Forum: Ride reports
04-13-2009, 04:13 PM
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Thanks! I'd love to... It's a dream of mine to...
Thanks! I'd love to... It's a dream of mine to write a book but I have visions of the publishers saying "Yeah, stick it on the pile mate" and tossing it on to a heap of un-published bike-trip-books :p
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2009, 05:39 AM
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Jaw's back up to strength, just had an x-ray on...
Jaw's back up to strength, just had an x-ray on the arm (about half an hour ago!) and it err.. didn't look awesome... That said I'm the only one that's seen it so we'll see what Dr Rai says!
Can't...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-01-2009, 08:10 AM
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Hacking and wheezing I sat down in the snow for...
Hacking and wheezing I sat down in the snow for the the 10th time in 3 minutes.
As I gasp for air, gulping it down in huge freezing mouthfuls I decide it's probably best to quit smoking... at least...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-19-2009, 05:04 AM
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"May I come in sir?"
"Murr, sure"
As I stir...
"May I come in sir?"
"Murr, sure"
As I stir inside my warm bed 'the boy' puts fresh wood into the tin stove and pours an obscene amount of kerosene on top of it swiftly followed by a match....
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Forum: Ride reports
02-17-2009, 07:49 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
02-17-2009, 06:55 AM
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If I felt I had to finish the trip I'd have...
If I felt I had to finish the trip I'd have stayed in India.
But really the only bit of the trip left was going round india and then shipping over to Aus.
The latter I'm definitely going to do at...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-17-2009, 03:38 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
02-16-2009, 08:11 AM
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"Don't gossip! Let him drive!"
Wow, even the...
"Don't gossip! Let him drive!"
Wow, even the road signs are chauvanistic round here!
It was two days ride from Amritsar on the Indian side of the India/Pakistan border and the first day took me...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-05-2009, 05:27 PM
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I arrived at the Regale Inn still fuming from...
I arrived at the Regale Inn still fuming from being ripped off by the tuk tuk I paid to navigate me through the crowded and smoggy streets of Lahore and loudly enquired "Do you have any beds?". The...
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Forum: Ride reports
01-14-2009, 02:19 AM
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hey guys!
sorry i havent been making any posts...
hey guys!
sorry i havent been making any posts lately, kashmir has few working internet cafes and now i'm back in the UK typing with one arm is a bit slow!
Basically what happened was that while...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-23-2008, 05:48 AM
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I'm still here!
I'm snowboarding in the...
I'm still here!
I'm snowboarding in the Himalayas (Kashmir) and there's fuck all internet about hence the lack of updates.
Anyway, just a quick post to tell you I'm alive and I'm off to 't party....
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Forum: Ride reports
12-01-2008, 02:47 AM
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The Karakoram Highway is, amongst other feats,...
The Karakoram Highway is, amongst other feats, the worlds highest international road.
Construction was started in the 1960s and carried on all the way into the 1970s.
It's not surprising the length...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-11-2008, 07:51 AM
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First thing this morning I nipped down to the...
First thing this morning I nipped down to the Rusi Bazaar, and amongst the broken Sony's and battered Samsungs I found myself a reasonable enough camera that I beat the guy down from $100 to $55 for....
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Forum: Ride reports
11-10-2008, 08:44 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
11-04-2008, 05:50 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
11-04-2008, 12:56 AM
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‘How much?’
‘16 Toman’
About sixteen US...
‘How much?’
‘16 Toman’
About sixteen US Dollars, hmm, I hadn’t stayed in a hotel in Iran that was more than 10 toman a night.
‘Hi, can I help?’
‘Oh yes, I’m just trying to explain that this is...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-29-2008, 11:36 PM
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Lady? My bike's name is Trevor I'll have you...
Lady? My bike's name is Trevor I'll have you know!
(I realised in Ukraine that all my bike problems were him getting offended by me patting the faux-tank and saying 'good girl', so I switched to...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-27-2008, 04:12 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
10-25-2008, 06:21 AM
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*ring ring* *ring ring*
'Hello?'
'Mr Sam! We...
*ring ring* *ring ring*
'Hello?'
'Mr Sam! We have found your motorsickle!'
'Fantastic, where was it?'
'On the other side of the city, where are you? I will come and pick you up'
A short (if...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-24-2008, 09:51 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
10-19-2008, 11:18 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
10-19-2008, 10:22 AM
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Where to begin.
On reflection I should have...
Where to begin.
On reflection I should have made a blog post before I left Turkey.
'Oh, I'll do one when I cross the border'
Little did I know the Iranian internet infrastructure was slightly...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-12-2008, 03:22 AM
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Glad you guys are enjoying it, always good to...
Glad you guys are enjoying it, always good to hear I'm not writing this report to myself :D
New blog post in a while, dıd some serıous offroadıng, stayed ın a PKK bakery and vısıted an ancıent...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-07-2008, 10:49 AM
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'Terrorist! Big Problem!'
'Hiyur problem,...
'Terrorist! Big Problem!'
'Hiyur problem, tamam, tamam'
'Tell him we only want to stay for one night'
'Uhh... Bir... Night... Tamam?'
'Hiyur! Big Problem! Terrorists!'
Camping near Chatac in SE...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-28-2008, 06:11 AM
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I left Istanbul, striding (well, rolling...
I left Istanbul, striding (well, rolling technically) proudly into Anatolia.
http://toukakoukan.smugmug.com/photos/380211191_Xig9h-M.jpg
To say the landscape changed was an understatement.
If...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
09-25-2008, 11:56 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
09-22-2008, 04:56 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
09-21-2008, 12:23 PM
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I always find it hard to write an entire post...
I always find it hard to write an entire post about a city, even one as amazing as Istanbul; it requires having an opinion on things, and I find they're treacherous things at the best of times!
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Forum: Ride reports
09-18-2008, 06:08 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
09-15-2008, 02:37 AM
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Not Constantinople
Bucharest is not far at all from the Bulgarian border, took me no time at all to cross and despite being told you had to pay a toll to get over the river that marks the border, the guard at the toll...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-09-2008, 04:49 AM
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Well I reckon it takes a particular kind of...
Well I reckon it takes a particular kind of personality to do a trip like this solo in the first place, so even if we had the same schedule we'd probably end up ripping each others throats out if we...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-09-2008, 12:30 AM
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"Any LSD or guns?"
I think the border guard was...
"Any LSD or guns?"
I think the border guard was a little offended when I burst out laughing.
Getting out of Ukraine was easy, so far the worst the Moldovan guards had done was insist that I had to...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-06-2008, 05:28 AM
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'Many a word said in haste' and all that... ...
'Many a word said in haste' and all that...
After running the engine for half an hour yesterday I was unable to replicate the oil leak.
From the location of pooled oil and trails thereof I think it...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
09-05-2008, 03:04 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
09-04-2008, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 198
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Forum: Ride reports
08-30-2008, 11:20 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
08-30-2008, 04:47 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
08-30-2008, 04:43 AM
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Well, drive at any rate.
I'm so glad I didn't...
Well, drive at any rate.
I'm so glad I didn't drive from Prague to Kiev in two days, that would have been murder.
Warsaw was ok, didn't really see very much of it, the old town seemed quite nice,...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-23-2008, 03:31 AM
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"No parking here"
"Yes, sorry, I realise that...
"No parking here"
"Yes, sorry, I realise that now"
But why? I've parked on the pavement everywhere in Europe, even in front of the Colosseum of Rome for God's sake and nobody batted an eyelid!...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-20-2008, 08:55 AM
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