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London to Bangkok 2015 Video Blog

Hi Everyone,

In June 2015, I set out to ride to Katmandu solo, but I ended up going all the way to Bangkok.

This thread included my Vlogs (Video Blog) and a couple of photos.

Currently, the videos only cover up until Pakistan as I got separated from my hard drive along the way, the rest of the videos will be put up in a few months when I manage to get my hard drive back.

This map shows the original plan.



The first video covers from Brighton to Bulgaria, here are a few highlight photos.





And here is the video, please like on YouTube if you enjoy it.




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The second video covers Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia & Azerbaijan.

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The third video covers catching the boat from Baku to Aktau, Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan

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The fourth video covers Tajikistan and the Pamir Highway

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The fourth video covers Kyrgyzstan

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This video covers the last few days in Kyrgyzstan and the 7-day crossing of far west china.

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The seventh video covers the first half of Pakistan including a summit attempt on Rupal Peak (5550m)

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Hi Kim

I watched your first video last night just after you posted it as an embedded video but (for me at least) i can't get the youtube links to play - i get a warning of an invalid url. I am using tapatalk so not sure if others are ok if they are doing directly via Hubb.

I'll be interested to watch.

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Looked them up on you tube and watched the rest - looks like a nice trip!
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Hi Andy

Not sure why the links don't work in tapatalk, they work in a normal web browser.

I will see if it is fixable.
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Great. Don't worry if its not easy to do, i just stuck the heading into a youtube search and found them pretty quickly so all good.
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Kim, thanks for posting. Really enjoyed the video blog. Particularly interesting as my friend and I are planning a very similar trip for next year- Chiang Mai to London.

Glad you got back safely!

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I have added some photos and context to the posts above.
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Six months after the fact, but better late than never... the 8th video from my ride from London to Bangkok, taking in Pakistan and India.



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And hot on it's tail, video 9, India



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