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Pakistan Top 5

A more detailed post about what we loved and didn’t like about Pakistan

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Feb 1, 2020

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“Blinded” by selfies in Pakistan

Weeks before entering Pakistan, we already had a love/hate relationship with it…

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Jan 12, 2020

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China, Chi-no!

Our time in China was nothing like we were expecting. We ended up doing very little cycling and a lot of discovering, not just the uniqueness of Xinjiang Province and how the Chinese government tries to control absolutely everything, but also about ourselves.

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Nov 21, 2019

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About that Time we Went to the Pakistani Border Knowing we Didn’t Have a Visa

Bad Internet on The Pamir, nowhere to go to in China and terrible IT systems in Pakistan; a story about cycling to Nepal

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Oct 29, 2019

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Tajikistan; cycling at the top of the world!

Tajikistan is, for many cyclists, synonym of mountains, and that’s what we went there for! What we didn’t know, nor expected, was that there’s much more to fall in love with than just that…

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Sep 22, 2019

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Surprisingstan; unexpected Uzbekistan

Spring had finally come and we were really looking forward to camping and spending some time in the wild. “Unfortunately”, Uzbek people had other plans for us…

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Aug 12, 2019

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Quickmenistan; 96 hours in Turkmenistan

We were expecting 5 days of hardship, flat and boring desert landscape and the police force on our back but what we found was, luckily, far from this reality.

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Jul 29, 2019

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One year on the road, how do you feel ?

A few hours before our departure last year, we posted about our feelings as we were about to embark on the trip of our life (read here). One year and millions of adventures later, reading back on those words brings a smile to our faces as we realise how far we have come on so…

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May 27, 2019

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When the World Carries You Away

Generally speaking, traveling is not about following a straight path from A to B. Often, the road takes you to unexpected places and you have absolutely no control over this. In this entry we would like to show what happens when you freely allow fate to do its work and surprise you with what the…

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May 12, 2019

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Iran: land of contrasts

Iran is quite simply a land of contrasts. We spent three enriching and eventful months there and we still often talk about it and compare our current situation with our life in Iran, especially, but not only, whenever we have a beer! This, beer, is the best example of what life is like there because…

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Apr 27, 2019

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