My trip has come to an end

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:23:11 GMT

My trip has now come to an end. Its been an amazing experience and some time in the future I will try to write a summary of all my experiences during this trip. Thanks to everyone that followed my progress and gave me encouragement. It especially helped during the sometimes very demanding stages. ..

Long time no update

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:16:23 GMT

As the headline mentions I have not updated in quite a while. This is due to the fact that I am not yet sure as to what I will be doing the next coming weeks. After I arrived in Istanbul I decided to take a flight to Bangkok and decide what’s next once I arrived in Bangkok. My travel partner Nicklas..

Beaurocracy, bribes and a change of plan!

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:43:21 GMT

Believe it or not, but I am actually back in Istanbul (where I started the trip) when I’m writing this. When I applied for my China-visa I was told that I could not take my bicycle over the border from Kyrgyzstan to China. Since I was in Iran at the time I thought that I would face the problem at a ..

In Tajikistan with the best cycling so far!

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:32:16 GMT

So, as the title mentions I have had some absolutely amazing cycling the last week since entering Tajikistan. Both Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were quite dull countries with regards to cycling since both were flat and mostly covered with cotton fields. I really started getting bored with the same ty..

My progress so far

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:25:54 GMT

This will be a short post to show my progress to date. Red = How I have traveled so far Blue = How I will travel the next couple of weeks before entering China

Climbed Damavand!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:42:04 GMT

Hello again! I just got back from my climb at Damavand early this morning after four days of climbing. I was expecting an easy climb after reading about the mountain, but things turned out way different and it was a fantastic but demanding experience. The mountain is located 80km northeast from Teh..

Back in shape, mountain climbing and Esfahan

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:24:34 GMT

Finally I am back on my feet feeling as strong as ever! I am still in Tehran waiting for my Turkmenistan visa, but received the Tajikistan visa today and will hopefully get the Turkmenistan visa on Tuesday. Tehran is an extremely polluted city and also not very charming, so instead of waiting aroun..

In Tehran trying to get well

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:32:21 GMT

Since my last post which was close to the Iran border I have made it another 650k’s to Tehran. After resting in Julfa a couple of days we decided to head for Tehran to start initiating all our visa applications for the Stan countries. I had started feeling a bit better after my second hit of stomach..

In Iran after many mountain passes and severe food poisoning in Armenia

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:12:21 GMT

A lot has happened since the last time i wrote. One of the major events that really surprised me was reading about Georgia. I left the country only around a week before everything erupted, lucky timing indeed. I am very happy to have had the chance to visit the country and i hope things will clear ..

Georgia and Armenia, amazing!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:07:32 GMT

Hello from Yerevan! Last time i wrote we were in Batumi in Georgia. After leaving Batumi, which was a depressing place to say the least, everything changed. As soon as we got out of the city and into the countryside we got to see the real Georgia, which is absolutely amazing! At first we came to..

Bye Bye Turkey, hello Georgia!

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:22:34 GMT

I have now made it over to Georgia by crossing Turkey via the Black Sea, approx 1500 km. Its been a great couple of weeks and with last week being the most interesting so far! Turkey was a very comfortable country to cycle through if you disregard the traffic, dogs and the hills. People are very ..

We have made it to Sinop!

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:23:18 GMT

Last week when we left Zonguldak we were both expecting a much flatter road towards Sinop (450km) away, which would have been very nice since the first week was quite hard work. Guess if we were wrong! The last week of cycling has consisted of nothing else than riding upwards for 1 hour and once we ..

Tough start!

Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:27:54 GMT

Wow, what a tough start! I had imagined the first couple of days to be hard work, but it was harder than I anticipated to say the least! After I had spent two nights in Istanbul we started early in the morning towards the Black Sea. After 10 minutes my back carrier fell to the ground and at first I..

Istanbul towards the Black Sea

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:31:26 GMT

I am now finally in Istanbul! The flight over with all the bagage went fine, but the hostel were i am staying is on a walkingstreet so i had to carry all the stuff which took around 40minutes! Thankfully Niklas (www.biketrip.se) gave me a hand, so a nice warmup to say the least! Today i have bee..

One week left!

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:07:24 GMT

Finally its just one week left until i start my trip. At the moment i am wrapping up at work and checking off the last pieces of equipment. My visa for Iran arrived late last week (not the smoothest of processes), but now i have clear passage for the first 3 months (Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Iran)...

A few more weeks to go!

Sat, 10 May 2008 16:13:58 GMT

Preparations for my expedition from Istanbul to Beijing are now done. I will fly to Istanbul on the 30th of June and will start cycling on arrival. Check back for more updates once my expedition has kicked off!..

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