Racpat Pamir Highway and Mongolia 2016 - CycleBlaze

Racpat Pamir Highway and Mongolia 2016

By Rachel and Patrick Hugens
2,508 km (1,557 miles) over 112 days between Jul. 3, 2016 and Oct. 22, 2016

Introduction

A smaller portion of a larger journal heart 0
Central Asia Map: Dushabe, Tajikistan to China to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia heart 0

Tajikistan

Dushanbe: flying to Tajikistan and setting up for the next stage heart 0
to Rogun: Tajik hospitality heart 0
to Kysylsu River bridge: Saved from a downpour heart 0
Week 67: wild camp just before "yellow-roof village": No easy kilometers today heart 10
to Tavildara: half a restday to regroup heart 5
up Sagirdasht Pass: wildflowers on our wedding anniversary heart 12
to Kalaikhum: over the pass and down to the Panj River heart 0
to "bus stall campsite": perfect campsite and lots of company heart 0
to Dekh: hot and bumpy heart 0
to roadside restaurant camp: Along the Panj River heart 0
Week 68: To Khorog: limping into town heart 0
two days in Khorog: cyclists galore heart 0
To irrigation ditch camp: Starting our Pamir plateau ascent heart 0
To Jelondy: to a Soviet sanatorium heart 0
To river camp: Berenburg on the Pamir Plateau heart 0
to Alichur: feels like the end of the world heart 0
Week 69: To Murghab...best downhill ever? heart 0
two days in Murghab: What to say about Murghab... heart 0
to Akbaital River camp: back on the Pamir Highway heart 0
to Muzkol River camp: over the highest pass on the Pamir Hwy. heart 0
to Karakul Lake: No bacon sandwiches in Karakul heart 0
to "dry lakebed" camp: stopped by headwinds heart 0

Kyrgyzstan

Week 70: to Sary-Tash: Kyrgyzstan: the 50th country we have cycled in together heart 0
to "Coliseum" campsite and yurts heart 0
to Taldyk River campsite: Last pass on the Pamir Highway and a thunderstorm heart 0
to Osh: finishing up the Pamir Highway with a long downhill heart 0
Pamir Highway Dushanbe to Osh: Cyclists we met heart 0
three days in Osh: R&R heart 0
Week 71: to Andijan Reservoir: and then there were six cyclists heart 0
to Massy: The Fergana Valley heart 0
to Taskomur: Two milestones today: 20,000km in 500 days heart 0
to Kara-Kol: hot and hilly heart 0
to Toktogul Lake: one hill and a lake heart 0
to Swimming Hole Camp: around the lake and onto the dirt heart 0
to Cow Dung Camp: reality check heart 0
Week 72: to Toluk: just the two of us again heart 0
to creek camp: mostly hiking heart 0
to green hill camp: Looking over our shoulders for a truck that never came heart 0
to near Bashkaingdy: up and over that hill! heart 0
to Kochkor: Let's get there; the call of a warm shower and any food but pasta heart 0
to Issyk-Kul Lake: Easy day down to the second largest alpine lake in the world heart 0
Week 73: to Kaji-Say: Along the lake, dealing with traffic heart 0
to Last Lake campsite: One more night camping along Lake Issyk-Kul heart 0
to Karakol: glad to be done with this road heart 0
restdays in Karakol: happy birthday to Rachel, again. heart 0
to Willow Creek camp: Taking the longer but easier route to Kazakhstan heart 0

Kazakhstan

Week 74: to Kegen: into Kazakhstan heart 0
to Charyn Canyon: a lot of work to see a canyon heart 0
to Chonzhy: not an easy departure from Charyn Canyon heart 0
to Zharkent: also part of bicycle touring heart 0

China - Xinjiang

to Khorgas: Quite the border crossing heart 0
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