India For the second time in six weeks I found myself beating my head on the wall of a Sikhs’ Engineering shop. The first had been in Leh when Dannys…
Iran – Pakistan Esfahan was our next stop and proved to be the highlight of Iran. We were expecting a much more religiously strict city but were pleasantly surprised with…
Syria After spending time with Suska in Syria we thought we’d ask her to write a ‘guest’ post on the blog. Here’s what she had to say… I still…
Turkey – Syria – Iran This year Turkey is suffering from a greatly reduced number of tourists; something everyone is putting down to the bad publicity surrounding ‘Bird Flu’. As…
Turkey We were hoping to ride from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia) Gallipoli (Turkey) today but knew it would be a long shot given the two border crossings. Having collected bagels and…
Montenegro – Albania – Macedonia Entering Montenegro was the first time we had had to do anything other than show our passports in order to enter. First there…
Croatia After crossing the border into Croatia, we headed straight for Rijeka and the coastal road south. My initial thoughts of this road were that it reminded me of…
England – France – Germany – Austria – Italy – Slovenia Departure Day – Friday 17th March 2006 After 21 months of planning, departure day was finally upon us…