I lost Mickey today. Not quite sure what happened. She cycles more quickly and normally goes ahead and waits at interesting points. I last saw her around 10km and then not again at any cafes, gas stations or anywhere else … Continue reading →
A shorter ride to bring us to the city of Казань and a rest day. We left our riverside campsite and were back on the larger roads today heading to the city. However, rather than taking the large bridge (M7), … Continue reading →
We reached the city of Kazan today and plan to stay here for a day. We’ve had some interesting bicycling through some quiet though sometimes rough roads. We tried cycling the main motorway “M7” between part of Nizhny Novgorod and … Continue reading →
Today was one of my favorite days riding so far. We woke up early and were on the road by 7am (it first gets light around 4am). Hints of headwinds never quite materialized. We had a few hills to climb … Continue reading →
We started riding today by getting off the M7 as quickly as we could. The rest of the day was spent on quieter country roads. Road conditions weren’t necessarily better than the M7 but many many fewer trucks and some … Continue reading →
Макарьево is a nice little tourist town, with the large monastery in the center. Tourist boats stop here on their way along the Volga. This is also site of a ferry across the water. We wandered through town to start … Continue reading →
Today we got lost from each other, but fortunately ended up at the same place at the end. The idea for the day was to remain on the northeast bank of the Volga and bypass Нижний Новгород. The sun was … Continue reading →
Today a day to just take a breather and a slightly easier day. We had been riding long days five in a row and needed to get ourselves around the next big city. Last night it rained as well with … Continue reading →
Today we crossed over the Volga to Городец (the town is ~40km upstream from Nizhney Novgorod). We’ve been roughly following the river the past week and now further south. Both hotels in town are full, so camping short distance out … Continue reading →
Where is one of the best places to be during a rainstorm? Twice today we had the good fortune of being in a cafй during the rain. This is now being written in my tent with “thousands of biting insects” … Continue reading →