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Apr 1, 2017

Siberian Rain

The weather, the distance… Crossing Siberia by motorcycle is an endurance event. It’s even harder when your bike breaks. Chita, Siberia, August Lightning struck so close I could smell it and it left my ears ringing. A puncture had stranded me under a raging storm that was washing away chunks of route M55…

Adventure

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Siberian Rain
Siberian Rain

Apr 1, 2017

Standard For The Stans

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan… riding across one of these is an adventure. Riding all of them can be life-changing Kazakhstan, August It wasn’t Igor’s size that made him intimidating, being made more of beer than of muscle. Instead, it was the way every person in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, would bend over backwards to make…

Travel

8 min read

Standard For The Stans
Standard For The Stans

Apr 1, 2017

Harvest Moon

An unexpected gift in the frozen Rockies It was a beautiful sunny morning but very, very cold, way below freezing. There was no point starting early. I needed to wait for the day to warm up, knowing it wouldn’t be any warmer in the mountains, and I needed to figure…

Travel

9 min read

Harvest Moon
Harvest Moon

Sep 7, 2015

Hotel Vladivostok

Riding across Siberia, Alistair finds himself in trouble when his bike snaps. Will he make it to Hotel Vladivostok? Stick or Twist? Siberian rain drummed against the window. The Bavarian-themed Beerhaus, a block over from Hotel Sapporo, was just as empty as the rest of Khabarovsk. The rain that had led me to…

Travel

14 min read

Hotel Vladivostok
Hotel Vladivostok
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