Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Hot news from Kazakhstan

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Chaps, I'm in Uralsk.   Asmund will fill you in on the details, I expect.   Edward
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Shymkent

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Shymkent. Hot. Cycling. 14,288 km since Shanghai.   Hope you enjoy the new minimalist blogging style. Edward
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Kazakhstan

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I apologise for the absence of any photos in the previous post. Here is some clover, which made a nice soft bed for the night on the way to ...
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Almaty calling

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Almaty, Kazakhstan.   Internet access here ain't what it is in China (where every second building has an internet cafe in the basement...
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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Day 272 - Cycling from Khorgos (China) to the Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan

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Start: Khorgos (Huoerguosi), Xinjiang, China End: Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan Distance: 155 km Time: 7'34" Avg: 20.5 k/h Max: 38 k/h ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Day 271 - Clock-watching in Khorgos

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0 km etc. In 14 hours time they will let me over the border, inshallah. Yesterday I haggled with the borderfolk for a long time. It really w...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Day 270 - Cycling from Sailimu Lake to Khorgos

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Start: Hillside above Sailimu Hu, Xinjiang, China End: Khorgos (Huoerguosi), Xinjiang, China Distance: 90 km Time: 3'50" Avg: 23.7 ...
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An update, of sorts

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Sorry, all very quiet here on 2wheels recently, I know. I have been pedalling furiously in a vaguely westerly direction. I am now sitting in...
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Monday, May 29, 2006

Cycling around Sailimu Lake - Day 269

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Start: Sailimu Lake (east end), Xinjiang, China End: Sailimu Lake (west end), Xinjiang, China Distance: 25 km Time: 1'28" Avg: 17.1...
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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Cycling from a sand dune to a lake: somewhere beyond Jing He to Sailimu Hu (day 268)

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Start: Sand dune, 20 km beyond Jing He, Xinjiang, China End: Sailimu Lake, Xinjiang, China Distance: 116 km Time: 8'27" Avg: 13.7 k...
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Saturday, May 27, 2006

Cycling across the northwestern Xinjiang steppe (day 267)

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Start: Somewhere outside, Xinjiang, China End: Sand-dune, beyond Jing He , Xinjiang, China Distance: 125 km Time: 8'27" Avg: 19.9 k...
Friday, May 26, 2006

Day 266 - Cycling from Kuitun to somewhere in the Xinjiang steppe

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Start: Before Kuitun, Xinjiang, China End: Somewhere after Kuitun, Xinjiang, China Distance: 120 km Time: 6'37" Avg: 18.1 k/h Max: ...
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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Day 265 - Cycling Wutaigong to somewhere before Kuitun

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Start: Near Wutaigong, Xinjiang, China End: Near Kuitun, Xinjiang, China Distance: 122 km Time: 5'28" Avg: 22.4 k/h Max: 36.5 k/h T...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Cycling from Urumqi to near Wutaigong (Day 264)

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Start: Urumqi, Xinjiang, China End: Wutaigong, Xinjiang, China Distance: 98 km Time: 5'01" Avg: 19.6 k/h Max: 34.5 k/h Total: 12,58...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Days 261, 262, 263: visa hunting in Urumqi

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0 km etc. Went to find a visa at the Kazakh consulate, except that it isn't the Kazakh Consulate, it is the Passport-Visa service of Kaz...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Technical hitch

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OK Houston, Abergavenny, Bury-St-Edmunds, etc., we have a problem.   I can't access my blogging software from this part of China.   ...
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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Biking Dabancheng to Urumqi (day 260)

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Start: Dabancheng, Xinjiang, China End: Urumqi (Wulumuqi), Xinjiang, China Distance: 81 km Time: 4'36" Avg: 17.7 k/h Max: 38.5 k/h ...
Friday, May 19, 2006

Cycling from the desert to Dabancheng (day 159)

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Start: Culvert under G312 beyond Turpan, Xinjiang, China End: Truckstop beyond Dabancheng, Xinjiang, China Distance: 64 km Time: 8'38...
Thursday, May 18, 2006

Bike-battling out of Turpan into the desert (day 158)

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Start: Turpan, Xinjiang, China End: Culvert under the G312, west of Turpan, Xinjiang, China Distance: 47 km Time: 6'20" Avg: 7....
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Day 257 - Into Turpan

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Start: Turpan turn-off, Xinjiang, China End: Turpan (Tulufan), Xinjiang, China Distance: 6 km Time: 0'30" Avg: 12.8 k/h Max: 23.4 k...