Made it to Moscow! What a ride in between though. All day tuesday it rained, actually it rained quite a bit on monday too. But tuesday, i woke up and got out of my tent in the rain, rode all day in it, then set up camp again in it! There was different kinds of rain but all of it wet. Still managed to cover about 330km which i was quite happy with, but the roads were pretty hectic. The russian drivers are crazy and they crash a lot. I saw half a dozen crashes betw...

So from Astana i rode toward Kostanay. Spent 2 nights there in the hot, but beuatiful city. Met some local people, got to practise russian, and met a crew doing a car rally from london to UB. On my way out of town i stopped briefly at the internet cafe to check email and ended up doing another interview for local TV and newspaper (i think). Anyways back on the road and towards the border. It took nearly 4 hours but much of this time was spent waiting in a que. I ...

So last night once i was finished on the computer i went outside to my bike got on and rode down the road and guess what game i got to play. Yep, deal with a flat tyre again. Its not my favourite game anymore! I just wanted to get to the motox track and lo and behold i met a guy crossing the street who was an official today and he helped me find someone with a compressor to pump up my tyre. I bolted out there, the guys sat me down and fed me while they changed my...

Im ok and in astana. Dan please check the message board. I would love to catch up with some aussies if there are any living here in astana. Dunno which is your email to reply to. cheers So, What an amazing turn of events in Semey. We rocked into town, did some internet and we wanted to copy all our pics onto dvd so we each had a copy from other cameras. While we were waiting for this to happen a reporter came and introduced herself. She helped me check into a h...

Just to let yous know where i am and what im planning on doing, and roughly where i will be. I am in Semey in kazakhstan near the border. Had a great time last night, met some locals ended up being interviewed and got on local TV and radio The presence of a bunch of australians was announced! There was a whole group and a photographer and after theyd checked me into a hotel took us out to dinner, and insisted on paying. People here are fantastic! I am travellin...