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Austria

- vienna (A)

Kilometer: 4,010

[to the centre of the universe]

Date: Oct 16, 2000

4K-tour kyrgyzstan - kashgar - kailash - kathmandu - 4000 km

at the customs of the international airport in bishkek i have to empty the bag with all pharmacies we took from home. and that was quite a lot. the one and a half kilo medicine-chests consists of all things we need trucks on the way to alito stay or to get healthy in one of the largest and remotest area of the world, which we want to travel by bike. so i am really shocked as the kyrgyz officials want to confiscate this important stuff. moreover they begin to search the whole luggage. it takes time and a lot of argueing, but at last the kyrgyz give all things back. we´ve taken the first hurdle, we´ve entered kyrgyzstan.

we don´t want to cycle at the issyk-kul - a huge lake 700 meter deep - all the time and decide to go up the tian-shan mountains. two times it is not possible to cycle further because of broken bridges and not passable paths. at last we are lucky and manage to get through. the area is unhabitated and very remote. while i am cycling for my own - mark...

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