Route Map from Lahore to Kathmandu

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Cycle Route through Xinjiang province from Kazakhstan to Pakistan

This shows our route through Xinjiang province.

The roads are all being rebuilt and will be amazing in 2009. The Bayanbulak grassland area is incredible but without HK ID cards you might get turned back.

Just keep saying that you are going to look at the view of the next village and most security police will let you through assuming someone else will stop you later

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Cycle route from Almaty in Kazakhstan to Yining in Xinjiang province (China)

Cycle route across Southern Kazakhstan with a small detour to the excellent Charyn Canyon

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Route across Mongolia

Here are two interactive maps that show our route across Mongolia. Most of the roads on these maps do not exist and very little of the route is on roads with a surface...most is just dirt.

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Cycling Route Information - Road Guides - Contents

Cycle Touring - Equipment - Contents

Equipment
Ortlieb Panniers
Tubus Racks
Brook's Saddles
Schwalbe Tyres
Hilleberg Tents
Rab Sleeping Bags
Primus Omnifuel Stove
Our Bikes
Isabelle's Koga Miyata
Simon's Koga Miyata
Our Bikes
Camera Equipment 
HiDef Camcorder
Digital SLR
Security
PacSafe Security Bags and Padlocks
Spares and Tools
Spares and Tools
Problems
Broken Mavic Rim
Broken Frame
equipment

India - Contents

Punjab 
Amritsar
Great Posters
School Bus - Indian Style

Himachal Pradesh
MacLeod Ganj - the home of the Dalai Lama
Inside Hindu Temples
Indian Women Begging
Bir Tibetan Colony in Himachal Pradesh

Uttar Rakhand
Rishikesh and the Ganges
Hero Bicycles

Heading back to Delhi
Punjabi Dhaba - great food and a great business plan

Cycling Guide
Kathmandu to Delhi via Mahendranagar

Visas
Getting a visa and onward travel

New Zealand - Auckland to Gisborne

Over Christmas we headed to New Zealand to do a cool cycle ride. From Auckland we headed South and then after visiting all the volcanic stuff around Rotarua, we headed up into the hills and via a dirt road across to Lake Waikaremoana - a really unspoilt area of New Zealand. From there we eventually descended to the coast and then cycled North to Gisborne on the East Coast.

Nepal - Contents

Langtang Trek 
Tips for Trekkers
Great Light
People we met
Three Glaciers Walk from Kyanjin Gompa
Flags Everywhere
Journey from Kathmandu to Langtang

Kathmandu
Swayambunath Temple
Monkeys at Swayambunath
Images of Kathmandu

Annapurna Trek 
Himalayan Autonomous State 
Solar Heaters being used everywhere
Watching Slumdog Millionaire
Annapurna Circuit Photo Gallery
YakDonalds

Bardia National Park
Mr B and Kali at Bardia Hideaway Cottage
Building Bardia Hideaway Cottage Gallery
We meet some tame Blue Bull Antelopes
Crazy Christian Missionaries
Camping Trip at the park
Watching Crocodiles 
The Elephant Rehabilitation Centre
Everybody wants to learn
We finally have to leave B and Kali

Miscellaneous 
Why do so many tourists leave their brains at home?
Gallery of us both
Pokhara to Mahendranagar Slideshow

Road Guides and Maps for Cycling
Route Map from Lahore to Kathmandu
Google Map of China to Nepal
Kathmandu to Delhi via Pokhara and Mahendranagar Road Guide

Bike Problems
Broken Frame
Broken Wheel Rim

Visas
Getting a visa and onward travel options

Cycle Touring - Schwalbe tyres - the best for cycle touring

These tyres are now rarely available and have been replaced with the Marathon Mondiale tyres.

Cycle Touring - Brooks Saddles - the best for cycle touring

Cycle Touring - Tubus Racks - the best for cycle touring

Cycle Touring - Ortlieb Panniers - the best for Cycle Touring

Osh to Bishkek

When we finished the Pamir we still had to cycle the 762km between Osh and Bishkek. It took us just over 5 days and we really did some cycling. Several days we did between 130km and 150km and on the last we managed 165km. It was just getting easier and easier even though we were still climbing huge amounts. The worst day of the cycle was 69km continually uphill, with not even one small bit of downhill, climbing 2200m. This took us from Toktokul up to the first of the big passes before Bishkek. We even had to cycle 3km through the tunnel that shortens the final pass before Bishkek. The air was not brilliant and we were lucky to be cycling slightly down hill through it. After the tunnel we had an amazing drop of 2500m and some of the fastest roads that we cycled on all journey.