Bonus: a chance to spot the elusive and endangered blue sheep, unique to this mountain range.

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The Eurasian brown bear has disappeared from much of Europe, but in this mountain range that separates Slovakia and Poland, you have some of the best odds of seeing the magnificent animal in the wild.

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This is the oldest mountain range in the world and for a 100 years, mining these mountains has brought jobs for the people here.

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This centre - dedicated to Lord Shiva - is especially popular with the tribal population in this lush district close to the Aravali mountain range and the picturesque Malwa Plateau - it has been described as "the Haridwar for tribals".

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The point to be made against bikes of this sort (those in the Raleigh "Urban" range also fall into this bracket) is that they are rather like modified mountain bikes.

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This is why I have come here: to ride through the remote Tian-Shan (Celestial Mountains) mountain range along ancient routes and through wide high-altitude pastures, known as jailoos, where shepherds have been grazing livestock for centuries.

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