Wednesday, 1 August 2007

Leaving tomorrow for Istanbul...




Pretty much packed now. We had a going away party on sunday with our friends wishing us luck and bringing appropriate wine..


and encouraging cards.....

To give you an idea of the task ahead we have approximately 6,000 miles to ride in 88 days of riding (approx 70 miles a day) with a rest day every week or so as follows:

August 4th Istanbul, Turkey (start)
August 10th Amasya, Turkey
August 15th Yusefeli, Turkey
August 20th Tbilisi, Georgia
August 25th Baku, Azerbaijan
Sept. 2nd Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sept. 6th Mary, Turkmenistan
Sept. 10th Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Sept. 14th Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Sept. 20th Os, Kyrgyzstan
Sept 27th Kashgar, China
Oct. 3rd Kuqa. China
Oct. 9th Turpan, China
Oct. 17th Dunhuang, China
0ct. 21st Jiayuguan, China
Oct. 29th Lanzhou, China
Nov. 5th Xian. China
Nov. 13th Anyang, China
Nov 18th Beijing, China (finish)
Nov 21st Back home

So you can track us across the globe. Time to stop preparing and get ready to ride..

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Mr& Mrs K,
Good Luck and Bon Voyage.
"To boldly go where .... eek!"
I re-iterate - Good Luck!!