Travels and Adventures of an Ent on a Motorcycle
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
We woke fairly early and got packed up to go, the Polish couple joined us and we were ready to head up to the monastery. The guy got on the back of Matt's bike and the girl onto Gleb's, I was in no state to be taking people on the back. I was barely safe … Continue reading Day 56 – Georgia to Russia
Day 54 began very ickily. Partly because of the hangover and partly because I woke to find my helmet had been invaded by ants. That's what you get for leaving it on the floor. We had breakfast groggily and sat around for a couple of hours trying to recover some strength while I took my … Continue reading Day 54 & 55 – Chiatura to Tbilisi and Stepantsminda
Completely at odds with my usual time keeping, I managed to finish off the 50 days summary video on Day 51. I'm quite please with how it all came out, all the clips are things I can distinctly remember, and watching it brings the entire days memories back for each one, some of them look … Continue reading Day 51, 52 & 53 – Batumi to Chiatura
Day 49 started with a really nice breakfast and even some fried eggs, which is a treat compared to the stale bread and jam usually available at the crappy hotels. Then getting Donkey geared up with an audience, and some people wanting photos next to him. The plan was to ride from Kars down to … Continue reading Day 49 & 50 – Kars to Batumi
Having a day off in Erzurum turned out to be a good idea, it rained on and off for most of the day including some thunder, not exactly nice weather for riding. I had a little wander around the town between the showers and found a little food. It's an odd town, feels like it's … Continue reading Day 46, 47 & 48 – Ezurum to Van and Kars
Lovely start to Day 43 with a guy drilling right outside my window at 7.30 after going bed at about 1am. He was balancing on some beams for an awning and drilling above his head, they're not much for scaffolding around here. I stumbled up 5 flights of stairs for breakfast in the cafe which … Continue reading Day 43, 44 & 45 – Sinop to Trabzon and Erzurum
A groggy start to Day 39 after having a few drinks and staying up late playing StarCraft with some friends. I used to play almost daily and now it's just whenever I get good internet, spare time and somewhere to sit with the laptop, so almost never. Being 2 hours ahead of them means I … Continue reading Day 39 to 42- Black Sea Coast Part 1
It was a soggy start to Day 36, it had rained early in the morning and was still going at 10am when I wanted to leave. The hotel owner was still asleep on the sofa in reception, obviously, but I got the bike geared up then waited a little for the rain to slow, I … Continue reading Day 36, 37 & 38 – Gallipoli, Erdek and Beach Hell
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