Author Archives: Chris Desmond

Uzbekistan – Samarkand, 5 – 7 May 2019

Posted on Thursday, 9-May-2019 by Chris Desmond

I travelled from Bukhara to Samarkand by train, ticket cost 85,000 Som or $10. The travel agent charged me 120,000 Som and he got me a ticket on the slow train (120kph) which takes 2:30hrs instead of the Afrosiyob High … Continue reading →

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Uzbekistan – Bukhara, 2 – 4 May 2019

Posted on Sunday, 5-May-2019 by Chris Desmond

The drive from Mary to Bukhara was interesting, we left at 10:00, speeds upto 140kph over rough bitumen, stopped by radar but got out of it by saying foreigner in a hurry hahaha. Police checks about every km or so … Continue reading →

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Turkmenistan – Mary, 30 April – 01 May 2019

Posted on Wednesday, 1-May-2019 by Chris Desmond

After a restless night freezing in a tent at the Darvaza crater, we drove back to Ashgabat. The train to Mary left at 15:00 and a whole 4 berth compartment had been booked for myself and the guide, total cost … Continue reading →

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Turkmenistan – Ashgabat, 26 – 29 April 2019

Posted on Monday, 29-April-2019 by Chris Desmond

The first step in travelling to Turkmenistan is to contact a local Travel Agent (I used Oguz Tour) and give them precise details of your plans, they will then apply for your Letter of Invitation. You need to start this … Continue reading →

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Netherlands and UK – Veghel, Hastings and Horsham, 16 – 26 September 2018

Posted on Thursday, 27-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Stats – 137 days on the road, 16,145 kms, 772 litres, Cost of fuel €944, Average 21.46 km/l Schollbrunn to Veghel – Easy ride to Veghel along the freeway, fine, cool and sunny. When I arrived in Veghel, the annual fair was … Continue reading →

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Germany – Schollbrunn, 15 September 2018

Posted on Saturday, 15-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Another border crossing from Austria to Germany which I approached with dread and I rode straight through no one there but I was not getting off so easy. A few kilometres into Germany there was a queue of traffic about … Continue reading →

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Austria – Vienna, 11 – 14 September 2018

Posted on Friday, 14-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Vienna – home to Mozart and Freud, population 2.6 million, a million statues and thousands of museums. Opera, Burggarten, Maria-Theresien-Platz, Museums Quartier, Hofburg, Kohlmarkt, Graben and Kartner Streets. Naschmarkt, Secession Museum, Rathaus, Wiener Minoritenkirche and I replaced the air filter on my bike, it was … Continue reading →

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Austria – Vienna, 09 – 10 September 2018

Posted on Monday, 10-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Budapest, Hungary to Austria, Vienna, just around the corner, only a 3 hour ride. Fine and cool with blue skies and being in the Schengen area now no border crossing to worry about  today or so I thought hahaha, think … Continue reading →

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Hungary – Budapest, 08 September 2018

Posted on Saturday, 8-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Kragujevac, Serbia to Budapest, Hungary another transit stop in a motel close to the highway on the outskirts of the city. While you pay your tolls on the road in Serbia, you have to buy a vignette for Hungary. This … Continue reading →

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Serbia – Kragujevac, 07 September 2018

Posted on Friday, 7-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Lyubimets, Bulgaria to Kragujevac, Serbia in reverse this time, almost the same route as when I was coming the other way but they appear to have finished the road works in the intervening months. Managed to go around Sofia on … Continue reading →

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