The Long Journey East - CycleBlaze

The Long Journey East

By Ollie Spalton
12,530 km (7,781 miles) over 783 days between Jul. 11, 2022 and Aug. 31, 2024

India

The Zanskar Valley - a Hidden High Altitude Gem heart 68
Sensory Overload in Delhi and Kashmir heart 71

Kyrgyzstan

A Kyrgyz Music Festival, Thunderstorms and a lot of Hitch-biking heart 87
Treacherous hiking, hot fermented horse milk and a Kyrgyz Road trip heart 74

Tajikistan

The Pamir Highway Pt 3. The Bartang Valley heart 50
The Pamir Highway Pt.2 The Wakhan Corridor and Murghob heart 43
The Pamir Highway Pt 1. Gazing into Afghanistan and Questionable Camping heart 28
Apricot Valley, Deadly tunnels and The Fann mountains heart 100

Uzbekistan

The Road to Zaamin, Tashkent and Ugam-Chatkal National park heart 58
Nurata Mountains heart 45
Nukus, Khiva and Bukhara heart 116

Kazakhstan

Mangystau heart 174

Georgia

More Adventures in Georgia and Armenia heart 82
Batumi to Tbilisi + Side Adventures in the Mountains heart 95

Turkey

Sivas to the Border heart 135
Kayseri to Sivas heart 29
Cappadocia heart 62
Olympus, Antalya and Konya heart 58
Bodrum to Kaş heart 78

Greece

Kalymnos heart 35
Kos, Tilos and Nisyros heart 77
Ioannina heart 46

Macedonia Kosovo and Albania

Albania (+Macedonia again) heart 50
Kosovo heart 38
Macedonia heart 14

Bulgaria

Bulgaria heart 21

Romania

The Transfăgărășan and Craiova heart 40
The Apuseni Mountains heart 61
Maramures and Cluj Napoca heart 29

Slovakia + Hungary

To Košice and Hungary heart 46
Zilina to the High Tatras heart 67

Czechia

Moravia heart 78
The Beautiful Bohemia + New Friends! heart 77

Germany + Austria

Bavaria heart 34
A Wander into the Alps heart 97
Bring on the Hills! heart 85
New Connections in Colmar + Entering Germany with Pascal heart 74

France, Belgium and Luxembourg

Exploring Strasbourg heart 56
Arriving into Alsace + Staying with Nicolas heart 55
A Jazzy day in Luxembourg city heart 36
Charleville Mezieres heart 41
Learning (and Failing) French heart 39
Au Revoir England heart 29

Introduction

Introduction heart 33
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