georgia and Azerbaijan, we were finally let into the inspection area. Unfortunately, we had to be separated as all passengers go through a different gate – so Kim walked her way through the border and … Continue reading
