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...