The Long Horse Ride Blog
From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Rape of the Fair Country
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Monday May 17th The glittering white peaks of the Tian Shan, topped up by recent snowfall, have increasingly become a dominant presence. The...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
A Bit of Retail Therapy
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On the way to Santai today we stopped by at a Kazakh house for food. Here are Niyaz and Peng stuffing their faces on a traditional spread of...
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Close Encounters
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Saturday 15th May We have been taking a break in Jimsar, partly to get the horses shod and partly as Peng wanted to do a spot of sightseeing...
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Ding Dang
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The horses are in desperate need of shoeing. As we have been riding carefully, I had hoped the original shoes might possibly hang on until ...
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Saturday, 26 June 2010
The Hair of the Horse
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Thursday May 13th. On the way to Qitai, we were directed along this pleasant rural back road, and Niyaz also decided to negotiate it in the ...
Friday, 25 June 2010
Kazakh Country
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Wednesday May 12th From Muleihe we have been riding through a greener and more cultivated area studded with neat little Kazakh houses trad...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Unusual Wildlife
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Tuesday May 11th. In Xinjiang we have seen a fair amount of birdlife and wildlife, including an antelope which bounded in front of the truck...
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