Pedalling East - Leg 2 (onwards from Istanbul)
Over the coming months, I am cycling from the UK and heading east... [times appear as UK times] (Leg 1 - http://bit.ly/kn7k3p)
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Distance: 13,572 km
Max Altitude: 4,646 m
Min Altitude: 1 m
Height Gain: 68,974 m
Height Loss: 69,007 m
Count: 4413
Timezone: Europe/London
19/05 5:45am 
: JillySherlock 
- 1 of my scariest encounters this morn when circled by a pack of 8 dogs. A year of playing Angry Birds paid off tho & I escaped unscathed #ps
18/05 6:56am : JillySherlock - After a lovely morning cycling alongside dense mangroves, paddy & sea salt fields I am now in tourist hell! Onwards and southwards it is #ps
18/05 12:26am : JillySherlock - A beautiful sight in Thailand is watching orange-robed monks walking barefoot thru the streets at sunrise cradling their alms bowls #ps
17/05 9:57am : JillySherlock - Follow my progress through southern Thailand via Social Hiking http://t.co/Pa5KyVeK #ps
17/05 3:28am : JillySherlock - Phew! Out of Bangkok. Thanks to Bangkok's traffic police who stopped 3 lanes of rush hour traffic so I could get on the right road :) #ps
19/04 12:11am : JillySherlock - Up at ridiculous hour (for me) to avoid the sweltering temperatures of NE Thailand. I'm melting #ps
16/04 12:48pm : JillySherlock - Panniers are packed, food purchased (3 tins of mackerel & 1kg of oats :) & I'm ready to hit the road to Bangkok tmrw. 630km to go..#ps
06/04 7:21am : JillySherlock - Hello Thailand! Was shocked to see a truck coming head on towards me on the Friendship Bridge, then I remembered they drive on the left! #ps
30/03 11:42am : JillySherlock - A superb rest day of cycling, caving and some spontaneous scrambling. Back on the bike tmrw. Heading south.. #ps
25/03 12:53am : JillySherlock - Packed and ready for SE Asia's last big climb, 4090m ascent to next destination but 4144m descent! Going to miss these hills #ps
24/03 10:08am : JillySherlock - Decided 2 cycle & sightsee after few days of moping around w a chest infection.70km of hills waterfalls jungle & bears. Marvellous tonic #ps
19/03 9:04am : JillySherlock - Hello to the beautiful World Heritage town of Luang Prabang! Quick shower then a BeerLao methinks. And some sudocrem.. #ps
18/03 12:45am : JillySherlock - Feel absolutely rotten 2day & facing 50km uphill but the excited waves from the Laos children will keep me going I'm sure #ps
09/03 7:39am : JillySherlock - Decided to head west to the Hmong tribes & Nha Tha nature reserve. Laos is a delight: smiles & waves & 'sabaidee's from the Laos people #ps
08/03 8:49am : JillySherlock - So it's goodbye to China and 'sabadee ka' to Laos, country no. 22! I've finally reached SE Asia! #ps
07/03 1:19am : JillySherlock - Observation of China: there is no such thing as Chinese whispers #ps
06/03 3:53am : JillySherlock - If you take the 'road not taken' it's a bumpy & dusty track! Stunning views of the Mekong tho and that is why I took the road not taken #ps
02/03 8:18am : JillySherlock - Hello to the Mekong River! We're going to be meeting each other a few times over this next month or so. Wish I had a packraft.. #ps
02/03 5:13am : JillySherlock - Signpost warning "wild elephants crossing. Do not blow". Hmmm run or blow? Tricky one #ps
02/03 4:09am : JillySherlock - After a stunning ridge top ride & descent I'm now in Xishuangbanna nature reserve.Full of-from a wild camping perspective-scary animals #ps
01/03 4:59am : JillySherlock - Cycling in an atmospheric haze of wood smoke thru a valley dense with paddy fields and tea, coffee & banana plantations #ps
04/02 8:20am : JillySherlock - My eyes are feasting on temples, stupas, pagodas, the colourful Tibetan people & mountains. Such a contrast to the desert. #shangrila #ps
17/01 10:44am : JillySherlock - A pitiful attempt at departing 2day but travelling is all about discovery, right? & I did discover the best dumpling restaurant in town. #ps
12/01 3:02am : JillySherlock - Sightseeing at the Mogao Caves in -25'C. Frozen! #ps
25/12 12:31am : JillySherlock - Merry Xmas! I'm pedalling east! 80km to the next town for me and then I will be mostly chicken hunting.. #ps
15/12 12:15pm : JillySherlock - Splendid 120km today: 1000km of desert to our left, more desert & Tibet to our right and the wonderful sound of silence #ps
05/12 11:38am : JillySherlock - Stealth camping & 6 policeman turn up! opened the doors of communist party headquarters, put the kettle on & now bringing us food :) #ps
