RTW with Noah on a KTM 690

Good call Noah. Do you have any more photos of the BAM and Vitim Bridge?

JG

Tough choice between a road full of mud ,deep river crossing etc or a warn bed.

Good thing I am not the one taking that tough decision!:eek1

Enjoy , you are a lucky man!

Noah, or any of the rest of ya'll FF's dont know how close of tabs ya'll are keeping on Joe on the F800GSA but according to BMW facebook page he took a tumble off a sketchy bridge on the BAM on his way to the Vidim Bridge... Link to FB Page

Be careful out there Noah, sorry about the weather but good on ya for keeping a level head and not ruining your equipment by attempting it by yourself

Just saw this a few minutes ago and thought about posting it. Good thing they took their motos by hand across some of the bad looking bridges. This guy wasn't so careful...

Uh oh :eek1 Will Noah make it around the world, or will a Russian sweetie sidetrack Noah for a good long while...

Happy for you Noah!

I found myself smiling while reading the above. I had fallen behind on your report trying to get my own plans underway. But man, I'm so glad I took a break from work to catch up.


Life doesn't get much better than that feeling i'm sure you have right now.

check your paypal, maybe take your new friend out for a romantic meal


Or whatever you see fit. Thanks for sharing your journey.

I understand,still spending time with the girl in the red blouse on the tour bus to changmai after 32 years, time and the world( including advr ) can wait . en

No we 'get it'. I am sure she is worth it.

Changes in plans are all part of the adventure. If everything worked as planned it wouldn't be an "Adventure". I'm guessing you had a "Bunch" of Adventure lately. Hoping you can slow down and relax, spend some time with your special lady-friend, and post some pictures of what you've been facing!

Pics of the happy couple

A few km before the Vitam bridge, some local Russians told us a German guy fell off the Vitam and died a few weeks earlier. They were talking about Joe... (over inflated story of course). We figured if someone had bit the bullet off the vitam we would have heard about it. Still.. not the type of news you want to hear 15 km prior to crossing.

You will have to wait. I'm trying to get caught up now.

Thanks... I will put it to good use.

Ah...thanks for not posting for a while, gave me a chance to catch up

Ready when you are

Well. It keeps on raining. Komsomosk might soon be underwater. Last night we had to move our bikes from the storage garage because it was going to be underwater soon. I have to get out of town before there is no way out.. or I would have to wait for maybe a month before the water goes down? This would not be a problem but I am officially in the freindzone with Sveta I don't see a reason to stay.

And another shitty side note.. after 11 month, 23 days of growing an amazing beard.. a misunderstanding with a Russian barber lady ended it. I was enjoying getting my hair cut short so I had my eyes closed.. in deep thought.. and I feel the buzzer going up my left cheek. I open my eyes to see almost half my beard gone. WTF lady! I freaked out but the damage was already done. It all or nothing so it came off. I didn't make it to 1 year so I guess I'll have to start over.

What was that line in fast times at Ridgemont high?


Oh, yeah, '' BITCHES, MAN... ''

Ride on

+1 Sorry to hear it Noah...

Here is the link to the above comment about being in the friend zone from "Say Anything"...

Easy now.. she is still one of the most incredible woman I ever met in my life. Choose those words wisely.

Beards come and beards go, but women... Hmmm, is it the same or no?

Bummer man...

I think you need to spend a few month in the "Down under" it would cheer you up for sure

Just a thought.

No offense meant. just a joke. Not a very funny one