Time flies when you’re having fun!
I remember a friend saying these words to me a couple of years ago and oh man, was he right!
Before starting the trip I had the plan of publishing one blog post every week… So for everybody waiting for news here, I sincerely apologize! I just didn’t take the time to write nor did I find the motivation. On the days cycling it feels like I don’t have much time to do anything else than ride, eat, sleep. But I’ll try to catch up here at least country by country in the future.
After the Balkans I left Europe through Greece to Turkey, changed my plans and traveled through Iran and Turkmenistan unexpectedly.
Now I just finished a big step. When I set off for this trip, my goal was to make it through the Pamir mountains in summer, as I would be crossing passes over 4000m high. And guess what, I just did it! Tajikistan was probably one of the toughest countries to cycle in – mentally and physically.
Good company was the fuel that kept me going.
But now I have an urgent need to rest. I will take more time to write. Stay longer in some places. And hopefully soon find a nice beach to get rid of my ridiculous cyclist tan lines.
In the meantime you can check out my Polarsteps site, where you can see where in the world I am at the moment – with all my sleeping places marked on one world map!
https://www.polarsteps.com/RitaRatasich/1803094-the-big-one
Goodbye for now from Osh, Kyrgyzstan and enjoy the following pictures – one from each country!
WooHoo! Well done Girl! So proud of you!
But it would be nice if your shared some more personal stories, especially from the Pamir! Give us some juice! 😉
Thank you ☺️ those stories will definitely be told 😉