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Progress

A quick overview of our progress to date. - upto Lahore.

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UK Europe Turkey Iran Pakistan Tibet
Day No Location Distance Comments
1 Melrose, Scotland 69
2 Keilder Water, England 65 Amazingly hilly
3 Morpeth 65
4 Morpeth 0 Rest day
5 North Sheilds Ferry Terminal 40
6 Noorden, Holland 60 Frequently lost
7 Gorinchem 85
8 Gorinchem 0 Rest Day
9 Eindhoven 105
10 Maastricht 120
11 Rest Day 0
12 Stoumont / Liege, Belgium 93
13 Vielsalm 30 Half Day for J birthday
14 Vielsalm 0 Hangover (see above), C tyre split
15 Grebbemacher, Luxembourg 120 Easy day following Mosel river
16 Morhange, France 120
17 Wasserlonne 90
18 Basel, Switzerland 127 First night indoors
19 Venice, Italy 0 Train to catch plane
20 Cambridge 0 Attending brothers wedding
21 Cambridge 0 Attending brothers wedding
22 Cambridge 0 Attending brothers wedding
23 Cambridge 0 Attending brothers wedding
24 Cambridge 0 Attending brothers wedding
25 Basel, Switzerland 0 Collecting bikes and luggage
26 Stusslingen 50 Late start, bike problems
27 Stusslingen 70
28 Lucern 20 Half half day to Lucern
29 Goschen 70 First half of San Gothard Pass
30 Goschen 50 San Gothard Pass
31 Goschen 30 Jen unwell
32 Como, Italy 93 Italy at last!
33 Como 0 Rest day
34 Ravenna 96 No campsite
35 Mantova 127
36 Ferrara 95
37 Servia 127
38 Rest Day 0
39 Catolica 70
40 Senegali 80
41 Rest day 0
42 Anconna 30 Ferry to Turkey
43 Ferry to Turkey 0
44 Cesme (Turkey) 0
45 Sigacik 77
46 Selcuk 79 Passed Ephesis on the way into town
47 Selcuk 0
48 Selcuk 0
49 Nazilli 104
50 Nazilli 0 Sick
51 Nazilli 0 Sick
52 Pamukale 89
53 Dazkiri 90
54 Egirdir 127
55 Egirdir 0 Sick
56 Egirdir 0 Sick
57 Egirdir 0 Sick
58 Egirdir 0 Sick
59 Sagkirkaraagac 95
60 Beshihir 61
61 Konya 97
62 Konya 0
63 Konya 0
64 Sultanhanni 112 Dinner for 2 with a bottle of wine for 4 pounds!
65 Goreme 127 Jen blown off bike in dust storm onto path of trucks.
66 Goreme 0 Sick
67 Goreme 0 Sick
68 Goreme 0 Sick
69 Goreme 0 Sick
70 Goreme 0 Sick
71 Goreme 0 Sick
72 Goreme 0 Sick
73 Goreme 0 Sick
74 Goreme 0 Sick
75 Goreme 0 Sick
76 Goreme 0 Sick
77 Kayseri 101 Site seeing
78 Kayseri 0 Sick
79 Kayseri 0 Whole day internetting
80 Pinnerbasi 101
81 Pinnerbasi 0 J sick
82 Gurun 120 Very hilly, hotel full
83 Gurun 0 J sick
84 Hill top 99 Camped on a balcony of cafe
85 Malataya 48 Easy half day, mostly steeply down
86 Nemrut Dagi 0 Side trip by minibus
87 Nemrut Dagi 0
88 Elazig 106
89 Kovancilar 69
90 Bingol 84
91 Bingol 0
92 Bingol 0
93 Mus 121 Stone throwing kids
94 Tatvan 85
95 Van (by Ferry) 0
96 Van 0
97 Van 0
98 Van 0
99 Van 0
100 Van 0 Jenny gets Dysentry
101 Van 0 Dysentry
102 Van 0 Dysentry
103 Van 0 Dysentry
104 Van 0 Dysentry
105 Van 0 Dysentry
106 Van 0 Dysentry
107 Van 0 Dysentry
108 Van 0 Dysentry
109 Van 0 Dysentry
110 Van 0 Dysentry
111 Van 0 Dysentry
112 Van 0 Dysentry
113 Van 0 Dysentry
114 Van 0 Dysentry
115 Van 0 Dysentry
