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 …
Dealing with The Dilemma of Making Travel Destination Decisions
Making decisions about where to travel when on the road should be a spontaneous decision but when you throw visa regulations and bureaucracy into the …
Looking East and West in Istanbul
I am in Kadikoy on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. We have reached Asia by bike! Today commences our third week in Istanbul. It is a multi-layered and …
Getting Romania in View
We arrived in Romania a couple of days ago. We crossed the border and had a long night after realising we had crossed at the wrong place and had to …
How I Almost Got Struck By Lightning in Vienna
Sitting on a park in Vienna after a huge thunderstorm, I find a moment of tranquillity and reflection. Earlier on I had walked down into the city to …