The Long Horse Ride Blog
From Beijing to London between the Olympics and beyond
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Donkey Work
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I often dismount and lead Zorbee to give both of us a change and a rest. In Asia people can never comprehend why one would possibly want to ...
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Friday, 15 October 2010
Seeing Sauran
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Tuesday 5th October On our day off in Turkestan I was eager to visit the ancient ruined oasis city of Otrar, which lies about 50 miles to th...
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Turkestan Break
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Sunday 3rd October We are now following the valley of the Syr Darya, or ancient Jaxartes river, and have reached the Silk Road town of Turke...
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Food Glorious Food
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Wednesday 29th September As well as pot noodles, our diet while camping has largely consisted of sausage and increasingly stale nan bread....
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Saturday, 2 October 2010
Krossing the Karatau
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Tuesday 28th September After leaving Taraz on Friday, we worked our way along the northern side of the Karatau range to the small town of K...
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Snakebite
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Thursday 23rd September. I have reached Taraz, having covered five hundred miles across Kazakhstan. We are all enjoying a day off, Zorbee in...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Transiting the Zone.
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Friday 17th September For 21 kms, the main Almaty to Shymkent road actually runs along the Kazkahstan/Kyrgyzstan border. In the past this ha...
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