It's a Memorablog... Sorry to confuse you... I'm writing 5 year-old stuff, it's called a Memorablog. There just wasn't blogs in 2001, and people have been asking me constantly to write up my journal, and well, I reckon this is the best way? It's a bit bizarre at times - last month I was writing about a bike trip in Ukraine whilst on an actual bike trip in theUS!
ANDY
Omsk rocks Sorry I don't get it really - are you on the road then or are you just writing of 5 years old stuff? Besides the white Ladas that followed you (actually a Volga and a Moskvitsch) do you feel (felt?) safe there?
Details details Andy, I don't remember taking a train from Volgograd. I do remember the (pre planned) boat trip up the Volga river though, which was excellent by the way (ruined only by the thought of you riding all alone on those dusty hostile roads ;-)
Excellent Blog.
Keep it up.
Great trip! Hey mate.
Looks like you guys are having a great trip. I'm sure you'll have all sorts of cool adventures riding that far. Take note that someone I know tried a similar trip and had a real hard slog through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, the hardest part of the trip he reckons. Good luck and it appears that you and I share the same travel sponser. I'll be following your trip with interest.
CAMO
Just the type of trip i wish to make hey ya.. i've been thinking of doing something crazy like this... did u have to train for a bit b4 the trip? how much did u have to spend to fix the bike up? so envious of u guys... have a safe and fab journey !!
Hi! I'm Andy Ganner, known as the "BIKEPACKER". Meaning I put everything on my bike; tent, cooker, clothes, food, tent, and sleeping bag... and just set off on an adventure.
Been doing it nearly 20 years and have hand-written journals for every trip from my RTW backpacking trip of 1986, up to present.
Over the next years I'll be publishing my "Memorablogs" of these trips. It will take time as there are many slides to scan, I only went digital in 2009.
You can already read the epic England to Singapore trip: 2001 a Bike Odyssey, now. It's all there, word for word from my written jour... full info
same guy as yesterday
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what do you think - is the situation same/worse/better today for a traveller like you in Russia?