From the start, I have been very lucky with my visas. Until I want to enter China. Here is the second part of my round-the-world cycle tour.

It's my first real rest since I left last March. Ten days in the Kyrgyz capital where I take the opportunity to chat and plan the rest of my journey.

Through the Kyrgyz mountains my shortcut looks more like a climbing wall than a road. Never mind, it is too late to go back.