Author Archives: Chris Desmond

Russia, Novosibirsk to Achinsk to Nizhneudinsk to Irkutsk, 02 – 05 August 2016

Posted on Friday, 5-August-2016 by Chris Desmond

Novosibirsk to Achinsk – I left at 0645 thinking this would be early enough to avoid the rush hour traffic hahaha wrong, this is the biggest city in Russian Asia and it took a while of chaos to get out of … Continue reading →

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Russia, Cheboksary to Ufa to Kurgan to Omsk to Novosibirsk, 28 July – 01 August 2016

Posted on Monday, 1-August-2016 by Chris Desmond

Cheboksary to Ufa – I left Cheboksary at 0705, 23c and cool, 4 lane road at first then rough 3 lane varied after that from 2 to 3 to 4, good and bad surfaces with tons of stops and slow … Continue reading →

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Russia, Cheboksary, 27 June 2016

Posted on Thursday, 28-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

I left Moscow at 0620 to avoid its infamous traffic jams, wet roads no traffic, missed a turn and had to go around the block, took about 40 min to leave the traffic lights behind. 4 lane road for 175 … Continue reading →

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Russia, Moscow, 25 – 26 July 2016

Posted on Wednesday, 27-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Moscow, capital of Russia, population 20 million, not as tourist friendly as St.Petersburg. Most of the tourists I have seen so far in Russia have been Russians or Chinese. Tourists from the West are few, probably due to the rigmarole … Continue reading →

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Russia, Moscow, 23 – 24 July 2016

Posted on Sunday, 24-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

I left St.Petersburg at 07:20 cool and overcast and no traffic at that hour of the morning, perfect. For the most part the road and the drivers were good, 4 lane roads with 2 lanes each way or 3 lanes … Continue reading →

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Russia, St.Petersburg, 22 July 2016

Posted on Friday, 22-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

I visited the Museum of Political History, well organised but most of the displays are in Russian. Another country where the politicians made decisions that wreaked havoc on the people.

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Russia, St.Petersburg, 21 July 2016

Posted on Thursday, 21-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

St.Petersburg – population 5 million, it was the capital of Russia until 1918. In 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, in 1924 to Leningrad and in 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. It is the most westernised city in Russia … Continue reading →

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Russia, St.Petersburg, 19 – 20 July 2016

Posted on Wednesday, 20-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

I rode from Lappeenranta to St.Petersburg in Russia, 30 minutes to the border, Finland Immigration stamped my passport and checked my Bike documents and I was through in 5  minutes. Rode another 5 km to get to Russian immigration, queue … Continue reading →

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Finland, Lappeenranta, 15-18 July 2016

Posted on Monday, 18-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

From Berlin I rode to Travemunde to get the ferry to Helsinki, this will save me riding a couple of thousand kilometers and save my tyres and chain by that much as well. I need them to be as fresh … Continue reading →

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Germany, Berlin, 11-14 July 2016

Posted on Thursday, 14-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Berlin Wall Memorial Stolpersteine – Commemorating the Victims Finding Stolpersteine Map Murdered Jews of Europe Memorial Tiergarten, Global Stone Project, Soviet War Memorial and the Victory Column The Art Gallery and the Reichstag Potsdam and the Schloss Sanssouci – a day … Continue reading →

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