The Windbraker Carrots

13 Apr 2012
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March 25, 2012 – Day 1 of Kashgar to Sary-Tash

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The newly united, and temporary, Team Windbraker Carrots.
Left to Right, “Captain”, “Supervisor”, and “Auntie” (later to be renamed to “Ice Face”).

It was a short, uneventful day. The roads in good condition and friendly folks along the way. We began the steady incline to the border.

I think one of the greatest things about being a cyclo (a person who uses a bike to tour/travel) is the fellow cyclos you meet. I’ve made so many friends from all over the world. After spending nearly 2 weeks with the Belgium brothers, I’ve come to love Brussels and have learned A LOT about Belgium. Granted, I already knew about the beer…but the price is nothing compared to those swank beer boutiques in NYC.

They would tell me about Belgium and ask me questions about the States. A lot of the info taken from movies and pop culture. It was good to have to opportunity to state Hollywood is a bunch of bullshit. Sharing cultures is amazing when traveling by 2 wheels.

Now I have 2 new little brothers and a home in Brussels! How rad…if I don’t say so myself.

The friends you make touring will last a lifetime. Also, you may even learn another language and culture. “merci gaste!”

11 Apr 2012
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“Everybody’s Watching.”

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March 24 2012
Our dinner together, in Kashgar Xinjiang, as the next morning “Team Windbraker Carrots” would be leaving for Kyrgyzstan.

This gives you a view of a traditional tea house in Kashgar and along the Silk Road. When I’m traveling by myself, it can be very uncomfortable walking into a restaurant of 20+ men and there I am…a solo foreign woman walking in. Talk about making the record skip…it sends the damn vinyl off the turntable into the wall.

11 Apr 2012
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“Everybody’s Watching.”

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March 24 2012
Our dinner together, in Kashgar Xinjiang, as the next morning “Team Windbraker Carrots” would be leaving for Kyrgyzstan.

This gives you a view of a traditional tea house in Kashgar and along the Silk Road. When I’m traveling by myself, it can be very uncomfortable walking into a restaurant of 20+ men and there I am…a solo foreign woman walking in. Talk about making the record skip…it sends the damn vinyl off the turntable into the wall.

23 Mar 2012
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Team Windbraker Carrots

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The brothers of North East South West and I have joined up for a tour of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. There will be a few days solo on my part, as my Visa expires a few days before their’s.

After being diagnosed with “Desert Syndrome” by Matt and Lucas, it will be great to have some company for a few weeks.

Not only will it be an entertaining tour, I’m also learning French and Belgium culture…the goal to learn at least one French song. If you don’t know, I’ll also be studying Russian in Bishkek for 2 weeks, a wonderful gift from my mother.

I will breakaway in Uzbekistan and cross into Kazakhstan and head to Almaty.

They informed me upon their arrival, that I, was their carrot at the end of the stick through the Taklamakan. The boys of The Cycle Diaries had alerted them of the solo girl up ahead and they were attempting to catch me. If I hadn’t gotten so sick, I would of missed them. Ahhh, fate!

We start our mini tour tomorrow.


Matt during our matching stache hunt.


Lucas motivating me for…well, “it’s kind of a secret”.

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