05/12 3:10am : JillySherlock - Another 110km thru the desert, fewer camels, more sand, cold camping under a tunnel/bridge again. Ditto for next 20 days :-S #ps
04/12 6:32am : JillySherlock - Slept in tunnel to escape icy desert wind. Tunnel became wind tunnel..hmm. Frozen! Counting bactarian camels tho 2day, 112 before lunch #ps
02/12 2:43am : JillySherlock - Cyclin along the Silk road with Muztaga Ata (7546m) and Kongur Shan (7719m) to my south west. Stunning #ps
01/12 6:27am : JillySherlock - Exactly 10,000 km from my mother's house and my view is of 4 Bactarian Camels grazing :) #ps
24/10 5:58am : JillySherlock - observation:sheep droppings are identical to raisins :/ But bags are packed, there's snow on the hills & I'm off to the high Pamirs! #ps
12/10 3:08pm : JillySherlock - 90km, 1500m ascent, 3 Snickers, 2 loaves of bread and now camped on a cowpat #ps
12/10 12:44pm : JillySherlock - At top of 1st Pamir highway mountain pass & there's a Maersk container housing manure!Trying 2 explain 2 the farmer I worked 4 Maersk :) #ps
07/10 12:59pm : JillySherlock - 3 hrs to cross border: Uzbek side narrowly avoided a fine, Tajik side I had my nose tweaked by an officer. Hello Tajikistan! #ps
04/10 6:14pm : JillySherlock - Exhausted after a long day but overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers again. Uzbek people are delightful #ps
20/09 12:32pm : JillySherlock - 1 metre across uzbekistan border and i had my bottom bitten by a rather large dog. now off to find a doctor... and a tailor! #ps
19/09 11:59am : JillySherlock - Turkmenistan desert dash done! 4.5 days, 500km, 50 kmph winds,36'C, 30 litres of water, 2 litres of beer, 40 shots of vodka, 71 camels #ps
15/09 10:49am : JillySherlock - Woohoo! Headscarf-free & beer! Beer will have to wait tho as the 500+km in 5 days dash across Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert has begun. #ps
13/09 9:29am : JillySherlock - 8 baguettes, a giant melon, 3 corn on cob ; just some of today's silk road gifts #ps
12/09 9:22am : JillySherlock - Pedalling east thru the desert towards Turkmenistan. Hot! #ps
02/09 4:08pm : JillySherlock - hmmm camel or beef stew.. #ps
19/08 7:17am : JillySherlock - A warm welcome & hassle free entry into lran! Going to head west along the Aras valley to Jolfa. Feeling quite toasty in my attire ;) #ps
17/08 7:27am : JillySherlock - Thoroughly enjoying a tough but exhilerating climb to the top of Meghri Pass. 350m to go then it's all downhill to the Iranian border! #ps
16/08 7:03am : JillySherlock - Blog time! Grab a coffee, read & weep (or laugh) or just look at the pretty pictures. "Armenia: Ups and downs" http://t.co/DUK70rL #ps
13/08 3:28pm : JillySherlock - Grr. If it's not landmines it's snakes! Having a slightly frustrating day #ps
13/08 8:28am : JillySherlock - Having a kebab as first meal of day and when sober still seems wrong but need it for the next mountain pass: 49 hairpin bends. Gulp! #ps
08/08 10:26am : JillySherlock - Exhausted! Cycling 30km uphill in gale force winds can only be described as character building. 2 more km to top of pass. Woo and hoo #ps
07/08 5:43pm : JillySherlock - Super day: 100km, 2500m pass, a shower (rain) & only 250km to lranian border. Celebrating by camping in a ditch :-/ #ps
07/08 9:14am : JillySherlock - Great Sunday morning to 9000ft pass! Now sharing lunch sown Armenian family at Selim Caravanesi which is an old inn on the Silk Road #ps
06/08 8:08am : JillySherlock - I've just discovered the town of Jil! No-one seems to know who I am though #ps
05/08 1:47pm : JillySherlock - 3km of tunnel hell to 2020m: uphill, narrow, dark, walls and ceilings dripping w water. Give me bears and wolves anyday! #ps
05/08 10:49am : JillySherlock - Ok the hill is not going to disappear while I contemplate it. Off to Lake Sevan situated at 1900m #ps
04/08 9:41am : JillySherlock - Today is tough with a capital F! #ps
04/08 6:27am : JillySherlock - So I am now officially unofficially in Azerbaijan http://t.co/vwIF3Wy #ps
04/08 6:02am : JillySherlock - Cycling along the 'unfriendly' Armenian/Azerbaijan border. Not a soul in sight: disused buildings, an old church and stunning views #ps
03/08 10:44am : JillySherlock - Goodbye Georgia. Hello Armenia! http://bit.ly/n0Ac8r #ps
03/08 4:13am : JillySherlock - Leaving Tbilisi, Georgia now heading towards Armenia. If u want to see how slow I'm going check out http://t.co/giT4vYr #ps
27/07 2:40pm : JillySherlock - 40'C but have made it to Tbilisi! A petrol station crew and the Georgian Ministry of Culture have been helping w refreshments & maps. #ps
