Author Archives: Chris Desmond

Ukraine, Kiev, 21 – 23 July 2019

Posted on Tuesday, 23-July-2019 by Chris Desmond

Lviv to Kiev – the first 300 km the roads varied from 2 to 4 lane with some rough patches and the last 200 was a good 4 lane road, stopped for fuel twice, one black cloud decided to rain … Continue reading →

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Ukraine, Lviv, 19 – 21 July 2019

Posted on Sunday, 21-July-2019 by Chris Desmond

Jankowice, Poland to Lviv, Ukraine – First I had to get a visa to Ukraine. I applied for an eVisa on 1 July 2019, this involved uploading copies of my passport photo page, health insurance, bank statement and my hotel … Continue reading →

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Poland, Krakow and Jankowice, 12 – 18 July 2019

Posted on Thursday, 18-July-2019 by Chris Desmond

Leipzig to Krakow  – all on the freeway, on and off drizzle very annoying, long queues at roadworks annoying which I got around by riding down the emergency lane. No holdups crossing the border into Poland just rode straight through, … Continue reading →

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Germany, Leipzig, 09 – 11 July 2019

Posted on Thursday, 11-July-2019 by Chris Desmond

Veghel to Leipzig, through a densely populated part of Germany. A cold ride at 17c with the occasional drizzle and when I got into Leipzig there were roadworks blocking my path so I had to find a way around them, … Continue reading →

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Netherlands, Veghel, 28 June – 08 July 2019

Posted on Monday, 8-July-2019 by Chris Desmond

I rode from Edinburgh to Harwich on Friday, 7:50 hrs in fine and cold weather, spent the night there then caught the morning ferry on Saturday to Hook of Holland 7:00 hrs, lots of bikes on the ferry all heading … Continue reading →

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UK, Scotland, 21 – 27 June 2019

Posted on Thursday, 27-June-2019 by Chris Desmond

From Somerset I rode north to Edinburgh, 7.5 hours with 2 stops for petrol and no rain the whole way, a first. Normally when travelling this route I get wet but it was a cold ride 15-17c combined with the … Continue reading →

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UK, England, 09 – 20 June 2019

Posted on Thursday, 20-June-2019 by Chris Desmond

I arrived at Gatwick and was expecting a queue at immigration but “Surprise”, they now have an automated system for some countries with lots of terminals so I basically just walked straight through to wait for my luggage. From there … Continue reading →

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Belarus, Minsk, 01 – 08 June 2019

Posted on Saturday, 8-June-2019 by Chris Desmond

I flew Belavia Airlines from Almaty to Minsk, 5:10 hours, the plane arrived at 0740, 20 min late due to a late departure. If you fly into and out of Minsk, its Visa free for 30 days. No queue at … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan – Almaty 26 May – 01 June 2019

Posted on Saturday, 1-June-2019 by Chris Desmond

Almaty – largest city in Kazakhstan and it used to be the capital until 1997. It is set at the bottom of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains which are always visible and form a beautiful backdrop to the city. Modern with … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan – Almaty 25 May 2019

Posted on Saturday, 25-May-2019 by Chris Desmond

Bishkek to Almaty – a fairly straight forward drive which involved a very simple, uncomplicated and quick border crossing. I ordered a Yandex taxi using the app on my phone, cost US$7 and we left at 0710, the reason for … Continue reading →

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