@christineburns@mastodon.green
2026-03-09 11:52 UTC
..into Tajikistan, followed by Kyrgyzstan and then (for the last few weeks) the remote north west of China (accompanied by a genuinely lovely state-assigned guide and translator, Bing). Much of the terrain she’s crossed has been remote and basic, riding over dirt tracks, up into high mountain passes and crossing rivers in full spate. She’s stayed in the homes of tribespeople and small hotels except on the China leg where 4 star was the required routine. But I’ve learned so much about places ..
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@christineburns@mastodon.green 2026-03-09 11:56
.. that are mostly just names and spaces on the map. What’s been apparent is that there is so much about parts of the world which are often misrepresented to us by western media. I’m struck by the friendliness and welcome extended by people in the poorest parts of the world, where visitors are rare — let alone engaging Dutch women on a motorcycle called Frankie. The most tense part was Noraly’s crossing of Afghanistan and her relations with the police and military at endless checkpoints.