Taiwan

We heard Taiwan is China without chinese people. It’s true they speak mandarin ans it’s official name is Republic of China. By the way it’s what is written on the taiwanese passports, it creates some confusions at the borders when they travel. These similarities can be explain by the history…

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China

The border between Kyrgyzstan and China is a bit strange. The first 140 km on the Chinese territory are forbidden. To cross them we had to take a cab which was very expensive. And to be sure we cooperate, our passports were confiscated. The taxi driver kept it until the…

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Tadjikistan

Close to the uzbekistan border, the capital, Dushanbe was the first step in Tadjikistan. In this west part of the country, Tadjik people are living. They are muslim more exactly Sunni. We spent our first three days in a youth hostel known by cyclists, the “Green house”. So known, that…

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Uzbekistan

We arrived in Uzbekistan (after the lunch break of the border office) tired, Fanchon was sick, with headwind and blazing sun. We stopped at the first cafe to rest. They offered us a tea. When we felt better, we rode again. On the road we met a couple by bicycle,…

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