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22 Jun 2012
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23 Jun 2012
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Left Khaba..0715.Arrived Belogorsk...1915...760 km.
12 hours of beautiful scenery.... Nightmare off road riding... Meeting 50 good peole... 50 bad people...now I know why Ruskies answer 50/50- Also I have not seen a single cow..sheep. or horse... Where do they keep them?
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23 Jun 2012
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Are you going down to UB?
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24 Jun 2012
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Being pampered by Iron Angels Mogacha chapter... Interesting town.... Staying for two days lots of photos and sauna. Loaded up with 10L fuel. Great road condition..great scenery...people getting friendlier as I go west. Toilet shitter... Rode hard today 918km. Last edited by seouljoe; 25 Jun 2012 at 05:07.
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26 Jun 2012
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Arrived in Chita ,, 598KM from Mogocha ,, took me 12 hours ,, the wind ,, the bumps ,, very dangerous ,, and cold stares from all the Slavic faces ,,
Then found a fun hotel ,, Panama City,, great restaurant ,, I dare say better than Michellin 3 star ,, next door is a titty bar ,, a disco ,, a Chinese restaurant ,, Pics at my site ,, I have done 30% of Russia in 4 days. Tomorrow to Ulan Ude ,,, but will sleep some where in the middle ,, PS .. I see no difference betwen Chita and Ulan Bator ,, Mongols ,, my people ,, they smile and am greeted warmly ,, all the mistrusting stern ,, Ruskie,, Slavic looks I have had from Khaba to Chita ,, sorry people they are. Love and hate ,, with these people so far ,, good ones will tear your heart out, with kindness ,, bad ones belong in the shitty toilets that they have all over their country. Last edited by seouljoe; 26 Jun 2012 at 18:10.
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27 Jun 2012
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It's funny we had that in European part of Russia. It seems they need know you a little before they warm up. But here in Siberia it is different again.
Oh man are you moving BTW.
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27 Jun 2012
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Left Chita ,, at 10 AM ,, because I had to go a bank ,, ,when I came back a man was sitting my bike,,, had to give him some choice words ,,
By far this was the roughest route ,, 15 hours ,, arrived at 1 AM ,, staying at Baikal Palace ,, went to the sushi bar ,, they serve me frigging lamb with sashimi,, ,, I ask , Mongol? ,, Nyet ,,Ruskie is the answer. Da ,, Harasho ! My people same eyes , no English ,, they worship Korean K-Pop ,,,No Korean though,, ,, To bed ,, from here on ,, no more than 6 hours of riding a day ,, not worth the risk I took at my age. Staying here for two days ,, if any one wants to drop by,,, room 229 Mr.Park . Last edited by seouljoe; 27 Jun 2012 at 21:26.
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27 Jun 2012
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Coming in to Ude ,, following a river at midnight ,, scant moon ,, was quite spectacular ,,
All the generousity of Russians who gave me grace,, I kept my promises and paid them back in double the generosity ,, Last edited by seouljoe; 27 Jun 2012 at 21:25.
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28 Jun 2012
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They do drive rather well,, I was impressed. Dropping Ulan Bator (Seen it before),, seen Chita,, horses,, cows ,, goats ,, wind,,food. Baikal tomorrow ,, It would be fun to meet you ,, and Melik , on the way ,, get pissed. So far best city in the East Russia is Vladivostok,,, most cosmopolitan,,,most beautiful women.
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29 Jun 2012
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Just walked into Irkutsk Marriott..
Almost got wiped out three times..coming off the Baikal mountain...schmucks wantonly passing from other side. Met two Poles..Ukrainian bikers coming from other way. Sunday drivers out in full force..mama mia. Be very careful ,, stay on the right side of the lane ,, they will blind curves like no tomorrow ,, I like what I am seeing here ,, beautiful river right on the smack pf the town ,,, Last edited by seouljoe; 29 Jun 2012 at 11:33.
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1 Jul 2012
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Beautiful country side ,, all the way from Itkutsk to Krasnoyarsk ,,
Spent a night in Tulun 390K from Irkutsk ,, reminded me of Tulum New Mexico , name wise ,, People were nice ,, got my light fixed for 5 bucks ,, parts only,, labour free ,, great car wash for 5 bucks ,, ended up messy right outside of Tulun. Gastinitsa Centrale ,, right on the main street on top of the only bank and Western Union ,, market on the right ,, great deli ,,, cafe restaurant in the basement .. secure parking with cctv ,, 2,000 rubles. Very clean ! Left Tulun at 6AM ,, arrived Krasnoyarsk ,, at 9PM ,,690KM shitty road ,, construction every where and bumpy road ,, must have done at least 100km of gravel ,, My Harley bottomed out dozens of times ,, Last 40 klicks were sheer dream ,, for first time I did 120k an hour on a smooth road. Gee ,,, average speed all the way was 60 KM an hour! Staying at hotel Krasnoyarsk ,,, great international Jazz and music festival going on ,, Two or three days here ,, need a rest,,,oil change today at a Yamaha dealer ! , They say they do local Harleys. Nice looking city ,, reminds me of Budapest ,, river every where. Took me 9 days to get here from Vladivostok. Need to fly out of Italy ,, 10TH latest ,, to be in Australia on the 14TH of August. As I go west , people are responding ,, smiling ,,, what a difference a thousand KM makes in people's mindset.Moving up Russia to 6 out of 10. Great food ,, I was surprised ,, every where I went food is excellent. Another surprise ,, as soon as a pedestrian comes to curve ,, all the traffic stops! Something our Korean drivers will never learn in our life time. There is a large square ,, at night boys and girls come out and sit around and do a sort of Latin ,, mating ritual ,, checking each other out. Interesting. Last edited by seouljoe; 2 Jul 2012 at 06:02.
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#42
2 Jul 2012
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Man you arent taking it easy.
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#43
4 Jul 2012
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Kidnapped in Kemerov ,,
By bunch of bikers ,, insists I attend his wife's B party then a bike festival.
Stuck here ,, meanwhile my rear shocks ,, needs a work ,, Be careful ,, Beryoxorvsky towars Krasnoyarsk ,, after 2PM ,, sun gets so hot ,, the asphalt becomes like a puddle of oil no friction and many machine gun bumps ,, I saw BMW 1000 ,, wiped out boxed and cafrried away ,, I also had a real close call ,, Last edited by seouljoe; 7 Jul 2012 at 08:23.
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#44
7 Jul 2012
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Still in Altai.. Barnaul.
Rain last three days but grest number of enthusiastic Central Siberian bikers.. Heading back to Kemorovo tomorrow to hit the road to Omsk.
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#45
7 Jul 2012
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Ah I didn't realize you were in Barnual I would have come looking for you.
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