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“Oh yeah across the road”, she said. Immediately I could tell from where she hailed and so… “Spreek je Nederlands?” “Ja, hoe weet je dat?”

I crossed into Laos and immediately set to work in finding somewhere to camp. It gets dark here by 18:00 and that doesn’t leave me with...

Greetings from Hanoi, Vietnam. Yes I really did finally make it out of China with my sanity intact. I do believe that is the longest I...

I slept like a baby to be honest but I woke up rather early, half four to be exact which isn’t unusual given that I’m usually asleep by...

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...

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...

I left the hostel in Khiva at around 09:30 and no sooner had I left the inner city than the road once again tuned to absolute shit. It's...

It would have been nice to cycle together with the three guys I had met but alas we all had different plans. Jess and Tim wanted to make...

No sooner had I stepped out the other side of the border than a horde of black market money changers raced over to me. Their eye’s must...

I left Batumi with my stove kind of fixed by a Georgian man whom didn’t release a smile in the entire forty minutes I was stood in his...

From Inebolu, I still had a fair way to go until Sinop was reached and with it, the start of a much more forgiving road. I was on my way...

Slovenia is liberally covered in forest but nothing, I can assure you, can prepare you for it. It’s really like the lost land of Robin Hood.

Having spent the night receiving some much needed energy and rest for my weary stumps, I set off in the morning with hope that I was...

After boarding the ferry, I joined the throngs of people at the café terrace at the rear of the ship to watch Italy slip away into the...

Two ladies, immaculately preened, wearing lots of jewellery and whom had hair that looked not too dissimilar to Bob Ross complemented me.

As is becoming the norm, I only expected to be in Valencia for a couple of days but alas, I ended up staying four. It was becoming quite...

Having said goodbye to the staff and guests, I made my way south east through the city before finding a cycle path that took me through...

Having spent four days enjoying my time as a backpacker in Salamanca and relinquishing from my bank account more euros than I care to...

They invited me to their 'gathering’ in the morning in which they all got together in the hall, sang songs and praised the lord together.