26/07 3:04pm : JillySherlock - oh! I'm in the birthplace of Joseph Vissarionovich Jughashvili! I guess that's why the road is called Stalin Avenue.. #ps
26/07 12:47pm : JillySherlock - Hot & hot! & headwind! On a more positive note a Georgian Mr Creosote ordered & paid for my breakfast today..just 1 more waffer thin.. #ps
25/07 10:17am : JillySherlock - It's 'interesting' cycling thru Georgia with only a matchbox sized map, no Gps, no google maps & signposts in indecipherable script #ps
25/07 10:01am : JillySherlock - Safely down from 2025m mountain pass.The 'road' made Scafell Pike look smooth. Steep drop one side, rockfall the other, river in centre #ps
22/07 1:35pm : JillySherlock - After almost 1800km across Turkey it is now time to say goodbye to this fantastic country and say Hello Georgia! #ps http://bit.ly/quuHLm
22/07 7:57am : JillySherlock - Spent my last night in Turkey with another lovely family in village surrounded by hills, tea plantations, kiwi and hazlenut trees #ps
21/07 10:42am : JillySherlock - 6000km since I left my mother's house in UK! Celebrating with a bottle of water in a petrol station forecourt #ps
18/07 4:20pm : JillySherlock - Great to have reached Trabzon, was a mental milestone & now only a few days away from Georgia. shower first tho! #ps
17/07 12:54pm : JillySherlock - Confession: I can camp alone in dark forests in a foreign land but cycling through a 3983m long tunnel scares the hell out of me! #ps
16/07 7:36am : JillySherlock - Camped on beach last night: fed & watered by more gr8 people. Downside, sand gets everywhere, can do without exfoliation while pedalling #ps
15/07 10:29am : JillySherlock - The young man who grabbed my bottom while I was cycling won't be doing that again, thanks to the high speed car chase that ensued! #ps
15/07 6:13am : JillySherlock - About to cycle into city of Samsun which is where Atatürk started his journey for independence. (Thanks @_ggirl_ 4 history lesson!) #ps
14/07 5:56pm : JillySherlock - I'm in a 5 star hotel! Ok I lie, I'm camping in the grounds of a 5 star hotel. Hmm wonder if they do room service.. #ps
14/07 12:03pm : JillySherlock - Mission accomplished! Last major ascent of Black Sea coast complete. Forgot what flat ground looked like! #ps
13/07 1:01pm : JillySherlock - There again my moment of fame was probably lost due to my somewhat deformed face from insect sting. Ho hum #ps
13/07 12:59pm : JillySherlock - Just had a tv camera & a microphone shoved under my nose. I gave my best smile but they walked away when they realised I was English :( #ps
12/07 9:07am : JillySherlock - Last night the people of Ayancik came out in force to help me find a place to camp: telephone calls, interpreter, car escort. Thank you! #ps
11/07 1:42pm : JillySherlock - Large insect hitched a ride on my nose spoiling gr8 downhill. Embedded its sting. Removed with tweezers. Hurts :( #ps
11/07 7:12am : JillySherlock - Back on the road on my own & feeling good! Beach resort let me camp 4 free & I was lulled to sleep to the sound of Turkish karoeke :-/ #ps
10/07 11:17am : JillySherlock - Wildlife day. Cycling buddy nearly got knocked off bike by 2 wild boars. Now watching seals.. we think #ps
09/07 4:30pm : JillySherlock - Hills. Heat. Headwind. Melting tarmac is like cycling on fly paper and a pillow. Spectacular coastline tho #ps
07/07 2:50pm : JillySherlock - Extremely tough day. Extreme heat, extreme ascent, tarmac melting! Exhausted #ps
05/07 4:46pm : JillySherlock - Overlooking the old Silk Road coastal town of Amasra. Stunning scenery after big climb #ps
04/07 9:20am : JillySherlock - The scenery & people of Turkey are fantastic. After tough 1200m ascent we were invited to stay with Bulant & Kezban: shower, bed & food! #ps
03/07 1:19pm : JillySherlock - My gosh! Hills & more hills! Now enjoying surreal time w lovely family feeding us cakes & pastries #ps
02/07 7:09pm : JillySherlock - Camping tonight w James Dean. Fellow tourer carrying a mallet and an axe! #ps
01/07 6:28pm : JillySherlock - Man draws triangle, circle w/ an X in it,shows me gold ring & points to lady. Camp when sun goes down, you're safe as there's my wife!? #ps
01/07 4:39pm : JillySherlock - Tough day! Hit the wall more than once, but these Turkish hills are like scaling walls so to be expected #ps
01/07 8:51am : JillySherlock - People are so kind. Sitting on the kerb having a rest (swollen knee) and lady just bought me bottle of water and a cake! #ps
30/06 6:51pm : JillySherlock - Free camping at lovely picnic spot after cycling 115km up 'Ben Nevis'! Owners giving me tea. been told to keep tent closed .. snakes! #ps
