Route Log
Every day of the trip, 1780 in total. ← Back to the map
| # | Date | Place | Overnight | Dist. | Elev. ↑/↓ | Cycling time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 361 | 2019-06-13 | 🇮🇷 Yazd — Silk road hostel | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 60.8 km | 59 / 0 m | 2:46 |
Start with tail wind, wich turns into headwind later on. Reach the "Silkroad hotel" early -- they offer free stays to cyclists (dorm) | ||||||
| 362 | 2019-06-14 | 🇮🇷 Yazd — Silk road hostel | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 0 km | ||
| 363 | 2019-06-15 | 🇮🇷 Yazd — Silk road hostel | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 0 km | ||
| 364 | 2019-06-16 | 🇮🇷 Yazd — Silk road hostel | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 0 km | ||
| 365 | 2019-06-17 | 🇮🇷 Abbas Abad | ⛺ wild camping | 58.8 km | 981 / 0 m | 4:18 |
| 366 | 2019-06-18 | 🇮🇷 Abarkuh | ⛺ wild camping | 102.6 km | 562 / 0 m | 5:01 |
highest altitude 2616m -- yeey. sore throat at night, probably just dehydrated. | ||||||
| 367 | 2019-06-19 | 🇮🇷 somewhere on the AH72 | ⛺ wild camping | 67 km | 651 / 0 m | 3:40 |
more gifts. apricots and another watermelon today (lost: Second buff) | ||||||
| 368 | 2019-06-20 | 🇮🇷 Mobarak Abad | ⛺ wild camping | 94.6 km | 669 / 0 m | 5:18 |
| 369 | 2019-06-21 | 🇮🇷 Zargan | ⛺ wild camping | 108.5 km | 148 / 0 m | 5:26 |
| 370 | 2019-06-22 | 🇮🇷 Shiraz — Sohrab traditional hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 29 km | 323 / 0 m | 1:34 |
| 371 | 2019-06-23 | 🇮🇷 Shiraz — Sohrab traditional hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
Rohloff oil change at 12100 bike km | ||||||
| 372 | 2019-06-24 | 🇮🇷 Shiraz — Sohrab traditional hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
Booked the train to Tehran. Let's see if the bike is welcome, too | ||||||
| 373 | 2019-06-25 | 🇮🇷 Shiraz railway station — Train to Tehran | 🚏 other | 23.3 km | 225 / 0 m | 1:18 |
Train ride to Tehran, bike travels in restaurant car | ||||||
| 374 | 2019-06-26 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 375 | 2019-06-27 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 376 | 2019-06-28 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 377 | 2019-06-29 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 378 | 2019-06-30 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 379 | 2019-07-01 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 380 | 2019-07-02 | 🇮🇷 Tehran — Heritage hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 381 | 2019-07-03 | 🇮🇷 Astara — bus | 🚏 other | 0 km | ||
| 382 | 2019-07-04 | 🇦🇿 Alat — Jaffar's friend | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 108 km | 4:45 | |
Bus drops me in astara around 7. slow border crossing. near Celilabad a truck driver, Jaffar, who is going to Alat offers me a ride | ||||||
| 383 | 2019-07-05 | 🇦🇿 Alat | 🚏 other | 0 km | ||
Port at 10:30. get the ticket at 12. ferry boarding at 4. departure at 8. not too bad! | ||||||
| 384 | 2019-07-06 | 🇰🇿 Kuryk | ⛺ wild camping | 0 km | ||
ferry day. landing in evening, clear customs just before sunset and camp not far from port | ||||||
| 385 | 2019-07-07 | 🇰🇿 Aktau — Eliem-T | 🛏️ hostel | 96.8 km | 51 / 0 m | 6:09 |
90 km cycling in headwinds but made it. flat. very friendly English speaking shop owners. camels, wild horses on the way. surprising beach in Aktau. | ||||||
| 386 | 2019-07-08 | 🇰🇿 Aktau — Eliem-T | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | 0 | |
Beach day with Galym and his uncle, cousin | ||||||
| 387 | 2019-07-09 | 🇰🇿 Aktau — Eliem-T | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | 0 | |
| 388 | 2019-07-10 | 🇰🇿 Aktau — Eliem-T | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | 0 | |
| 389 | 2019-07-11 | 🇰🇿 Aktau — Eliem-T | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | 36 / 47 m | 0 |
| 390 | 2019-07-12 | 🇰🇿 Zhietybai | ⛺ wild camping | 94.4 km | 302 / 139 m | 4:44 |
| 391 | 2019-07-13 | 🇰🇿 Shetpe — Satti | 🏨 hotel | 73.9 km | 256 / 198 m | 5:29 |
Lunch break in Bleki where I met Ian. very strong headwinds make for a long ride | ||||||
| 392 | 2019-07-14 | 🇰🇿 Saioties | ⛺ wild camping | 127.8 km | 529 / 497 m | 7:25 |
