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.
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1.9.07
Places of Worship in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Karakol Russian Orthodox Church
Karakol Chinese Mosque
Alichur Mosque and Murgab Mosque
Karakol Chinese Mosque
Alichur Mosque and Murgab Mosque
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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.
Full Screen Slideshow Here
Full Screen Slideshow Here
26.8.07
26.2.07
Isabelle cycling in New Zealand
Isa escaped work for two weeks and took her bike for a journey across New Zealand to Gisborne, where she used to live.
It took her 7 days to cycle the 600km from Auckland. She loved it because she could eat fresh fruit, go to hot springs (her dream) and breathe good air. However as a perfect experience it suffered because I was hard at work in HK and this prevented her from really having a great time. Everywhere she went people were really helpful - letting her stay in their house and feeding her as well. I was seriously jealous but at least she'll have sorted out some of the problems for our long ride next year.
When she arrived in Gisborne she stayed with Briar, Carl, Ari and India.
It took her 7 days to cycle the 600km from Auckland. She loved it because she could eat fresh fruit, go to hot springs (her dream) and breathe good air. However as a perfect experience it suffered because I was hard at work in HK and this prevented her from really having a great time. Everywhere she went people were really helpful - letting her stay in their house and feeding her as well. I was seriously jealous but at least she'll have sorted out some of the problems for our long ride next year.
When she arrived in Gisborne she stayed with Briar, Carl, Ari and India.
29.4.06
Cycling around Thailand
This is a slide show of a 600km cycle ride around NW Thailand, starting and finishing in Chiang Mai. We cycled for 7 days out of the 11 days we had there and travelled through Mae Malae, Mae Sae, Pai, Soppong, Cave Lodge, Mae Hong Son,Khun Yuam, Mae Chaem, Doi Inthanon and Chom Tong
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We've got bikes
Our Koga Miyata bikes arrived from Holland via the UK with super special handlebars to allow us to move our hands around, plus front and rear panniers. They're just the most gorgeous bikes ever, completely designed for long distance touring. We intend to cycle from HK back to the UK some time in the future and we need to get a bit of experience first (only a bit)
We have cycled around Lamma quite a bit and know a bit about basic maintenance, we have spare spokes and other tools but it's proving very difficult to get anything useful in HK as no-one cycles anywhere. Simon's is last year's model and appreciably cheaper
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