29/06 9:00am : JillySherlock - Packing my bags, the hardest part of today will be getting my bike down from 4th floor of apartment! thanks Gulin for a wonderful stay #ps
18/05 6:18am
That's what the UK needs! The royal family to help with the drought..
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18/05 6:12am
That's the UK needs, the royal family to help w the drought!
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17/05 11:23am
Good to see the Thai Army is doing some strategic planning...
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21/04 3:35am
Twas a tough choice btwn grasshoppers, grubs or these. I had this in the end ...
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20/04 1:28am
Monks let me sleep in temple grounds and this was my view from tent
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06/04 8:54am
I can't help feeling I have my very own personalised road signs on this trip..
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02/04 12:29pm
Having eaten nothing but a pack of dry noodles (stove broke & no cash) this made my day!
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13/03 12:01pm
We decided it'd be better with headscarf off & me out of picture!
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13/03 11:55am
Love this elderly Akha lady with her killer cheekbones (I'm the tired looking one on the right)
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01/12 2:50am
Have acquired a passenger on an already overloaded bike. Taklamakan Desert here we come
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01/10 8:27am
The exotic, historic & stunning Silk Road City of Samarqand
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17/08 10:11am
Woohoo! Not far now but I have cycled 7206 km to get here
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17/08 9:04am
I'm at the top of the pass having a picnic of bread & honey w Iranian truck drivers
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16/08 10:19am
Staggering scenery in Armenia up to Meghri pass. Not sure I like the bear tho..
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13/08 1:04pm
Living dangerously: guess this is not a good area to wild camp..
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08/08 11:51am
Rewarded at the top of the pass by these lovely people who have given me a bag of fruit.
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07/08 9:45am
Unfortunately they're not selling Adnams at this Silk Road Caravanesi/Inn
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07/08 9:38am
The long way down with some fabulous switchbacks on this Silk Road route
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06/08 6:02am
Lake Sevan at 1900m (that's 6233ft for those still using old money)
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04/08 6:40am
The hill I've just come down.Now trying to get up the next one!
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03/08 3:00pm
Loaded with cookies, pens and a new sim card thanks to these lovely people!
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27/07 11:35am
Stealth camped in the grounds of a hotel, got discovered this morning & this was the result..
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26/07 3:40pm
Spent ages looking for the bakers, silly me not to recognise it! She's even showing me the bread..
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25/07 4:10pm
Stunning fortress somewhere in Georgia not sure where as no map!
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21/07 11:14am
@pilgrimchris as good as new, still has the bobbly bits on!
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17/07 8:51am
Minimalist cycle tourer & comedian Alpay Ederm made me laugh when I saw his vital piece of kit was flipflops @alpayalpayalpay
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17/07 8:39am
Minimalist cycle tourer/Turkish comedian Alpay Ederm made me laugh when I saw his essential piece of kit was flipflops @alpayalpayalpay
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15/07 3:08pm
Me and Turkish cyclist. He was doing a daredevil slipstreaming behind a lorry. Put my 30kmh to shame!
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30/06 7:43am
My first sighting of the Black Sea! looking a bit grey admittedly..
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29/06 10:48am
All packed & ready 2 go. Handlebar dashboard now has evil eye good luck charm. Thnks @_ggirl_
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