Quote from Katie as we went through a couple of dodgy tunnels in Kyrgyzstan “You need to 1-800 Korea this shit”

Bishkek to Osh: 6 days on the bike, but a mere 50 minutes to fly back on the plane.

I thought it would be worth a mention as to how to catch a taxi in Almaty as it is definitely nothing like hailing one of the million cabs in South Korea or China. It’s relatively straight forward really. Simply stand on the road with your arm out in a downward fashion 45-75 degrees to [...]

Kazakhstan fast become the land of little luxuries for Team BB- 3 nights in a real apartment, home-cooked dinners, regular food in the supermarkets. A far cry from sleeping in tents in a sun-streaked desert, washing oneself with a parboiled packet of baby-wipes. In fact, I think one or two of us would probably have [...]

As mentioned in previous posts, while in Almaty a bunch of vacationing Peace Corps helped us out. One of the most useful things they taught us was that there are apartments for rent in most major cities at less than the price of a hotel room. So after spending a couple of nights in a [...]

Katie and I have tried to keep up a daily (most days anyway) routine of push-ups to help keep our backs strong after a day of being hunched over our handle bars. That includes finishing late at night in a desert.

On day 3 of riding in Kazakhstan, with no water left and after a rough and windy night in the desert, we pulled in to a little oasis happy to be able to refill our bottles. While consuming various sugary drinks, two Belgian cyclists pulled up. They had just come from the Sharyn Canyon and [...]

After clearing Kazakhstan Immigration with ease we were on the road again cycling on roads that were definitely a lot bumpier and had no shoulder like their Chinese counterparts were still well above average. We took our first break about an hour into riding under some trees beside a few country houses, which by the [...]

Crossing international borders by air is usually an efficient process. Just line up, hand your passport over, smile politely and wait for your exit or entry stamp. Oh, were it that simple to cross by land. Our trip across the frontier at Khorgos took most of the day and a most of my patience. When [...]

Now that we are well out of China there will be no more need to download and install software to watch videos on our site. All future videos of our trip will now be available on YouTube. This also means that future videos can be uploaded at a better quality. All past videos will also [...]

Naan has become a staple food for us since we have entered the XinJiang province and the way they bake it is very cool.

Would you trust a gambling machine called “Russian Roulette”? Me neither.

Arriving in a big city where you don’t speak the language and have bikes and a lot of gear to drag around is a real hassle. We were fortunate to meet a bunch of the Kazakhstan Peace Corps on our first morning here. Their kindness and help meant that we were able to move into [...]

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called Toll Booth Willy about how we would either ride fast through an expressway toll booth and try not to get stopped by the workers or find some other way on. Here is a video of how to get on the expressway. [mediaplayer src="http://www.brakingboundaries.org/wp-content/uploads/video/holeinfence.wmv"] To watch [...]

For those of you who don’t already know, David and his bike (named Solo) have, for reasons personal to him, chosen to go it alone and take a different route to England. So at the border of Kazakhstan we said goodbye to him and he rode off into a beautiful Kazak morning. The three of [...]