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Leaving Russia, but not yet entering China

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on September 29, 2007 by mevNovember 29, 2007

Today I flew from Vladivostok to Beijing. After five months in the country, a closing of that chapter. It all went uneventfully. Even my visa registrations remained unchecked. I’ll tell you some more about that later. On arrival in Beijing, … Continue reading →

Posted in China

Владивосток, epilogue to the trip

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on September 22, 2007 by mevSeptember 27, 2007

On completion of a trip like this, there are always mixed emotions. It is nice to have completed the trip, and particularly a goal such as having crossed two continents on a bicycle. At the same time, you realize that … Continue reading →

Posted in Far East

Владивосток, end of the trip

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on September 17, 2007 by mevSeptember 18, 2007

Today we cycled into Владивосток to complete the trip. Hooray, we’ve made it all the way to Владивосток! It was a busy ride not for the faint-hearted. Владивосток is located on the end of a natural peninsula. There appear to … Continue reading →

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Хабаровск, end of the Amur highway

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on September 7, 2007 by mevSeptember 9, 2007

Today we reached the city of Khabarovsk, the endpoint of the 2165km “Amur Highway” from Chita. This is a big city of 600,000+ people and largest city since we left Irkutsk a month and a half ago. It took a … Continue reading →

Posted in Amur Highway, Far East

Архара, rest day

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on September 2, 2007 by mevSeptember 3, 2007

Today we made a ride back to town of Архара. Weather forecasts had indicated possible rain (though it is now sunny outside), and we went back to see if the dog that had bitten Mickey was behaving normally. From here, … Continue reading →

Posted in Amur Highway, Far East

Свободныи, cleaning day in larger city

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on August 28, 2007 by mevSeptember 3, 2007

Today we reached the somewhat larger town of Svobodny. We’ve had a few rest/rain/sick days in the past, so plan is to stay here one night before continuing on to Khabarovsk. Hence, I’ll write this update from here but further … Continue reading →

Posted in Amur Highway, Far East

Могоча, rest day

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on August 17, 2007 by mevAugust 17, 2007

We have taken a much needed rest day in town of Могоча. The town has 15,500 people, two hotels and otherwise is a small eastern Siberian town. So far we cycled 432km of gravel roads from Чита, though reports are … Continue reading →

Posted in Amur Highway, Siberia

Кислыи Ключ, the road less traveled

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on August 15, 2007 by mevAugust 19, 2007

Today we rode the road less traveled and it made a big difference. Not much difference in our average speed or total distance, but a difference in experience. The road was narrower. It had fewer long slow grades but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Amur Highway, Siberia

Сбега, rocks and rattles as we roll

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on August 14, 2007 by mevAugust 19, 2007

It sounds like a broken record, but we had another tough day of cycling on the gravel road. It seems like they dumped a fresh load of gravel on this road. This accompanied with climbs made for a slow ride. … Continue reading →

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Урюм, tough riding on gravel

Amsterdam to Vladivostok Posted on August 13, 2007 by mevAugust 13, 2007

Two things made for tough cycling today: there was a lot of loose gravel on the road and the road itself went across a number of hills. When climbing the hills there were already signs up marking the grades as … Continue reading →

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