Back on Track
The mission of the past few days has almost been completed. Steps have been retraced through Turkey and Bulgaria, I’ve had some pre-Russia maintenance done on the bike in Lasi …
Return to Plan ‘A’
Georgia was fun and beautiful, and I bumped into a fellow biker chap called Jannick, who was on his first long ride-out after only recently getting his bike licence. After …
Georgia On My Mind
I’ve finally come off the bike! The first spill has been made, as well as two others. After over 6,000 mills of accident-free riding, I’ve now had three falls in …
Northern Georgia
It’s taken me all day to ride only about 80 miles! Knackered. I hope my ankle is okay tomorrow. Talk about adventure riding. Today was shattering! I’ve now fallen off …
Amazing Caucasus Mountains
Oops, it’s been a while since I added to my diary. My bad! Right. Getting out of Samsun was DEFINITELY the right move. Heading to Cappadocia was good fun. Nice …
Let’s Off Road!
It really is beautiful here, so I’ve stayed a little longer than I planned to. Not that this trip has really involved much time-planning or route-planning in first place. Let’s …
Goreme, Kapadokya
After hanging out in the city of Samsun for a full week, I’m finally back on the road and exploring Turkey. Goreme, to be specific. It feels great to be …
Hanging Out in Samsun
I’ve been in Samsun for a week now. Same town, same camping pitch, not travelling, for a week. It’s been nice, resting and relaxing. It’s also been fun getting the …
Big Mutha Russia
It’s been a week of crazy long riding days and I’ve made it as far as Omsk – a good chunk of the way through Russia. It’s time to take …
City of Samsun
I’ve been a bit quiet the past few days because I haven’t really done very much. The intent was to get to Samsun and then stop for about a week, …