China – Cycling
Yunnan’s steep gorges are filled with villages and terraced farmland. We saw all of it as we pedaled up and… down and up and down each mountain ridge.
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Neon
After way too much climbing that day – we lay comatose on our hotel bed. Through the window, we stared… at the neon sign on the other side of the street.
China – restaurant
What’s in the pot? Who knows? Sometimes it was delicious, but other times we discovered beaks and chicken claws. There… were also restaurants where the stench was so bad that we had to hold our hands over our mouths as we scurried by.
India – Chalukyan caves
A photo gallery of the carvings in the Chalukyan cave temples near Badami, India. They are architectural masterpieces dedicated to… the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religions.
Main street
India can be found in its villages, rich with their countless activities. On the main street of Badami preparations were beginning for the Diwali festival.
Enthusiasm
Schools out for the day. And if you should chance upon foreign cyclists, why not stop them and ask them… where they’re from.
Kyzyl-Aart Pass
The pass ascends from the damp, green valleys of Kyrgyzstan over to the desolate, dry Pamir plateau of… Tajikistan.
Lazy Louie’s TransAm songs
In Hartville, Missouri he built the “Lazy Louie bicycle camp”; a popular rest stop for cross-country cyclists. On his old… Gibson guitar, he played his unforgettable bicycle touring songs such as the Biker’s Dream and My hard bicycle seat.
North India – bicycle culture
A photo gallery of North Indian bicycle culture. Here they are used to transport goods and people. They even use… them as market stalls.
Pamirs – Tashkurgan road
A panoramic view of the Tashkurgan road. The road leads to the Chinese border and is full of washboard and…
Pamirs – river camping
A panoramic view of wild camping near the Tashkurgan road. It was one of our favorite camping spots in the… Pamirs.
Pamirs – vast
A panoramic view of the vast, colorful desert landscape of the Pamir highway. This section of road is near Murgab…
Pamirs – Lake Karakul
A panoramic view over Lake Karakul in Tajikistan. Nearby the lake is the town of Karakul and it’s many homestays…
Pamirs – near the border
A panoramic view of camping near the Tajikistan border. It was our first campsite on the Pamir plateau and one…
Pamirs – bicycle touring
A photo gallery of cycling the Pamir highway. The road crosses the vast Pamir plateau. It’s an unnerving, bleak place… yet full of stunning high desert landscapes. We would love to ride it again!