Major Bicycle Trips
 

First trip 1994

Karakoram Highway. Pakistan and China, a complete novice who can't repair a flat tyre heads off for the mountains of Pakistan and the deserts of China.

 

 

Middle East 1994

Bulgaria - Turkey - Syria - Lebanon. Took off for the next journey days after homecoming.

 

 

 

Singapore - Stockholm 1995 - 1997

A lot of detours and strange routes which took me to Taliban Afghanistan and an ice cold Tibet etc. etc.

 


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Schizo Tour 1998 - 2000

Ett hoppande hit och dit! Segling i Karibien, vulkanklättring i Sydamerika, efterkrigsbalkan, tibetanska högländer och mycket annat.

 

 

Murphy Tour 2000 - 2001

Cairo - Middle East - Caucasus - Iran - "The Stan States" - China - Nepal. An interesting route through almost 20 countries on the way towards the east.

 

 

Xinjiang 2002

Tian Shan - Muztagh Ata - Xinjiang Highway - Kerriya Shankou Route - Trans Taklamakan - Tian Shan. Some very intense months in the highlands of the Chinese outback.

 

 

Chang Tang and East Tibet 2003 -2004 - Nothing online yet!

Warm up: 2000km through the Gansu's green mountains and later Qinghai's high plateau desert. Made the first bike traverse ever of the Chang Tang. 46 days and 1050km through the roadless and desolate northern part of Tibetan high plateau.
The journey continued with a winter tour through the dream destination for cyclists - Eastern Tibet.

 

Argentina 2005 - Nothing online yet!

A combined mountaineering and climbing trip following Los Andes on the Argentinian side. 13 summits and a bit over 1000km on the saddle.

See the climbing section of the site for some information about the peaks we climbed.

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Maps

Islamabad-Beijing 1994.

The Route: Islamabad - Gilgit - Kashgar - Wulumuchi - Xian - Some detours in Shaanxi province - Beijing.

Map of Asia The green line.

The Middle East Tour 1994.

The Route: Slantchev Briag - Kirklareli - Istanbul - Yalova - Eskisehir - Göreme - Ishlaye - Kilis - Aleppo - Raqqa - Palmyra - Homs - El Qah - B'charree - Beirut.

Map of The Middle East

Singapore - Stockholm 1995 - 1997. 

The Route: Singapore - Johore Bahru - Kota Bahru - Hat Yai - Bangkok - Nong Khai - Vientienne - Luang Prabang - Ban Bhoten - Mengla - Yinghong - Lincang - Langcang - Dali - Zhongdian - Yangjing - Markam - Bamda - (Qamdo - Riwoqe) - Tongmai - Lhasa - Katmandu...Islamabad - Peshawar - Chitral - Gilgit - Islamabad - Kabul - islamabad- Amritsar - Mahendrenagar - Katmandu - Nyalam - Saga - Tsochen - Gerze - Shiquanhe - Xaidulla - Kashi - Aksu - Bayanbulak - Yining - Wulumuchi...Novosibirsk - Moscow - Stockholm. 

Map of Asia The blue line.

Photos from the different parts of this journey. 

Topography charts:

"Schizotour" 1998 - 1999.

The Route - First part: Sweden - Denmark - Germany - Holland - Thailand - Taiwan - Panama - Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia - Ecuador - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - USA - Bermuda - USA - Holland - Pakistan.

Map of Americas The American route.

 The Route - Asia: Pakistan - China - Nepal - 

Map of Asia The red line.

The Route - Europe: Hungary - Croatia - Bosnia - Croatia - Slovenia - Italy - Switzerland - Liechtenstein - Switzerland - Austria - Germany - Czech Republic - Poland - Sweden.

Förstoring av Europakartan The European route

Photos:

"Murphy Tour" 2000 - 2001.

The Route: Egypt - Jordan - Syria - Lebanon - Syria - Turkey - Georgia - Azerbadjzan - Iran - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Tajikistan - Kirgizstan - Kazakhstan - China (Xinjiang - Qinghai - Xizang) - Nepal - Bahrain - Greece - Italy - Switzerland - France - Luxemburg - Belgium - Holland - Germany - Denmark - Sweden.

 Map of The Middle East The Middle East.

Map of The Caucasus Caucasus.

Photos from:

Map of Central Asia Central Asia.

Photos from Central Asia.

Map of China China.

Topography Charts.

Photos. 

Map of Greece Greece.

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