Upcoming Tour: Kazakhstan to Tajikistan

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 I am preparing, once again, to ride another 1000 miles, unsupported, on my trusty touring bike. This time through Central Asia. The plan is to ride from Almaty, Kazakhstan to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 


As you can see, I am avoiding the route that goes straight through the mountains, and will instead stay along the foothills, camping and Couchsurfing until entering Tajikistan where I’ll do the last mountainous push until the long descent into Dushanbe.

My training through the mountains of Colorado will hopefully come in handy, although you can only be so prepared to ride into new countries while carrying a bunch of weight.

This is the current status of my bike: all packed up and ready for the long trip ahead, and so am I.

I’ve put my bike, panniers and all my stuff in the box and have one of my backpack convertible panniers to bring on the plane with me  

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