Festive cargo bike
Store openings are celebrated with fanfare and colourful decorations. As soon as the festivities have ended, off go the rented… ornaments to the next new establishment.
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Mesmerizing
In the evening hours, on came the neon lights. Their reflections shimmered across Guihu lake in Guilin. They were mesmerizing
Market
At the market whole pigs were laid out for sale while chickens were brought in for slaughter. Some products we… recognized but others, forget it!
Tianfu square
Chengdu has more than 14 million inhabitants, but you wouldn’t realize that while strolling through Tianfu Square. It’s relaxed, filled… with people watching the light show and chatting with friends.
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.
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.
Murgab market
Murgab market first appeared bleak and deserted. Then the shops, built from refurbished shipping containers, opened. Out spilled bright colored… clothes, Chinese plastic, and fruits from Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
Karakul town
Where is everybody? An eerie silence pervaded the place as we wandered Karakul’s dusty streets. The town used to be… an important military base. Nowadays the local youth have left to find work in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
Descent
The Pamir plateau in Tajikistan is so enormous that even when we saw the town of Karakul in the distance… it took us the whole day to reach it.
Pamir Landscape
Vast, enormous, immense, are just some of the adjectives used to describe the scenery. To truly appreciate it, you have… to pedal it yourself.
Bus station
We were mobbed at the bus station in Bukkittingi, Indonesia. Everybody wanted to help us buy tickets to Medan. Yet nobody knew when… where or even if a bus would be leaving in that direction.
Harangaol market
Every Friday villagers from around the lake sail to Haranggaol for the weekly market. After a day of shopping, they… return with food, beer, and the latest news. As for us, we were able to catch a lift to Samosir Island.
Chess in Sumatra
The ‘Kasparov’ chess computer was to be ‘put to the test’. Chess masters were summoned to the local café for… the match. The final result; ‘Kasparov’ was defeated in just under 2 minutes.