Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.
From London to New York, leg by leg, on an interactive map that travels with you.
Open the mapFrom Iran to New York, leg by leg, ten years on
I crossed Turkmenistan by bicycle on a five-day transit visa: the absurd border, the desert headwind and the surreal country the Turkmen themselves describe.
Iran is a country of contradictions — a secular, modern people governed by a medieval theocracy. Three months of cycling in 2015 produced 63 curiosities: from tarof and nose jobs to hitchhiking, carpet picnics and the world's best ice cream.
