Tag: Kyrgyzstan
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Flying through China
Today, I am not actually cycling. In my imagination, we are flying up Muztagh Ata (7,509 m)—through the clouds, along the crevasses, deep into the core of the mountain, over the endless plains, and through the deep valleys. How beautiful it all looks from up here! And I can feel everything—the rough rocks, the mountain,…
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The Wakhan Valley and Our Highest Pass(es)
Good thing we’d left our emotional hiccups and unreasonable fears behind, because the real challenge hadn’t even started. But first, we still enjoyed a few comparably “lazy” days through the Wakhan valley, with Afghan markets, hot springs, bumpy and sandy roads, and mild, sunny, but short days. The extreme beauty and ruggedness of the landscape…