Former-Soviet-Union | Cycloscope: bicycle touring planet Earth

Breathing Ice – Cycling Siberia in winter with Dino Lanzaretti

Cycling in winter, in the coldest places in the world trip to Siberia: interview with Dino Lanzaretti Cycling in winter is not pleasant to everyone, many await the arrival of the mild season to get the bike o...

Traditional winemaking in Georgia – the oldest wine in the world

Georgia, Reportage

A Georgian wine cellar - image from TamadaThe history of Georgian wine, the oldest wine in the world Traditional winemaking in Georgia and the future of Georgian wine Georgian wine is being recently re...

Arslanbob: living in the biggest walnut forest in the world

Kyrgyzstan, Reportage

Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan, Silk Road, Central Asia. This is said to be the birth place of all the walnuts in the world. People live inside this huge and magical forest, like in a fairytale. The harvest season is here, and we came to see how it is.

Kok Boru at World Nomad Games - Kyrgyzstan

First World Nomad Games – the history sets foot in Cholpon Ata

Kyrgyzstan, Reportage

Kyrgyzstan, Issyk Kul lake, Cholpon Ata town, First World Nomad Games. Play polo with a dead goat (Kok Boru or Buzkashi), throw your opponent from his horse in a tense Enish fight, or grab your bride (or slap your groom) in a Kyz Kuu race!

Freedom in Kyrgyzstan – from Kara Balta to Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan

Bicycle Touring from Kara Balta to Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan Independence Day, Osh bazar, Visas and other things to do in Bishkek, a laid-back Silk Road city. Today is Independence Day, we go downtown to attend the celebrations. Kyrgyzstan is a nation of very tough people, they made two revolutions in the last 10 years and their nation pride is quite high.

Aralsk: what’s left of a sea

Kazakhstan

what's left of the port of Aralsk We keep on rushing our way through the steppe of Kazakhstan. Due to the Uzbek visa denied by the drunk consul in Azerbaijan, our bicycle trip in Central Asia rec...

Ivanovka: The Last Kolkhoz

Azerbaijan

Adventure Travel in Azerbaijan: Ivanovka, the last KolkhozWhile looking for interesting things to see and do in Azerbaijan, we found out about Ivanovka, the last kolkhoz in Azerbaijan an...

impregnable Mestia: the Svan towers of Caucasus (and ie and ie and ie)

Georgia

After exploring Kaishi, the village that should be flooded by the Khudoni Hydropower project, we head to the ancient village of Mestia, 15,00omsl. Mestia is home to the iconic Svan defensive towers (lus...

water and concrete: the gates of Svaneti – the Caucasus that will be lost forever

Georgia, Reportage

Cycling the Georgian Caucasus to reach Kaishi, the village that should be flooded by the Khudoni mega-dam project. For our third bicycle touring reportage attempt, we finally got some local contact. Thank...

tropical Georgia: the crazy Batumi and the Black Sea route

Georgia

Our bicycle trip in Georgia begins. Cycling from Batumi to Zugdidi seems an easy task, but corrupt police officers are behind the corner, ready to stalk us.A visit to the odd city of Batumi and it...

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