Irkutsk city sign.
We made it to Irkutsk in one piece - Singapore, our goal, now directly south of us. From here on could get difficult...
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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 Dynas... [read more]
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 Dynas... [read more] Blog: Riding to safety - Refuge in Irkutsk!
Date: September 23rd 2006
Day 113, 21st September Kujtun - Zima - Kutulyk Nothing else happened last night after the fight and the militia turning up - it could have turned out much worse actually, our bikes could have been stolen, I could have been killed, we BOTH could have been killed… those guys had Kalashnikovs and who would have found our bodies in the wilds of Siberia. I surveyed the early morning scene. ... read more
Date: September 23rd 2006
Day 113, 21st September Kujtun - Zima - Kutulyk Nothing else happened last night after the fight and the militia turning up - it could have turned out much worse actually, our bikes could have been stolen, I could have been killed, we BOTH could have been killed… those guys had Kalashnikovs and who would have found our bodies in the wilds of Siberia. I surveyed the early morning scene. ... read more
