Gareth meets up with a dear Kiwi friend who is doing amazing work with Russian teens and is blown away just what an APEX Conference does for a city! Into Vladivostok that is completing our 5,300 kms Russian leg of the journey. A quick flick of 87 kms and rendezvouing with Rachael Hughes at a […]
It’s the big day for Jo but can it get any grubbier and will it just continue to go downhill from here! Isn’t it a shame. Dave makes a woman’s day by picking flowers for her while Gareth plays a little Russian roulette with the local motorists! Not much of treat for her today sadly – […]
Dave is accused of having a wandering eye and tells us how he deals with travelling with a married couple. Jo hits the wall today and can’t be bothered with the silly boys today and why does Gareth find Khabarovsk so interesting! Today’s ride pretty uneventful, all tarseal. Only the mandatory downpour as we came […]
Gareth plays chicken with an oncoming Russian vehicle and a patched biker comes to the rescue of the team and saves the day. Also Jo goes from being soaked one minute to covered in Honey the next. At 480 kms, the run from Belogorsk to Birobidzhan is our longest day in kms. But the road is […]
Jo finds the best room so far for the best price. What a bargain! Dave and Gareth finally come clean after trashing their hotel room each night. Tarseal continued with a vengeance today and we cruised along at speeds of 90-100kph all day – unheard of until now, when a 70kph top speed was dicing with […]
A toothless Russian woman shows Jo her wonderful secret garden. Dave comes across a sad broken man who is forced to call his own motorcycle adventure quits and gets passionately kissed by another local man. Also Gareth is too filthy for yet another Hotel receptionist and is asked to leave. Having got to Tynda, which […]
The intrepid threesome arrive in Tynda to a huge street parade and a wonderful celebration and Jo thinks it must be for them. At dinner the sashlick is the best they have ever tasted and in this town when it rains, it pours! Glorious day and we’re away by 7am, headed today to Neryungri, a […]
A younger Russian man falls in love with Jo and tries some nice moves to get her interested. Gareth is not amused at all so heads off on a cleansing mission. Dave gives the bikes a big thumbs up for holding together so far and Jo reveals why she thinks the local Macho men are so hot. […]
Jo and Dave’s bikes both need some proper repair work or they could be in trouble. The team are on the hunt for a bunch of Russian welders but what’s the chance of them out here? Jo also seems to be collecting a few animal body parts for good luck from the locals. Spooky! Breaking […]
After a day of enormous roadworks and riding through more mud and slosh, Gareth pulls out his business card and a Russian shopkeeper goes ballistic! Also Jo’s got the responsibility of finding somewhere dry for the night but that task is turning into an absolute nightmare. Back on the road or at least river to […]