116 Van 0 Dysentry
117 Muridaye 88
118 Caldiran 25
119 Dogabayazit 0 Took minibus 40km
120 Dogabayazit 0
121 Dogabayazit 0
122 Maku 60 Iran
123 Maku 0
124 Quareh zia Eddin 86
125 Marand 120 Heavy snow & hills
126 Tabriz 73 Driving sleat all day
127 Tabriz 0
128 Tabriz 0
129 Boston Abad 63 Dirtiest Hotel in Iran, still snowing
130 Minayeh 109
131 Zanjan 127
132 Zanjan 0
133 Zanjan 0
134 Korem Dareg 106
135 Qazvin 95
136 Tehran 127 Tourist stuff
137 Tehran 0 Tourist stuff
138 Tehran 0 Tourist stuff & Jen ill
139 Tehran 0 Dentist, met Meg cycling from Norway to Calcutta
140 Tehran 0 Pakistan visa attempt day 1
141 Tehran 0 Pakistan visa attempt day 2
142 Tehran 0 Pakistan visa attempt day 3 train to Esfahan
143 Esfahan 0 Christmas break in south
144 Esfahan 0 Christmas break in south
145 Esfahan 0 Christmas break in south
146 Esfahan 0 Christmas break in south
147 Esfahan 0 Christmas break in south
148 Esfahan 0 Christmas break in south
149 Shiraz 0 Christmas break in south
150 Shiraz 0 Christmas break in south
151 Shiraz 0 Christmas break in south
152 Tehran 0 Collected bikes etc
153 Qom 127 Hilly hard work cycling on motorway
154 Qom 0 Rest day too knackered after yesterday
155 Kashan 122 Super day downhill & tailwind
156 Kashan 0 Tourist stuff
157 Ardestan 117 Police refused us permission to stay in the mossaferhanne. Hotel was $15.eek!
158 Nain 97 48km climb, 48km downhill
159 Ardakan 120 Excellent mossaferhanne v.friendly & clean
160 Yazd 66 Easy day
161 Yazd 0 Tourist stuff
162 Yazd 0 Tourist stuff
163 Yazd 0 Tourist stuff
164 Yazd 0 Tourist stuff
165 Yazd 0 Jen groped, belted offender and spend morning in police station
166 Anar 116 Made to take bus by police for last 40km, too dark. No hotel, stayed at language school.
167 Rafsanjan 104 Windy day, desert
168 Kerman 116 Easy day, early finish, wandered bazaar
169 Kerman 0 Bazaar wandering
170 Mahan 35 Easy half day into the wind
171 Bam 127 60km climb in the snow then 100km down into the really strong headwind. Snow and palm trees in one day.
172 Bam 0
173 Bam 0
174 Shurgaz 113 Camped next to Police station.
175 Nosrat Abad 111 1000m climb in afternoon, camped at the emergency centre
176 Zahedan 58 Had to take pickup last 40km as we ran out of daylight
177 Taftan , Pakistan 0 Took pickup to border then bus to Quetta
178 Quetta 0 Tourist stuff
179 Quetta 0 Tourist stuff
180 Quetta 0 Tourist stuff
181 Rawalpindi 0 Train
182 Islamabad 0 Indian visa stuff
183 Rawalpindi 0 Indian visa stuff
184 Islamabad 0 Indian visa stuff
185 Peshawar 0 Train
186 Peshawar 0 Tourist stuff
187 Peshawar 0 Tourist stuff
188 Peshawar 0 Tourist stuff
189 Rawalpindi 0 Train
190 Lahore 0 Tourist stuff
191 Lahore 0 Sufi trance drumming
192 Lahore 0 Kite festival
193 Lahore 0 Kite festival
194 Lahore 0 Kite festival
195 Lahore 0 Tourist stuff (C has flu)
196 Lahore 0 Eide (C has flu & J unwell)
197 Lahore 0 Eide(C has flu & J unwell)
198 Lahore 0 Eide

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