While I have been tardy and behind in updating the blog….Thanks to The Star newspaper in Malaysia….href=”http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Features/2014/03/28/Wheely-good-fun-Two-women-cycle-across-the-world-on-bamboo-bikes/”>an update on Bamboo Odyssey
From conception we had about 3 1/2 years to plan for our bamboo cycle ride from London to Sydney. The UK was a perfect climate to try out clothing options that are light weight, warm and or cool with dramatically changing temperatures. Early on in my 10 years residency in …
Will we survive the cold in Central Asia? Will we enjoy it? Is it possible……passable? On the ferry to Kazakhstan. “You are the last for the season”……well not quite as we know Ross and Laura other Brit and Aussie cyclists are not far behind…..hoping to catch up if visa dates …
After a few hiccups we did not leave Aktau until 3pm. Not such a big deal as we had already planned to stay until noon making the most of our hotel. We pedalled off on a lesser road to Shetpe. Travelling along what felt like an industrial waste land, the …
Catching a ferry from Baku to Aktau appears complicated. Li my hero navigator has researched, read many, many blogs…..and attempted to read the finer details on line, in Azeri and Russian……even with the difficulty of translating…..there are no finer details. So the process……we arrived in Baku as quickly as our …
Chaotic and dangerous. That, apparently is the condition of traffic riding into Baku. Actually I found that Azerbaijan…..ok…and Turkish….Men… Are chaotic and potentially dangerous. Riding into Baku was relatively easy, at least with Li’s expert navigational skills. We have had mixed feelings in Azerbaijan. A days riding, the landscape, the …
Smelly, sweaty, dusty, dust sticking to sweat….clothes full of holes, baggy and now ill-fitting…..hair resembling road kill…..we should know as have seen a lot! …..tired…..cycling practically all day….who has desire….energy for sex? And they still ask! Are these men stupid…..they are certainly desperate. After some unwanted advances, experiences, we have …