Staying with a Stone Mason in Yazd and Seeing Zurkhaneh on the Way to the Pakistan Border
After Isfahan the landscape between the big cities was bare and remote but the roads were extremely good quality. I choose to take the highway because …
Crossing the border into Iran and sleeping on the roof in Tehran
At Agarak on the Armenian-Iranian border, I remember cycling next to the border fence. I felt scared continuing over the river bridge to the border …
Cycling On From Tehran Alone and Staying With a Family
The ride out of Tehran was a leap into the unknown for me. I had been killing myself worrying about the crossing from Iran to Pakistan and the …
Staying with fellow cyclist Couchsurfer Karim in Tehran
Couchsurfer Karim has been hosting me for the last 1.5 weeks whilst I waited for my Indian visa. He had previously cycled from Tehran to Scotland. His …
Through the Desert to Isfahan
The emptiness of the desert spaces was in it’s way very beautiful with nothing to distract and nothing man-made. With no input it felt very …
Two Months in Tbilisi, Georgia off the Bike
I spent April, May and June in Tbilisi but I’m now in UK to visit my family. I’ve been writing up my journal into a book each morning. I …
Bus to France with Georgian Dancers
I caught a bus full of Georgian Folklore dancers all the way back to Lyon in France via Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and France. We spent a day …
CENN presentation on Climate Change
I made a presentation on the 1st July at a CENN (Caucasus Environment NGO Network) in the New Art Cafe in Tbilisi. It was an informal event to raise …
Crazy Tbilisi Weather and the Roof Falling in
The weather in Tbilisi over the last 2 months has been bizarre to say the least. When Tom and I arrived in Georgia in Winter of 2008, it was the …
Getting involved with the Local Mountain Biking Communty in Tbilisi
I’ve been dedicating a lot of time to my passion for mountain biking. It became very clear to me, whilst meditating on my bike in India, that I …