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Silk Road Ride: November 2009
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Friday, November 20, 2009. Off to the Balkans. Berat, Albania, Nov. 20. The Silk Road Ride is over, sad to say. I will continue to add links and maps to this site, but for now my further cycling adventures, riding through the Balkans in November and December of 2009, can be found at. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my Silk Road adventures, and that you will continue to follow my cycling explorations in the future! Posted by xuanzang at 12:28 PM. Monday, November 02, 2009. Silk Road Bike-u Haiku.
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Silk Road Ride: The Victory Lap
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Monday, November 02, 2009. Ayas, November 2. My four-day final stage from Antakya was somewhat anticlimactic, at least partly because of the grey weather. The first day was actually sunny, and I rode southeast towards the Mediterranean through the coastal hills. On the way, I stopped to see the hilltop ruins of the Church of St. Simeon Stylites the Younger. This involved a steep climb of 400 vertical metres,. Was wildly popular with the public, so maybe there's a Stylite hidden inside all of us. From Sel...