Summer 2012 Central Asia and Mongolia All images Copyright C Bright

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Summer 2012 Central Asia and Mongolia All images Copyright C Bright

In summer 2012 I freighted my Transalp to Almaty in Kazakhstan. From there the trip went to my favourite country in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, where even riding off a cliff didn’t destroy my mood, then to Tajikistan where they threw me out. So, back through the land of Borat and into the Altai region of Russia.

I was nearly denied entry to Mongolia, but once in, the ride across the country with a German chap called Moritz had more than a few adventures, including a little incident involving a river; Cough, splutter… Check out the videos and the photo gallery below. There are captions under each picture.

001 Great Patriotic War Memorial Almaty	001b summer 2012 map1	002 Memorial Of 1941	003 Street Sellers Outside Hotel Almaty	004 Angle grinding sidestand
005 Its the people you meet	006 Kids	007 Permit to the cliff	008 Ooops	009 Ooops 2
010 One careful owner	011 Audi 80s are real popular oh yeh the eagle Song Kul Kyrgz	012 Car races horse Song Kul Kyrgz	013 Horse transporter Song Kul Kyrgz	014 Horses going for a swim Song Kul Kyrgz
015 Water transporter Song Kul Kyrgz	016 Local men Song Kul Kyrgz	017 Locals cooking lunch Song Kul Kyrgz	018 Not nice horse broth Song Kul Kyrgz	019 Polo murderball with headless sheep Song Kul Kyrgz
020 Women dresssed to impress Song Kul Kyrgz	021 Wrestling Song Kul Kyrgz	022 Serpentines Coming From Song Kul Kyrgz	023 Camel Tash Rabat Caravanserai Kyrgyzstan	023b summer 2012 map2
024 Promoting biking amongst the young Tash Rabat Kyrgyz	025 Local girls Tash Rabat Caravanserai Kyrgyzstan	026 Dodging Rain Storms Kyrgyzstan	027 Fuel From Bucket Kyrgz	028 Donkey Cart And Trailer Kyrgyzstan
029 Crazy Jap Cyclist Kyrgyzstan	030 Dutch Bikers Kyrgyzstan	031 Leonard Di Caprio and Russian dad Sary Tash Kyrgyz	031b summer 2012 map3	032 Local man Sary Tash Kyrgyz
033 Spooky shot lake Karakul before storm	034 Bike and lake Karakul Tajik	035 Long yes winding my arse tajik	036 Ak Baital Pass 4651 m Pamir Hwy Tajikistan	037 Ak Baital Pass 2
038 Riding in Pamir region Tajikistan	039 Pamir Highway Tajikistan	040 Fuel stop Murgab Tajikistan	041 End of the road Murgab Tajik	042 Full carpark Sadats at Karakul Tajik
043 Robert and mate Mr Sadat karakul tajik	044 Christine Radek Marek Tajik 28july2012	045 Stephen Radek Marek Tajik 28july2012	046 Ghengis on bike Kyrgyz	047 Lenin St Osh Kyrgyz
048 DRZ GSXR Loncin Kyrgyz	048 Poster Osh Kyrgyz	049 Street views Osh Kyrgyz	050 Honey selling Kyrgyz	051 Street sellers Kyrgyz
052 Brighty at MyTown Almaty Kazakh	053 My Town Gate	054 At the end of the rainbow	054b summer 2012 map4	055 Michal Rej and Marek Zarod on road in Kazakh near nuclear launch site
056 Kazakh nuclear launch site	057 Breakfast after night in a hut Kazakh	058 Crashed truck Kazakh	059 Leaving Semey Kazakh	060 Speed trap Russia
061 Olga and the shoes that match the nail varnish Barnaul Russia	062 Top halves Barnaul Russia	063 Bottom halves Barnaul Russia	064 Shes got legs Barnaul Russia	065 More legs etc Barnaul Russia
066 Only hess than 5 percent Alc after 9pm Barnaul Russia	067 VI Lenin as a Toriodor Barnaul Russia	068 Easyrider Barnaul Russia	069 Front entrance of biker bar Barnaul Russia	070 Getting a lift from a local back to the hotel Barnaul Russia
071 Woman and bike Banaul Russia	072 Meeting a mongol rally team Barnaul Russia	073 Front wheelbearings change Viktors Barnaul Russia 1	074 Front wheelbearings change Viktors Barnaul Russia 2	075 Chip And Pin
076 Altai House	076b summer 2012 map5	077 Altai wild campsite	078 Altai River Scene	079 Altai Cows In River
080 Clarkson Woz Ere	081 Dnypr Outfit Run Out Of Fuel	082 Even other traffic in Altai	083 Pretty Valley	084 Truck On Bridge
085 Tyre change	086 Russian Africa Twin	087 Russian Cyclists	088 Sunset through front wheel	089 After another wild camp near border
090 Mongol rally cars at border	091 Incl kitchen sink	092 Matie and his posse	093 Horses w mongolia	094 Eagle that i was taking a picture of
095 when girl was smiling at me western mongolia	096 Changable weather	097 The food only got worse	098 Walter woz ere	099 Dried riverbed
100 Crossing pass in snow	101 Ernie joins the trip	102 Tent thief on cctv	103 A bike without	104 Admiring the view
105 Funny local 1	106 Funny local 2	107 Beer oclock 1	108 Beer oclock 2	109 Beer oclock 3
110 Chilling by the fire	111 Another dead end	111b Day of many interesting deadends	112 CB and lake w mongolia	113 Detour alley Nr Lake Khyargas
114 Creepy crawly	115 Probable knocking shop	116 Not very good beer	117 Wildcamp w mongolia	118 Curious dog
119 Mad mongol cannibal	12 percent	120 Another great freecamp	121 Mongolians like their horses	122 Happy drunk mongolia
123 Telly tubies	124 Ernie mongolia	125 After the rain	126 Come in guys	127 Sleeping beauty in a ger in rain storm
128 Girls	129 Four seasons in a day	130 E and Cs rolled backup car	131 Logo on the door	132 Tourist eagle
133 Before and after still ugly	134 Bloke stole coppers trunchion	135 Jeffrey Polnaja	136 Nice ass	137 Shagged and new front tyre
138 Striking a pose