It’s actually the early hours of Friday morning and I’m at a cafe just outside of town. I’ve spent the past couple of hours (and 50 miles) riding around Vladivostok …

Not so many riding miles today – I accidentally got up late again. Oops. 450+ miles though, and a bloke at a cafe earlier (who lives in Vladivostok) says I …

Last night, after writing my journal… ha ha… The old bloke who ‘lived’ downstairs below the cafe said I should use his bed instead of my tent) and he’d sleep …

I need to do more daily miles but I keep waking up an hour late. Not through sloth but from living a 23 hour day because of changing time zones …

I’m now east of Irkutsk – past by about 100 miles as the road lies. It’s been a pretty good couple of days of riding, and the roads are becoming …

It’s been a few days of solid riding since Omsk and I’m sat outside a cafe waiting for some soup. I’m about 230 miles away from Irkutsk but I’ve set …

Fuck. A roller-coaster of emotions this week. I was feeling quite low yesterday. Not from being stuck in Omsk so much, more from feeling not-in-control. Also, worrying about making it …

Blimey, what a week of riding. I’ve decided to try and cane it through Russia, and I’ve made it to Omsk this morning. This is to the detriment of the …

Again it’s been a while since I updated this. Although I enjoy keeping this journal, I’ve been more proactive with my blog lately. I’m also having great difficulty focussing on …