Elliot Silander with his loaded touring bicycle on top of the Ak-Baital pass in Tajikistan, snow-capped mountains behind.

Part 3: Six Months In, Elliot Has Reached China

The Pamir Highway is behind him. So are a broken pedal, two bouts of stomach illness, a 5,100-metre summit and the Tunnel of Death. When I caught up with Elliot, he was in a hotel in Urumqi, in the corner of China that lies farther from the sea than anywhere else on Earth, working out how to cross the biggest country on his road to Australia.

Elliot Silander's tent and loaded touring bicycle pitched on a ridge above the Erzincan valley in Turkey, with snow-capped mountains behind.

Part 2: Five Months In, Elliot Has Reached Central Asia

Around 10,000 kilometres from Sweden, Elliot had made it to Tajikistan. Behind him: Turkey, the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea and some very hot nights. Ahead: the Pamir Highway.

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Part 1: Two Months In, Elliot Has Reached Istanbul

Part 1: Two Months In, Elliot Has Reached Istanbul

From Sweden to Australia by bicycle, with a long road ahead and Trinordic gear being tested one night at a time.