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Lao Mekong River Tour
When I did my cycle challenge to Singapore in 2019/20 was running ahead of schedule to finish so came up with the plan to elongate the...

Matthew Mears
Jan 558 min read
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Rounding Things Off
I managed to have an uneventful flight home, I arrived at the airport to find all but one flights before mine cancelled but our boarding...

Matthew Mears
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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Asia Magnum Review
Yes this is the moment you have all been waiting for the culmination of my year cycling across the globe to give my complete run down of...

Matthew Mears
Mar 19, 20204 min read
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Malaysia
Right the beginning of the end and the last county standing between me and the finish line at Singapore. Getting into Malaysia was even...

Matthew Mears
Feb 28, 202042 min read
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Thailand Part 2
I had no problems at the Thai border unlike last time at Mae Sot where I was told to push into a huge queue of Thai nationals as this was...

Matthew Mears
Jan 31, 202048 min read
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Cambodia
The first job over the border was the usual, to change my currency which I got done and then pick up a local sim card. That all sorted...

Matthew Mears
Jan 12, 202035 min read
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Thailand
After leaving Myanmar I crossed over the bridge and over the road as here they drive on the left. There was a set of traffic lights in...

Matthew Mears
Dec 24, 201924 min read
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Myanmar
I re-entered Myanmar now with my correct exit stamp and my man from the Assam army still in tow as I got through immigration. Luckily I...

Matthew Mears
Nov 28, 201940 min read
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India Part 2
I left Nepal immigration behind having been stamped out of the country and joined an army of tuk tuks shuttling people across the Mechi...

Matthew Mears
Nov 9, 201941 min read
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Nepal Safari
So the next morning I was packed up and on the bus back down the road we had ridden up for the last two and a half days before we turned...

Matthew Mears
Nov 8, 20197 min read
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Nepal
The border was a very fluid arrangement with offices on the roadside but no real physical stopping of the traffic so I guess there must...

Matthew Mears
Oct 22, 201930 min read
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India
Well it all arrived at New Delhi airport, even my new Burberry style suitcase held together! I had to queue for an hour at passport...

Matthew Mears
Oct 5, 201927 min read
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Kazakhstan Part 2
I’d not had any lunch releasing this after I had exchanged all my Kyrgyzstan money there were a few fast food outlets on the border but I...

Matthew Mears
Sep 26, 20199 min read
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Kyrgyzstan
We were told that the roads passed the Kyrgyzstan border were good so arrived at the summit looking forward to a 30 mile smooth downhill...

Matthew Mears
Sep 7, 201920 min read
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Tajikistan
I was finally on my way and able to compare their attempt at a Snickers lolly which was terrible not a peanut in sight. It soon became...

Matthew Mears
Aug 31, 201927 min read
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Uzbekistan
About 6 am in the morning we were awoken to pass through border control which means we had spend about three hours in no man's land which...

Matthew Mears
Jul 14, 201923 min read
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Kazakhstan
The blogs I had read said the ferry crossing took about 30 hours so we thought we were due for another night on board and then an early...

Matthew Mears
Jul 9, 20195 min read
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Azerbaijan
I made it through the border after a bit of a false start as I had didn't have a customs clearance docket but when I rode back they said...

Matthew Mears
Jun 27, 20199 min read
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Georgia
I got into Georgia, made it 7 miles down the road and headed to the beach at Gonio for a couple of days off. I arrived to check into the...

Matthew Mears
Jun 17, 201920 min read
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Drivers Table
I thought I would start a table to drivers to record my experiences along the way using The Netherlands as a benchmark here we go! 1 The...

Matthew Mears
Jun 9, 20194 min read
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