Travels and Adventures of an Ent on a Motorcycle
An odd start to the day getting accosted and checked over by a plain clothes official in the hotel dining room. We had to make some copies of our Visa pages in our passports before he was satisfied. Today it was just Me, Martin and Xenia Oki having left early in the morning. Karimabad was … Continue reading Day 117 to 135 – Sost to Islamabad – Pakistan
Chilly start to the day but we were all up and excited like it was Christmas in our little house in Sary-Tash. Everyone was ready and packed sharpish, a quick breakfast then we were on the road. A couple of hours easy riding to the Kyrgyzstan border to start the exit process, stunning views of … Continue reading Day 110 to 116 – Sary-Tash to Sost via China
Woke up all through the morning from 2am when it really got cold until 6am when I couldn't get back to sleep any more. I stumbled out the tent for a wizz to an amazing sight, looking over the lake to a clear view of the mountains again. Most mornings when I wake up, it … Continue reading Day 95 to 109 – Karakul to Sary-Tash via Bishkek
Waking up looking over to Afghanistan was a very weird experience. A lot of things on this trip are very weird and take some getting used to, but that was a big one. We all got packed away pretty quick, said our goodbyes to the German family in the truck and headed out. The roads … Continue reading Day 91 to 94 – Khorog to Karakul
Woke up to my body giving me the middle finger, everything ached, the bed was so uncomfortable, springs poked out everywhere. When I arrived at the hostel it was the last bed in the room, I hadn't thought anything of it, but now I know why it was the last pick. Luckily the girl next … Continue reading Day 87 to 90 – Dushanbe to Almost Khorog
Leaving Bishkek took a good long while, the traffic in the centre is thick and the roads out of town are clogged with bazaars where trucks and taxi's stop in the road waiting for people, while the traffic backs up around them. After a couple of hours I was free though, onto some open road. … Continue reading Day 81 to 86 – Bishkek to Dushanbe, Tajikistan
After the long break in Astana it was a little weird to get going again, but it all comes back pretty quick. I got loaded up and set off, running a few errands on the way out of town, changing some cash and stocking up a few things. The road was in great condition leading … Continue reading Day 73 to 80 – Astana to Almaty and Bishkek
Waking up in the awful motel wasn't exactly a nice way to start the day but it did get me moving nice and early. It was going to be a long run today with sparse fuel from what I could find out, maybe even all 200 miles to Aktobe, my tank can around 220 maximum, … Continue reading Day 64 to 72 – Aktobe to Astana
Day 61 started with a lovely (not lovely) surprise, after about 10 minutes the speedometer stopped moving. I stayed calm and rational though (read: panicked, imagining doomsday scenarios of being jailed in Russia) and considered my options. If it was broken I would need a new one and Russia would be the best place for … Continue reading Day 61, 62 & 63 – Volgograd to Saratov & Uralsk, Kazakhstan
Me and Gleb woke pretty early, he had about 1700km to ride in a day... probably not going to happen but he was going to give it a good go. He got packed up and we said our goodbyes, and not nearly enough thanks. He left me with strict instructions not to stray from the … Continue reading Day 57 to 60 – South Russia to Volgograd
