Tour du monde à vélo couché. Round the world on recumbents

Chiang Mai - Chiang Khong ... 28/11 - 04/12 It has been a week since we last saw Dimitri. We follow Roland's advice and follow the river Ping instead of cycling on the 'highway'. It is much quieter but at some point we have to take small roads going West...

Sukhothai - Lampang ... 17/11/08 - 22/11/08 We always try to leave early in the morning but between having breakfast, stocking up on water... we never manage to leave before 8.30, except on a few mornings. Dimitri goes ahead today, maybe we will find...

Ayutthaya - Sukhothai ... 10/11/08 - 14/11/08 We leave Ayutthaya on Monday morning. Monday is the day of the king and many people are dressed in yellow to show their respect. The monarchy is everywhere in Thailand and one shouldn't criticise it. Everywhere,...

Bangkok ... 29/10/08 - 07/11/08 7.30 pm ... the plane lands after a 5-hour flight and a short trip above the snowy peaks of the Himalayas. Three years ago, we travelled for a month in Thailand and for the past two weeks, we keep saying 'when we will be...

Samarcande - Tashkent ... 21/10/08 - 23/10/08 We spend the morning trying to contact the agency for the tickets. We are very annoyed, we asked 7 days ago and it is still not done. They don’t keep us informed, not an email or a phone call. We would have...

Bukhara - Samarcande ... 15/10/08 - 17/10/08 Only a few km after Bukhara, the pain in Sylvie’s left knee returns. We have 280 km ahead of us. Ben moves the pedals a few mm away and the pain disappears. The tendons will be taking the strain but the road...

Turkmenabat - Bukhara ... 05/10/08 - 06/10/08 The road to the border is far from direct, it swirls all the time, south, then east, then north ... We trust the flow of trucks to lead us to the border. Most trucks are from Turkey, "aaah" says Ben, "The...

Sarakhs - Turkmenabat ... 01/10-05/10 We present ourselves at 8am at the Iranian border but they only open an hour later. It’s bank holiday today, custom officers are probably having a late morning. We’ve been told the Iranian side of the border was quick...

Mashhad - Sarakhs ... 27/09 - 30/09 We are well rested when we reach Mashhad, what a trip! We have difficulties in finding Vali’s guesthouse, as all streets name are in Farsi. Mashhad is a pilgrimage city, not a touristy town. Besides most people don’t...

Teheran bis ... 21/09 - 26/09 We arrive early in the morning in Tehran. We knock on the door of the hotel for an hour. The guard eventually opens the door, in a very bad mood: "No room before 14 PM! Come Back!" The effect of fasting? Who cares we rush...