From Katmandu with the millennium approaching we bused down to Varanasi, the sacred Hindu city on the banks of the enormous Ganges river. Here we spent a few days getting lost in the tiny lanes that criss cross the city completely reliant on the street children that show you the way back to your guesthouse [...]

From the off road trails in Nepal in the Katmandu valley and the Annapurna Circuit Since reaching Nepal and celebrating a return to comfort and warmth we have spent less time on the bike, but instead used buses and trains to take us to world beating Mountain biking destinations. In Nepal we headed to Pokara [...]

The last leg of the friendship highway: Chilly weather man! From the monastry town of Sakya to the Nepal Border. This sees the highest mountains the coldest weather and the sidetrip to Everest basecamp! Leaving Sakya on the way back to the road we were six and the showdown with the hordes of kids began. [...]

We continued on and climbed a 4400m pass outside town which revealed a large plateau with herds of sheepgoats and Yak grazing. Down from here was a spectacular decent that took us to a steep sided gorge of yet another brown surging river. At the very bottom of the gorge was an army base with [...]

  Four wheels and a blonde     From Gyantse to Sakya takes in a few sights and hundreds of stone throwing kids! Rich and Dan got more from the Police station than just their permits (with Kath’s help). Gyantse is one of the highlights of Tibet , mainly because the Wu Tse hotel has [...]

From Ba Yi to Lhasa there is a choice of roads The southern and northern routes. The group split but the police forced us back together again! As it was only Dave and Gavin with Visa problems Roland and I decided to take the longer southern route to Lhasa so the group split with Britta [...]

From the little town of Zuogong we took a truck to the beginning of Bomi county Alpine scenery and a lake, more tranquil or impressive is hard to imagine In Zuogong Britta had found a nice guesthouse and although there was a lot of army no obvious police presence. She had got a Yak skin [...]

Entering the Autonomous Region of Tibet at night past the checkpoint we found ourselves cycling in one of the worlds most spectacular areas. White capped mountains, huge gorges and pine forests formed the backdrop for our first few days in Tibet. September 1999 Resting for at a convenient rock by the side of the road [...]

The shangri la. Lijiang the last major tourist town to dechin and the Tibetan border takes us through some great mountain scenery glaciers etc. and past some police checkpoints! Leaving Lijiang first a climb out of town for a few km., being the lazy bastards that we are we took the help of a passing [...]

Dali the travellers center in Yunnan county in South west china to Lijiang a traditional Chinese town with minority Naxi peoples. This is a two to three day ride on good Tarmac roads. After the long rest in Dali due to the loss of Rolands bike outside a cafe, which he had to go back [...]