Hello there again! It's final: I have a route. The starting point isn't entirely in order yet, but otherwise I'm ready to go! (just kidding...) So, I'll start my journey in the -stan countries. I'll take the train to somewhere in Kazakhstan and cycle towards Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. From there I'll cycle to Dushanbe in Tadjikistan, passing Samarkand along the way. There the real fun is going to start: bad roads and cycling up and up in the mountains! I'll take the famous Pamir Highway and cross the border to Kyrgyzstan. I won't go far into Kyrgyzstan though, because the border crossing to China is pretty close. Yes indeed, the next leg of my trip will be China. The first big city in China will be Kashgar. From there I'll take a train to Nanjing, passing XinJiang. From there I'll cycle south through the mountains to Kunming in the south. I have a second option here: if I'm tired of the mountains or I'm running short on time I can take an easier road near the river, but with lesser sights. From Kunming I'll cycle towards South-East Asia. I'll probably cycle in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. If possible I'll also go to Myanmar. Th reason I say possible is because my boyfriend will come visit me during that time. We do not know yet how long, when, where, ... so I can't be more specific about this. Luckily there is so much information online about South-East Asia that it's not really necessary to have it all pinned down again. so, when winter is over (april/may) I'll go back to China and cycle towards Beijing. There I'll take a ferry to South-Korea and from there I'll take a ferry to Japan. In Japan I'll stay for two months. I'm planning on joining a taiko drumming course for one week and our (my boyfriend and mine) taiko group will be coming to Japan for 3 weeks as well and of course I'll join them. After Japan I'll go to Vladivostok in Russia (with another ferry of course) and take the Transsiberian train to Moskou and from there the train home. For those who like this all visualised on a map: here it is! :) The blue lines are what I'll be cycling, the red lines are other kinds of transportation (train/ferry) and the green line in South-East Asia is an optional route, but probably won't be possible because of my boyfriends visit. There might be a new border crossing opening soon between Kyrgyzstan and China, in the north. It it does and is considered safe I'll probably cross there and take the train somewhere in Xinjiang. This entire trip will have a duration of about 14 months and several thousands kilometers on my bicycle. I don't know when I'll post a new blog entry, nor what it will be containing, but keep posted! As soon as I know more, I'll let you know :)
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