Strenuous day, new cycle time record: 7.5 hours! Good food on the road and company make it worthwhile | ||||||
| 393 | 2019-07-15 | 🇰🇿 Kazakh steppe — Chaikana | ⛺ wild camping | 84.1 km | 0 / 66 m | 5:34 |
Steppe. camels. horses. flat roads. headwind. also, activ SIM is the worst, no signal anywhere. camping behind chaikana (lost: apple juice) | ||||||
| 394 | 2019-07-16 | 🇰🇿 Kazakh steppe — graveyard | ⛺ wild camping | 78.4 km | 17 / 124 m | 5:49 |
Even more wind and flat roads today. 85km before beyneu last water point. lunch at farm near train tracks. reach river by 5. Ian continues while I take a rest and later set camp 6k further | ||||||
| 395 | 2019-07-17 | 🇰🇿 Beyneu — CS Akniyet | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 36 km | 26 / 94 m | 1:57 |
Woken by the shepherd. flat 7 minutes later. meet local Akniyet on the road who invites me to stay al with his family in Beyneu. | ||||||
| 396 | 2019-07-18 | 🇰🇿 Beyneu — CS Akniyet | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 0 km | ||
| 397 | 2019-07-19 | 🇰🇿 Beyneu — CS Akniyet | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 0 km | ||
| 398 | 2019-07-20 | 🇰🇿 Beyneu — CS Akniyet | 🛋️ couchsurfing | 0 km | ||
| 399 | 2019-07-21 | 🇰🇿 Beyneu — Arna | 🏨 hotel | 0 km | ||
| 400 | 2019-07-22 | 🇰🇿 Beyneu — Arna | 🏨 hotel | 0 km | ||
| 401 | 2019-07-23 | 🇺🇿 near Uzbek border | ⛺ wild camping | 94.2 km | 85 / 0 m | 5:44 |
Horrible road turns into good road. Winds not too bad. easy border crossing. let's see what Uzbekistan has to offer! | ||||||
| 402 | 2019-07-24 | 🇺🇿 Karakalpakiya | ⛺ wild camping | 37.7 km | 0 / 0 m | 3:08 |
wind forecast for next days too strong to make it to Nukus. in karakalpakiya I decide to catch the train next morning | ||||||
| 403 | 2019-07-25 | 🇺🇿 Nukus | 🏨 hotel | 6 km | 0 / 0 m | 0:22 |
10 hours sweating on the train instead of on the road: no air conditioning. | ||||||
| 404 | 2019-07-26 | 🇺🇿 Train to Samarkand | 🚏 other | 0 km | 0 / 0 m | |
No tickets to Bukhara in the next few days so I got a good excuse to go to Samarkand straight away :D (lost: mirror, speedometer) | ||||||
| 405 | 2019-07-27 | 🇺🇿 Samarkand — Bahodir BnB | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | 0 / 0 m | |
| 406 | 2019-07-28 | 🇺🇿 Samarkand — Bahodir BnB | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 407 | 2019-07-29 | 🇹🇯 Panjakent — Salom hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 62.3 km | 346 / 64 m | 3:20 |
very late start because of doubts over fitness. justified. arrive in Panshakent: ill. | ||||||
| 408 | 2019-07-30 | 🇹🇯 Panjakent — Salom hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 409 | 2019-07-31 | 🇹🇯 Panjakent — Salom hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 410 | 2019-08-01 | 🇹🇯 Panjakent — Salom hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 411 | 2019-08-02 | 🇹🇯 Panjakent — Salom hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 412 | 2019-08-03 | 🇹🇯 Panjakent — Salom hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 413 | 2019-08-04 | 🇹🇯 Urmetan | ⛺ wild camping | 66 km | 731 / 412 m | 3:45 |
Nice ride along the river. Local kids are crazy about cyclists. Meet Yoshi (JP) and Luciano (AR) on the way. | ||||||
| 414 | 2019-08-05 | 🇹🇯 Sarvoda | ⛺ wild camping | 61.2 km | 1549 / 1205 m | 4:30 |
This country is beautiful! | ||||||
| 415 | 2019-08-06 | 🇹🇯 Somewhere | ⛺ wild camping | 60 km | 1116 / 1454 m | 4:00 |
Tunnel of death mastered by hitching a ride. More beautiful scenery on the other side. Meeting Stefano and Sylvia on the way. Great dinner in a small village. Too lazy to continue to Dushanbe today. | ||||||
| 416 | 2019-08-07 | 🇹🇯 Dushanbe — Green house hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 43 km | 132 / 638 m | 1:45 |
Trucks honking stole my night. Getting hotter as we approach Dushanbe. Hostel full with travelers | ||||||
| 417 | 2019-08-08 | 🇹🇯 Dushanbe — Green house hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 418 | 2019-08-09 | 🇹🇯 Dushanbe — Green house hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 419 | 2019-08-10 | 🇹🇯 Dushanbe — Green house hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||
| 420 | 2019-08-11 | 🇹🇯 Dushanbe — Yellow hostel | 🛏️ hostel | 0 km | ||