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Khorog to Murghab. Cycling on the roof of the world!
After three days in Khorog, and with Grant and Sasha both departing too, I felt it was time to tackle my next challenge of the trip. I...
Jamie Shannon
Oct 25, 201610 min read


Khorog. Table tennis, cheap vodka, Afghan hash and lazy days
Arriving in Khorog, I felt like a broken man. I had just been through, what I believe to have been ten of the toughest, most brutal days...
Jamie Shannon
Oct 13, 20163 min read


Dushanbe to Khorog - part 2. It's only a grenades from from Afghanistan
When I woke in the morning, the temperature was -5 but I was feeling rather toasty inside the tent and it put me in a confident mood for...
Jamie Shannon
Oct 12, 20167 min read


Dushanbe to Khorog - part 1. 3252 metres never felt so high
It was intimidating to say the very least - setting off from the hostel in Dushanbe. Thoughts of 4500 metre passes, freezing...
Jamie Shannon
Oct 11, 201610 min read


Entering Tajikistan. I survived the madness of Uzbekistan!
I arrived at the border at ten and saw the familiar outline of a touring cyclist by the side of the road. He was a Malaysian guy whom was...
Jamie Shannon
Oct 3, 20164 min read


Bukhara to Tajikistan. Otkuda, otkuda, otkuda!? Get me out of here!
From Bukhara, the first 20 km’s east were actually kind of fun. The road wasn’t too bad, the wind wasn’t hindering me much and the car...
Jamie Shannon
Sep 30, 201610 min read
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