You lucky, lucky b******... 620km So I'd skipped Moscow, it was actually always the idea too, I just fooled everyone with the Melbourne to Moscow thing. Moscow is obviously a big crazy city full of people that would like to steal a DR650 and stab a stupid Aussie. But I did ride through of course, just to confirm my thoughts of 'big' and 'crazy'. The traffic came to halt well out of the city and there was some serious lane splitting that reminded me of Japan ...

Europe! 695km Finally I made it to the European continent, or so they tell me. Asia and Europe are divided by a little set of mountains called the Urals for those that don't know. As I was cruising over said mountains dodging trucks in the rain (as usual) I wondered if there was really a massive difference, my English interpreter mate at the Kazack border has told me it would definitely be warmer, but I only half believed it so as to not get my hopes up! A...

Just like work... 343km I ended up staying another day at the well overpriced hotel in Tyumen as I'd forgotton that it was Sunday until a moment before I left and I needed to buy some oil at the only bike shop I've seen in 10,000km. I thought about just going anyway and finding another bike shop down the raod somewhere, but with the DR having just clicked over 12,000km and really needing an oil change I thought it better to stay. That and I'm getting lazy. So I...

Another few hundred k's 700 or 800km? It's starting to look the same, this kilometer thing.. 600 here 900 there. I seriously love it though! Sitting on the DR for 12 hours a day riding through the rain is the best thing I could think of.... still! Although the places have changed and the roads have got better it's still exciting. As I look towards Europe, Russia too looks more like Europe, the cafe's are cleaner with more varity of food and higher prices to ma...

Back in the USSR? 1600km in two days After all day at the Mongolian/Russian border I camped next to a river about 80kms up the road on the Russian side. The next day I clocked up the 900 and something kms to Novosirbirsk and the next day 600 and whatever got me to Omsk after a days ride in the freezing rain. More news soon.....