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Городец, short note on a short riding day

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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 of town. More complete updates will wait for a bit. Roads have improved over this past week, though still always a challenge to make our way through these cities. After frost the first week, it is suddenly summer with thundershowers, mosquitos and warm temperatures. In Шуя we had a radio interview, not sure how that turned out. People are quite curious, friendly and helpful.

55km today, 3698km through Eurasia

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Городец, short note on a short riding day — 3 Comments

  1. hi mike,
    looks like you are having an adventure. hope the roads get better and the mosquitos smaller. laura

  2. Mike,
    It seems a lot more difficult than riding in Australia. We are continuing to follow your journey with great interest. In a week’s time, we shall be heading north to Townsville for our ride from there to Mount Isa (via Boulia).However, we do hope to be able to access the internet and so be able to keep ourselves informed about your adventures. How do you find a spare wheel if you are unlucky enough to need one?We can understand
    something of how worrying mechanical difficulties must be when riding in an isolated area and/or a foreign country.
    Rod and Gwen

  3. Thanks for the greetings. I hope not to need a wheel or anything, but if necessary I know addresses of bicycle shops in largest cities and also have an extra bicycle saved in Russia from last years trip.

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