Alistair sets out to ride around the world and soon discovers
all the ways chasing foolish dreams can drive you around the bend.

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Experience the Madness of the Turkmenbashi

From the Gates of Hell, take a journey through the Tunnel of Death to the Great Palace of Complete Joy.

Along the way, get a rare glimpse inside one of the world’s most bizarre dictatorships where discos and black cars are banned, see the lives of real Russian people far removed from the Red Square news reports, and experience how the central Asian republics are struggling to emerge from Soviet shadows.

Disaster in the desert heat

Courage in the intimidating emptiness of Siberia

A unique test of fortitude on a cargo ship across the Caspian

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A Good Ride Cures A Bad Vibe

It’s far from plain sailing, and it certainly isn’t smooth running. What do you do if it all falls apart when you’re halfway around the world?

See what it’s like to cross the roof of the world, while gaining a unique insight into the parts of Asia furthest from the beaten track, and countries where few dare to venture.

“Farid was racing toward his future on 600cc of internal combustion and so many litres of optimism that neither history nor government could ever pull his brake lever”

Voyage of the Damned

Why is there a collection of ships and fishing boats rusting in the desert 12 miles from the nearest water? Why does the Walrus want a penknife? And how do you fix a carburettor at the top of a mountain? In this wonderful real-life travel adventure you will find out the answers to questions you never knew you wanted to ask.

“I jealously noted that his indifference to appearance and immunity to gadgets had birthed a machine looking capable of invading Poland on its way to compete in the Dakar.”

Around The World on a Bike. How Hard Can It Be?

Turns out it can be a lot harder than you think. But you can’t beat falling asleep in the woods.

Let the rhythm of the ride carry you to far away lands. Passport, registration, welcome to the jungle. For Alistair and Harry it was meant to be the trip of a lifetime. They barely reach the Alps before motorcycles start misbehaving, lighting a slow-burning fuse on a fracturing friendship that fizzles through the hypnotising hum of Istanbul into the angry rumble of a post-war Georgia.

After an encounter with the Fixer of Baku, they somehow find themselves adrift on the Caspian in a stinking Soviet-era ferry built to carry trains full of coal.

Alistair soon becomes dangerously ill at the Gates of Hell, one of the world’s most peculiar places. But in the heat of the desert, it’s the simmering discord between the two riders that looks set to turn the whole adventure upside down.

“The ship shuddered and the throb of the engines ceased. The diesel power that had trembled through the hull since Baku now fluttered away to leave a prison of silence. In the hush of a ghost ship on a lifeless sea, ten miles off the coast of Turkmenistan, I noticed we were down to our last half a litre of water.”

“Like one of Captain Kirk’s alien love interests, Kyrgyzstan is green, pretty, and built to make everyone who sees her immediately pitch a tent.”

“It was time to buck up and bug out to Bukhara, but I remained bedridden, watching the same songs looping on music TV. Scrolling text announced that the next track would be James Blunt. I jumped out of bed, and we left.”