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Tweets : Week Ending 2011-07-10

Brings back some fun and not so fun memories. @travellingtwo Silk Road Highlights in Georgia, Azerbaijan and China http://t.co/ecOoDTi via # was just on @rideearthtom's #cycletouring site and loves the new header. #webdesign # @rideearthtom Don't suppose you know a good article on where to start with separate audio and an audio recorder suggestion as [...]

Tweets : Week ending 2011-07-03

It has taken a weak ass tropical storm to get me off my bike and finally blogging again http://t.co/VwJCUBS Anyone cycle tourists out there needing a place to crash in South Korea look me up. http://t.co/yf0i6QY #warmshowers # Sorted out a new facebook page http://t.co/BW31maW # enjoyed @TheRandomSam latest vblog. Now I just need to [...]

The Rest of Our Photos

Over six months Tom, Katie and I took over 6500 photos. While we tried to put photos on the site as we traveled this became less frequent as we chose camping in strange places over the comforts of hostels with wifi. This left me with the mammoth task of sorting through and formatting pictures at [...]

Braking News (2 comments)

Here are some scans of articles about Braking Boundaries that have featured in the local press here in Northern Ireland over the last few days. From the Mid Ulster Mail: From Saturday’s News Letter:

Haircuts in Turkey (1 comment)

Getting a Haircut or a shave in Turkey is definitely a must do. Not only do they provide you with tea and wait every time you go to drink it, they also do something that I had never experienced before. Watch and see.

Turkey Is So Close

With our trip to Vardzia complete we took what seemed to be the best road to Turkey which was no more than 200km away. Yes we knew there was a 2000 meter pass in between, but no asphalt, that was a surprise.

Trip to Vardzia

Getting to Vardzia can be done many ways. Car, Minibus, Taxi or bike. We decided to add a little adventure to our trip and combined a few of these Vardzia was definitely a highlight to our Georgian Experience.

Georgian Rocky Road

No, not the cream. We seemed to find plenty of dirt road in Georgia. Here is what it’s like to ride it.

The Roads of Azerbaijan

Despite a rocky/sandy start the roads of Azerbaijan soon turned into beautiful tree lined ups and downs. Now all we need to do is avoid the traffic.

Day Off in Lahic, Azerbaijan

Two days into riding Azerbaijan I became so dehydrated that I couldn’t ride so we decided to take an unscheduled day off and head to a place we read about in the lonely planet called Lahic. Here is how we spent our day off.

We were featured in DiscoUnderworld (1 comment)

For those of you who don’t already know our friend Stacy featured the BB team in a write up for her very trendy online magazine Discounderworld. You can read it on her site in issue #11 or download the pdf version here Thank you Stacy. We appreciate your support and promotion of our favorite charity [...]

More Radio Interviews

I keep forgetting to put these online. TBSeFM contacted way back in Urumqi, China and most recently when we were waiting for the the ferry in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Listen to the Urumqi interview : Urumqi Listen to the Aktau interview : Aktau

World Famous In Dunedin

My mum was kind enough to contact the local paper. They caught up with me while we were having a break in Tiblisi, Georgia and have since published an article about the trip. I have uploaded the article as a downloadable PDF file for anyone who would like to read it. Download the Star Article [...]

New Photo Albums From Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, although not initially on our place to cycle turned out to be a very interesting place with amazing, friendly people and interesting cities. See the country through our eyes with the latest albums

Black Markets Are Fun

The black market is the best place to get the best rate for USD in Uzbekistan.

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