Tag Archives: Silk Road
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Another Brick in the (Great) Wall
5May 29, 2014 by Rob Gardiner
They say that fortune favours the brave. Clearly my recent endeavours have been lacking in valour, because conditions upon leaving …
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Champagne Turpan-ova
5May 18, 2014 by Rob Gardiner
If it weren’t for the throat-burning pollution and swirling dust, Urumqi would be a remarkably pleasant Chinese city. Even so, …
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Baby Steppes
1May 11, 2014 by Rob Gardiner
As it turns out, the transition from contented normality to perpetual two-wheeled nomadism is not an easy one. After several …
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A Wales of a Time
1April 28, 2014 by loscobos12
Having nobly given up cycle-touring for Lent, Maundy Thursday arrived, and Andrew and Rob prepared to celebrate Christ’s suffering at …
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Trundle in the Jungle
7October 24, 2013 by Rob Gardiner
Varanasi to Mumbai is a mammoth 27 hour train journey. Fortunately, I had company in the form of an Israeli …
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Better Than Uzbekted
4July 12, 2013 by Rob Gardiner
With us all returned to full(ish) fitness, we have finally managed to escape the gilded cage of Nukus. Leaving was …
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I have not told…
1January 6, 2013 by Rob Gardiner
“I have not told half of what I saw.” – The words of a dying Marco Polo, 1324
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