Onwards Upwards | Page 3 of 5

Three Australians on a 25,000km motorbike adventure from Far East Russia to London,
through Siberia, Mongolia, the Stans, Iran, the Caucasus, Turkey and Europe.

This is our story.

Against All Advice: Afghanistan

Against the wishes of family and friends, Zane and Todd entered northern Afghanistan from Tajikistan and spent a few days exploring...

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

To Kazakhstan from Altai Republic The border crossing was the quickest yet at just 1 hour. With that we were on our way to Semey, with...

Russian Altais

After the final travails exiting Mongolia we arrived back in Russia. Despite essentially being a necessary addition to the route to get...

Western Mongolia

White Lake to Tosontsengel; We got up early and said our goodbyes to the guest house family and the French family who are completing...

Central Mongolia

Khogno to White Lake (Tariat) via Tsenkher Hot Springs: We woke well after the local farming family had departed to begin daily farm...

Mongolia - Living with Herdsmen

Ulaan Bataar to Khogno: We left Ulaan Bataar early and made good time to Hustai National Park which is approximately 100 kms west of UB....

Ulan Ude - Ulan Bataar

In Ulan Ude we rested for a couple of days. On the second day we took an excursion to Lake Baikal with Dasha - an English teacher we met...

Into Siberia

Riding West from Blagovashchenck to Ulan Ude via Skovoridino and Chita we have covered over 2000 km in three days. There’s been some...

Khabarovsk - Blagovashchensk

After the challenging riding on the Trans-Siberian Highway from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk we were expecting more of the same. Road and...

Soviet Dragline

So here is a random one – I (Zane) spied an old Soviet dragline off the highway and couldn’t resist a look. Having spent a couple of...

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