Just got reminded by one of my favorite travel blogs (Rolf Pott’s Vagabonding) that MTV will air a documentary about long-term, solo travel called A Map for Saturday. It should be an interesting take on highs and lows of backpacking around the world. Don’t miss it: MTV, March 1st @10:00pm EST… For a short sneak peek watch a trailer here… Hope to write a short review afterwards…
I have started plotting my new extended trip: Vagabonding on the Silk Route. I’m still not 100% set on exact route and time frame but tentatively I’m looking at Fall 2008. Flying into Beijing, most likely taking a train to Urumqi, cycling from there into Kazakhstan through Korgaz, then looping through countries of Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan (Samarkand and Bukhara) and Tajikistan (Pamir highway), returning back to Western China and following the Southern route of the Silk Road through Kashgar, Khotan to Lanzhou. From there jumping on a train to Beijing again, enjoy a few days of sightseeing before flying back home…
I have also decided to go with a new Wordpress blog hosted on my own domain. This should make it easier when traveling in China. (To get around periodic blocking of Google domains by Chinese gov’t.) Plus, it looks better and it’s easier to customize, too. So, stay tuned for more to come…
Just testing how my new Wordpress blog is working. So far, I’m pretty impressed…
I look pretty fresh;) That’s me on top of the French Pass connecting Breckenridge with the South Park valley in Colorado. It was about 12,400ft high. I was really excited, too… For more photos from my solo Great Divide Mountain Biking ride visit my flickr photoset GREAT DIVIDE (2007). I rode the Whitefish, MT to Salida, CO stretch (July - early August 2007) only and then followed the Colorado trail and paved roads back to Denver. In over 1,800 miles and 24 days on back-country roads I had amazing time, met great people and saw parts of the country I had never visited before;)
Welcome to my blog where I share outdoor adventures, travel experiences and random musings from home and faraway places alike... My current plans:
1. [Summer-Fall 2010] Vagabonding alongside the Silk Route: It’ll be me, my bike and wide-open spaces of Western China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan for 2-3 months...
2. [2011 or 2012] Motorbiking from Alaska to Patagonia: Just started thinking about it. Plan: Find a used thumper and hit back roads exploring this classic route all the way from the Deadhorse in Prudhoe Bay, U.S. to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Plus, practice and improve my Spanish, too...
