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I am writing articles for Cycling Plus and sending them back on a
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- 1/12/98 - Introduction
- 6/1/99 - Brisbane to Cairns
- 4/2/99 - Cycling in Bali
- 5/3/99 - Indonesia to Malaysia
- 8/4/99 - Malaysia
- 1/5/99 - South Thailand
- 2/6/99 - The Road to Bangkok
- 1/7/99 - Laos
- 30/7/99 - Vietnam
- 19/8/99 - China
- 14/9/99 - Kit Review
- 19/10/99 - Lhasa to Kathmandu, Part 1
- 17/11/99 - Lhasa to Kathmandu, Part 2
- 11/12/99 - Nepal - the road West
- 22/1/00 - Rajasthan, Shekawati region, India, Part 1
- 16/2/00 - Rajasthan, India, Part 2
- 1/3/00 - Rishikesh to Dharamsala, India
- 6/4/00 - Dharmsala to Amritsar, India - Buddhist to Sikh
- 5/5/00 - Karakoram Chronicles Part 1: Jammu and Kashmir, North Pakistan
- 30/5/00 - Karakoram Chronicles Part 2: Hunza to the Chinese Border
- 4/7/00 - Karakoram Chronicles Part 3: Into Xinjiang Province, Western China
- 31/7/00 - From Xinjiang to Kazakhstan...China to the former Soviet Union
- 29/8/00 - Biking around Almaty, Kazakhstan
- 25/9/00 - Riding the High Pastures of Kyrgyzstan
- 19/10/00 - Hospitality on the Turkish backroads
- 15/11/00 - Syria - Across the Desert With My Brother
- 19/12/00 - Moonlit riding in Jordan
- 15/1/01 - The Final Chapter
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- 12/2/99 - Australia
- 2/5/99 - South East Asia
- 26/7/99 - Laos and Vietnam
- 2/11/99 - China
- 1/2/00 - Lhasa to Kathmandu, Tibet
- 1/5/00 - From Nepal to India
- 14/8/00 - Jammu and Kashmir, North Pakistan
- 3/11/00 - Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
- 2/3/01 - The Final Chapter: The Middle East and Home
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Latest entries appear first
2000
Middle East:
October 10th: Arrival in Amman, Jordan
October 9th: Crossing the border - a strange introduction to Jordan
October 8th: Leaving Damascus - Last memories of Syria
September 30th-October 2nd: Palmyra (Tadmur) to Damascus - Out in the
Syrian desert, Syria
September 23rd-27th: Aleppo to Hamah, Syria
September 21st: Meeting up with Nick, Aleppo, Syria
September 14th: A tale of Turkish hospitality... Turkey
September 7th-12th: Istanbul to Ankara - the back roads, Turkey
August 30th-September 7th: A change of plan... off to the Middle East. Istanbul, Turkey.
August 28th: Arriving in Istanbul... by plane! Turkey
Central Asia:
August 6th-8th: Bishkek to Kochkora, Kyrgyzstan
August 3rd-6th: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
August 1st-3rd: The main road from Almaty, Kazakhstan to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
July 20-31st: Almaty, Kazakhstan
July 17th: Over the border, Horgas, Western China, to Khorgas, Kazakhstan
June 22nd-26th: Tashkurgan to Kashgar...the KKH winds to an end, Western China
June 20th-22nd: Tashkurgan, Chinese Turkistan, Western China
June 18th-20th: First Impressions of Chinese Turkestan, Xinjiang Province,
Western China
Pakistan:
June 12th-18th: The Karakoram Highway, Gilgit to Khunjerab Pass, North Pakistan... one last time!
