Prevet from Kyrgyzstan
 

Hello Maria,
Real sorry to hear about your crash, pray you will be 100% real soon and that all your roads will be open for you.
I live in Sokuluk, about 30 km from Bishkek. If there is anything we can do to help you all please let me know. If you need some parts ordered we can help or if you need some parts researched from here that is a can do too. I have a garage and tools plus I know some folks that can work on bikes.
Send me a PM or you can call 996-551-500-998

Mac

Thanks Mac for the kind offer. We will definitely get to Kyrgyz and bishkek in the next few weeks,via Pamir or an alternative route.. We'll see...

Wesley kindly put me in contact with Gamal, his trusted mechanic in Bishkek , via facebook and i have been speaking with him. We need a bit of work (welding) and parts so we will be staying in Bishkek for few days. If you fancy meeting for a drink/ lunch/ dinner, send me an email at maria "at" franglais-riders "dot' com

We are always happy to meet new friends :thumbup1:

Thanks again! Hope to meet you soon!

Hey Maria
Hope you recover swiftly!
A.

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Sorry you have had a knock, and hope you mend soon. Be following your trip on blog and here. If you left looking for adventure in Mongolia I think you will find it if the trip so far is anything to go by. Sounds like real fun ......apart from the sore bits.

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Thanks guys for the well wishes and info! Really appreciated! :clap:

Well i also had someone crashing into me in south america, in our year trip there, and destroying my bike. Same thing with my ankle!
At least this time hardly any damage to the bike and no bone broken ( well i hope anyway! Will ask for an X-ray when i get back to the uk in few months!).

We should be able to set off in few days. I can 't wait to ride my bike again! Getting so bored lying down and waiting for my hand and ankle to mend a bit!

At least in my little competition with TouringTed on who is unluckiest, he has admitted defeat for now! :innocent:

Anyway, riding around these countries is hazardous. We know the risks. I can't complain. I ran out of luck. Still, it could have been much worse.
Ride safe guys!

:thumbup1: A real "man"................respect to you !

Maria a few years back when i was working in Africa i got a pain in my chest and cough up blood.

Think the worst the doctors told me i needed a chest x-ray ect ect but a 5 week wait.

I went to Moscow shortly after and told my then Russian girlfriend about the wait, with in 1 hour of telling her this she had taken my to a hospital and i had x-rays, heat ecg, ultra sound scans and other blood tests

Alot better service than in the UK all very affordable.

Maybe when you get to Bishkek or Almaty or Astana which are all major citys you should have a look to see if you can get a x-ray.

We are in the Khorog region at the moment. First the city was blocked by citizens because police tried to arrest a drug dealer after a catch of 10kg. Police started to shoot and 2 people died 7 wounded, police stations were set to fire. In the night of 22/23 the citizens let som last tourist drive trough the city, of which is one British couple with grey Leyland truck. We were 300 km before Khorog at that moment. This morning we arrived at Kalaikhum 200 km north of Khorog. Some friends past Kalaikhum yesterday evening.

We were dinied because of a new governement order of 1.00hr last night, the road and the city is forbidden for foreigners, our friends have been sent back from the next checkpoint some 100 km before Khorog. There was a new outbreak last night at 00.45hrs, two police cars were attacked, 1 attacker shot to dead.

NGO's in the city are advised to leave, nobody can tell how long it will be closed. Because of limited (visum) time we are on the way back.

So defenitly no acces to the Pamir as Khorog is closed. Now people are asked allready at the first checkpoints after Dushanbe for their destination and send back from there.

Sorry for the bad news,

GRTZ,

JP

I missed my flight to Dushanbe Sunday and would of been in Pamirs Tuesday, lucky i missed my flight.

Update
 

Please see this link with more details of the thread from Jervig explaining the situation recently Khorog arrest leads to deadly clash - Central Asia Online

Thanks for keeping us posted. I'll be arriving in Osh next Wednesday and I was planning on riding back into the Pamir. Major setback for the local population. So sad.

Will have to find something else to do.

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Yes wez is right. If it does not improve as the days go on get xray.

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Sorry to hear of your tumble. Also sorry to hear about the troubles. Im in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. As others have said dont wait till the uk for X rays. I had a tumble in Kazakhstan and was taken to hospital, couple of X rays confirmed there was nothing broke, I was given cream, bandage and the bill. Just a bit over €7
I got a truck to Bishkek where I'll stay for a another week and rest, then continue into China.
Hope you heal quick. Don't over do it.

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Hi all - Maria hope you have recovered well!

I will be trying to get a GBAO permit tomorrow and then hit the Pamir in around 4 days, if its open. I would love to meet up with other bikes to do the trip together. I am now in Dushanbe.

Anybody have new info or wants to ride together you can post here or email me at:
michael (AT) stummann.net

I am danish, 43 years old and ride an Africa Twin btw :)

Just want to let you know that today (9 june) i got denied a pamir permit in Dushanbe :(
Will try through travel agencies and update if anything works...