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Part 4 – crossing Azerbaijan
I was dripping wet, both on the outside, from the rain, as well as on the inside from sweating. Warm and wet it’s not as good when you’re on a bike, as it might sound.
Part 1 – Video of crossing Romania and Bulgaria
The whole story is here: http://dusi.ro/2018/11/part-1-crossing-romania-and-bulgaria/
Part 3 – video of crossing Georgia on fast forward
The whole story is here: http://dusi.ro/2019/01/part-3-crossing-georgia-on-fast-forward/
Part 3 – crossing Georgia on fast forward
Here I am at the border between north Turkey and Georgia. Even though it was a long ride I have taken advantage of the fast (and police free 🙂 ) roads of Turkey and arrived quite early and quite rested. After a very uneventful exit from Turkey and an even easier customs on the Georgian side, I had the first stumble of the day: in order to ride (or drive) in Georgia you need an insurance for your vehicle.
Part 2 – north side of Turkey
It was already late afternoon and I still had more than 250Km to go (according to my goal of sleeping somewhere close to Istanbul and close to the Black Sea beach) – but what the heck, this was my first day of the adventure. So I’ve went all-in, of course against all good advices everywhere: “especially during the first days, take it slow and don’t do long miles days”. Yeah, right :D.
Mongolia and back overland – Visas
Oh boy, this is a tricky one. To give you an upfront spoiler, while documenting and making arrangements for all the required visas I’ve said to myself that, if I can pull it through, this will be my most complex logistics project ever. Well, I did pulled it through – and I was not that far from the truth at all, it really was complicated.
Mongolia and back overland – The route
Since I’m honest all the way and this is an actual “after” post, the real final route was a bit different. It’s available here and except for the Mongolia part (and a bit before and after) this map is based on actual GPS tracks. A wee bit under 30.000 Km – so I still have my skills of lengthening any routes that I’m planning :D. My Garmin Zumo tricked me into losing some of the recorded tracks, so the Mongolia parts had to be recreated manually.
Part 1 – Crossing Romania and Bulgaria
Finally it’s the start day (yeah, pun very intended). After all the planning, all the preparations, after all the worries and all the dreaming, it is happening. And not a second too soon, by...
