Finally hit the road from Almaty. As much as I like the city I’ve been itching to get back on the bike and carry on heading east. The Russian satnav took the most direct route again and took me along … Continue reading →

Picked up the bike this morning. While I was waiting for Sergey to finish the service, I bumped into a group of Aussies and English lads (and a gal) who are on their way to Mongolia. A couple of the … Continue reading →

The bike’s gone in for a service this morning with Leonid & Sergey. Ready in the morning. After sitting idle for two days, the Tiger didn’t want to start this morning. Took a few goes to get going. The guys … Continue reading →

As well as getting the Tiger teed up for a service on Monday morning, managed finally to cash some travellers cheques (not easy in KZ) and went for an aimless wander round Almaty. I’m liking this town. When you get … Continue reading →

With a little help from Alexei from Horizons Unlimited forum and David from Stantours in Almaty, I found Leonid & Sergey’s motorcycle garage. There are plenty of recommendations online for them and they are working on everthing from old R6 … Continue reading →

The day started so well. Excellent breakfast in the hotel with fresh fruit salad! Fablus as they say. Great route advice from Ivan & Dima, two Russian dudes who know the roads well, big smiles and waves from the gorgeous … Continue reading →

Having a beer & pizza with Alex & John

By christ, when it rains here it really unleashes. It’s the hardest rain I’ve ever seen. Talking of which I hear there have been floods in South China

I’m way ahead of schedule so decided to do a sort run from Shymkent to Taraz and take my time over it. What a ride! By far the best bit yet. The closer you get to Almaty the more mountainous … Continue reading →

Still struggling to find a wifi connection that works with my laptop so still working off my handset. 14th June the ride from Qyzylorda to Shymkent was pretty straightforward and the Russian iPhone sat nav app got me straight to … Continue reading →