May 26th-June 1st: Bureaucratic Nonsense in Rawalpindi, North Pakistan
May 21st: First Impressions of Peshawar, North Pakistan
May 11th-15th: Karakoram Chronicles Part 6, The Descent from Zero Point to Hunza
May 7th-11th: Karakoram Chronicles Part 5, Karimabad to Khunjerab Zero Point
May 5th-June 7th: Rawalpindi, Pakistan
May 3rd-4th: Karakoram Chronicles Part 4, Gilgit to Karimabad
April: My first Chadois Camiz, Rawalpindi, N.Pakistan
April 27th: Karakoram Chronicles Part 3, Shatial to Talechi, Karakoram Highway, N. Pakistan, 68 km
April 23rd: Karakoram Chronicles Part 2, Besham, Karakoram Highway, N.Pakistan
April 21st: Karakoram Chronicles Part 1, Rawalpindi, N.Pakistan
April 11th: Lahore to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 326 km
April 7th: Crossing the border: Amritsar, India, to Lahore, Pakistan, 60 km
India:
April 6th: Back in Amritsa, Goodbye to India
March 20th: McLeodganj, Upper Dharmsala, India
March 17th-18th: 'The journey takes an unexpected turn... Back in Dharmsala to contemplate,' India
March 15th-16th: Golden Temple, Amritsar, India (Punjab border with Pakistan)
March 14th-15th: McCloudganj to Pathenkot, India, 95 km and Pathenkot to Amritsar, India, 107 km
February 10th-24th - Rishikesh, India
February 8th - Delhi again!!!
January 23rd - January 27th - Rishikesh to Nahan 139km, India - Arrival in Dharamsala, India
January - Paharganj, Delhi, India
1999
December 28th - Pokaran to Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, 170km
December 27th - 'The Shoe Shine Kids,' Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
December 14th - Fatehpur to Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, 170km
December 10th - Juhnjunen, Rajasthan, India, 40km
December 7th - Jaipur to Reengus, Rajasthan, India, 65km
November 17th - Arrival in INDIA! Day One, Banbassa to Sitarganj, India
September 13th - October 4th - 'The Friendship Trail', Lhasa, Tibet to Kathmandu, Nepal
August 19th: Kangding to Luding, 50 km. The quest for Emeishan...
China:
August 1st - Lijiang to Daju, Yunnan, China
July 26th - Dali to Lijiang, China
July 21st - The Big Lake, Dali, China
July 17th - Near Lufeng, China
July 8th - Hong Kong
July 6th-8th - Kunming - The New China
July 2nd - On the Chinese Border, Hockow, China
South East Asia:
July 1st - (Canada Day), Vietnam
May 19th - The Tourist Mecca of Hoi An, Vietnam
May 17th - The road from Hue to Hoi An, Vietnam
May 14th - Lao Bao to Hue, First Impressions of Vietnam
May 11th - Sepone, Laos
May 9th - Savannaket to Muang Phalan, Laos
May 6th - First Impressions of Laos, Savannaket, Laos
April 18th - April 26th - A mother's eye view, Bangkok, Thailand
April 7th - April 17th - Bangkok and Chiang Mai for 'Songcran,' and back to Bangkok, Thailand
March 31st - April 6th - Chumphon to Bangkok, Thailand
March 25th - Ang Thong National Marine Park, Ko Samui, South Thailand
March 19th - March 24th - Cycling with Edwin and Louis, The road to Ko
Samui, South Thailand
March 10th - 14th - The Jungle Road, Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu, Malaysia
March 4th - March 10th - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
February 28th - March 4th - Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
February 25th-28th - Singapore
February 15th to 24th - Bali to Lombok and back to Bali and Kuta, Next stop Singapore
February 8th to 13th - East Coast Tour of Bali with 'Scottish John'
February 6th - Ubud, Bali. A Little Bargain...
January 25th - Kuta to Ubud
January 24th - Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia
Australia:
January 18th - Cairns to Cape Tribulation. The end of Oz...
January 10th - The Atherton Tablelands, Northern Queensland
January 2nd - Townsville
1998
December 23rd - email extract from Cass to Simon Carloss - Airlie Beach
December 22nd - email extract from Simon Carloss at RoughGuides to Cass
December 21st - Marlborough
December 20th - Great Keppel Island
December 18th - Rockhampton
December 15th - email from London to Sydney Overland Expedition to Cass
December 7th - Byron Bay
December 5th - Kit replacements
November 23rd - Mark Corrie's Urban Cafe, Bangalow
November 18th - Coffs Harbour
November 11th - Highway 1
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