My Round The World ride (inc top blagging at Spa & The Ring)
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There only seems to be a signal close to a village and the villages are over 100km apart so if I have a problem out in the desert I'll have a long way to walk or a slow death.
Internet is practically non-existent outside of the cities so this is the first chance I've had to get on line since Aktau. All courtesy of HRH of course!
Internet is practically non-existent outside of the cities so this is the first chance I've had to get on line since Aktau. All courtesy of HRH of course!
He got his driver to pull over next to me then asked if I was ok and if there was anything I needed. Well what else would you do when you're a sheikh and you see a heavily loaded cyclist riding along an unpaved road in the middle of nowhere and I do mean nowhere!
I said I was fine but thanks for asking and he was on his way. It wasn't until the next morning when I met his accountant who asked if I was hungry that I got invited to the camp then spent the day there eating, having a shower and having a look round while the sheikh was out hunting. When he got back in the evening and heard I was at the camp I was summoned to meet him to tell him about my trip then invited to join him and about 50 of his friends and family for dinner.
I said I was fine but thanks for asking and he was on his way. It wasn't until the next morning when I met his accountant who asked if I was hungry that I got invited to the camp then spent the day there eating, having a shower and having a look round while the sheikh was out hunting. When he got back in the evening and heard I was at the camp I was summoned to meet him to tell him about my trip then invited to join him and about 50 of his friends and family for dinner.
neilski said:
He got his driver to pull over next to me then asked if I was ok and if there was anything I needed. Well what else would you do when you're a sheikh and you see a heavily loaded cyclist riding along an unpaved road in the middle of nowhere and I do mean nowhere!
I said I was fine but thanks for asking and he was on his way. It wasn't until the next morning when I met his accountant who asked if I was hungry that I got invited to the camp then spent the day there eating, having a shower and having a look round while the sheikh was out hunting. When he got back in the evening and heard I was at the camp I was summoned to meet him to tell him about my trip then invited to join him and about 50 of his friends and family for dinner.
Top, top blagging. I hope you got a few pics of the camp?I said I was fine but thanks for asking and he was on his way. It wasn't until the next morning when I met his accountant who asked if I was hungry that I got invited to the camp then spent the day there eating, having a shower and having a look round while the sheikh was out hunting. When he got back in the evening and heard I was at the camp I was summoned to meet him to tell him about my trip then invited to join him and about 50 of his friends and family for dinner.
Digga said:
neilski said:
He got his driver to pull over next to me then asked if I was ok and if there was anything I needed. Well what else would you do when you're a sheikh and you see a heavily loaded cyclist riding along an unpaved road in the middle of nowhere and I do mean nowhere!
I said I was fine but thanks for asking and he was on his way. It wasn't until the next morning when I met his accountant who asked if I was hungry that I got invited to the camp then spent the day there eating, having a shower and having a look round while the sheikh was out hunting. When he got back in the evening and heard I was at the camp I was summoned to meet him to tell him about my trip then invited to join him and about 50 of his friends and family for dinner.
Top, top blagging. I hope you got a few pics of the camp?I said I was fine but thanks for asking and he was on his way. It wasn't until the next morning when I met his accountant who asked if I was hungry that I got invited to the camp then spent the day there eating, having a shower and having a look round while the sheikh was out hunting. When he got back in the evening and heard I was at the camp I was summoned to meet him to tell him about my trip then invited to join him and about 50 of his friends and family for dinner.
^What Minemapper said.
Right now I'm camping next to a lake in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan with no-one around for miles & miles. I should be in Bishkek in the next few days so if I can find a decent internet connection I'll do some updates with some photos from the Stans.
Some good news last week though.... The photo I posted of me with the stripey head from riding into a headwind in the desert won me a new Giro Aeon helmet in a "best photo wins" competition so all my suffering that day wasn't in vain.
Right now I'm camping next to a lake in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan with no-one around for miles & miles. I should be in Bishkek in the next few days so if I can find a decent internet connection I'll do some updates with some photos from the Stans.
Some good news last week though.... The photo I posted of me with the stripey head from riding into a headwind in the desert won me a new Giro Aeon helmet in a "best photo wins" competition so all my suffering that day wasn't in vain.
neilski said:
^What Minemapper said.
Right now I'm camping next to a lake in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan with no-one around for miles & miles. I should be in Bishkek in the next few days so if I can find a decent internet connection I'll do some updates with some photos from the Stans.
Some good news last week though.... The photo I posted of me with the stripey head from riding into a headwind in the desert won me a new Giro Aeon helmet in a "best photo wins" competition so all my suffering that day wasn't in vain.
Good to hear you are OK Neil, look forward to the updates when you can.Right now I'm camping next to a lake in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan with no-one around for miles & miles. I should be in Bishkek in the next few days so if I can find a decent internet connection I'll do some updates with some photos from the Stans.
Some good news last week though.... The photo I posted of me with the stripey head from riding into a headwind in the desert won me a new Giro Aeon helmet in a "best photo wins" competition so all my suffering that day wasn't in vain.
Really enjoying following this. Some of the photos are astonishing... what a wide world it is
Not sure if you're aware but there's some political machination going on in China as they prepare for the five-yearly changing of the guard at the top of government. It's affecting product deliveries because of customs clampdowns, not sure whether it will affect you getting into China or not (I'm assuming you're planning to at some point!).
You're near one of my favourite places on the map too... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_Desert just a huge expanse of sand and nothing
Not sure if you're aware but there's some political machination going on in China as they prepare for the five-yearly changing of the guard at the top of government. It's affecting product deliveries because of customs clampdowns, not sure whether it will affect you getting into China or not (I'm assuming you're planning to at some point!).
You're near one of my favourite places on the map too... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taklamakan_Desert just a huge expanse of sand and nothing
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