Where we left Angie and Pete
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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dyna... [read more] Blog: Riding the Trans-siberian Highway
Date: September 19th 2007
Arriving in Irkutsk at 4am Moscow time (9am local time) it was just 7 degrees. It seemed a small miracle that we and our bikes had made it 5000km without even one revolution of the pedals! I instantly had the feeling I was in Asia, a feeling that was further confirmed once we re-loaded the bikes and headed up the hill into the general chaos of the traffic and past a local flea market, where secon ... read more
Date: September 19th 2007
Arriving in Irkutsk at 4am Moscow time (9am local time) it was just 7 degrees. It seemed a small miracle that we and our bikes had made it 5000km without even one revolution of the pedals! I instantly had the feeling I was in Asia, a feeling that was further confirmed once we re-loaded the bikes and headed up the hill into the general chaos of the traffic and past a local flea market, where secon ... read more
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We are 2 kiwis leaving London and embarking on a long and meandering ride home. It is more than 12 000 miles! We are not athletes, just ordinary people who like to pass through countries rather than passing over them, meeting the people, experiencing the nature and the life. We will travel by bicycle, boat, and train. We hope to make it at least half way without taking a plane.
Some background from Nigel
Introduction:
If asked I'd find it hard to pin point how my interest in cycling began. It certainly wouldn't have been my first cycling memory, as a five year old getting my little ... full info
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