Hi all,

just got this email forwarded by a friend here in Brazil today. Ian Coates is in Bulgaria or in Turkey already.

Just read here:



IAN COATES FROM ENGLAND. HI PANDINI AND FATIMA I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. TELL THEM I THINK OF THEM OFTERN AND HOPE TO SEE THEM AGAIN ONE DAY . MY BIKE LOST ITS SPARK 9-12-2010. 25 KLM SOUTH OF BURGAS BULGARIA NEXT TO THE BLACK SEA ON MY WAY FROM RUSSIA FAR EAST VLADIVOSTOK BAKE HOME TO BLACKSHAW HEAD HEBDEN BRIDGE .AND I FOUND MY SPARK (FAULTY STOP SWITCH ).13-12-2010 IT SNOWED AND FROZE 14-12-2010 FOR 3 DAYS . I WAS SNOWED IN .AND I AM LEAVING HEAR 23-12-2010 (IF IT DOUSE NOT FREEZE TO NIGHT MELTED SNOW ALL OVER THE ROADS

. GOOGLE . IAN COATES HEBDEN BRIDGE , . GOOGLE IAN COATES HONDA , AND GOOGLE IAN COATES VOICE OF RUSSIA . I GOT TO VLADIVOSTOK RUSSIA FAR EAST IN APRIL THIS YEAR AND ROAD ALL ROUND RUSSIA FAR EAST LAKE BAIKAL AND THE ISLAND ON LAKE BAIKAL HUZU , THEN SIBERIA THEN THE URAL MOUNTAIN THEN ALL ROUND UKRAINE AND THE CRIMEAN MOUNTAINS ROUND MOLDAVIA ROMANIA NOW IN BULGARIA FROM THE CRIMEA ( UKRAINE) IT AS BEEN RAINING SNOWING FREEZING HIGH WINDS FREEZING FOG AND RAIN I DID NOT MIND THAT SLID OFF MY BIKE AND GOT KNOCKED OF IT BY A WAGON ON THE BLACK ICE ROADS. DID NOT MINED THAT . BUT NOW VERY PISSED OFF NOW I AM SOME WEAR NEXT TO THE BLACK SEE IN BULGARIA ON MY WAY TO TURKEY AND THEN ON TO GREECE TO LOOK AT HENRY WAD- DONALD FROM HEBDEN BRIDGE AND MY BIKE AS BROKEN DOWN NO SPARK AT THE PLUGS ITS GIVEN FROST AND SNOW HEAR THIS WEEK END AND MY BIKE IS IN THE YARD OF A SHIP YARD GOOD LADS BUT OUT SIDE . MY 1991 HONDA AFRICA TWIN AS NOW DUN ABOUT THIS TRIP 167 000 MILES SINS 1999 YES NEARLY 12 YEARS RIDING ROUND THE WORLD SOLD LOTS OF HONDA BIKES FOR HONDA AND GOT NO HELP FROM HONDA BEEN ON THE TV ALL ROUND THE WORLD NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES ON THE TV 17 TIMES IN RUSSIA I AM A HERO THERE AND 6 TIMES IN THE UKRAINE BUT HELL I DO NEED HONDA TO HELP ME NOW I NEED TO FINISH MY RIDE ROUND THE WORLD ON MY HONDA IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HONDA . MY WIFE AS BEEN VERY HILL BUT DOING OK AT THE MOMENT SO NOW I AM TRYING TO GET HOME AS SOON AS I CAN THE WETHER DUSE NOT BOTHER ME I RIDE IN ENY WETHER . I HAVE NOW BEEN RIDING ROUND THE WORLD FOR NEARLY 12 YEARS I HAVE NOT GOT NOT A ONCE OF FAT ON ME I AM LIKE A GRAY HOUND AND AS FIT AS A BUTCHERS DOG I AM 67 BUT FEEL 27 .
IF ENY WHONTS TO GET FIT AND YOUNGER THEY SHOULD COME OUT HEAR TO ME AND RIDE BACK TO ENGLAND I GUARANTEE BY THE TIME THEY GET BACK TO ENGLAND THEY WOULD BE 10 YEARS YOUNGER I MEAN THAT. BUT STILL ENJOYING EVERY MINUET OT MT TRIP . ( NOW GOT MY BIKE RUNNING NO HELP FROM HONDA ) BUT IT AS BEEN SNOWING AND FREEZING FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS AND CANOT RIDE MY BIKE SO WILL HAVE TO STAY HEAR TILL THE ROADS GETS BETTER. LEAVING FOR TURKEY AND GREASE IN THE MORNING 23-12-2010 ( I AM FREEZING MY BALLS OFF HEAR ) HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN ONE DAY LOVE TO YOU ALL IAN .

Ian Coates on his way to Marko and Milos (twins ) Radovanovic farm in Serbia, in the mountains near Studenica.
Ian was on his way to Bosnia.







Ian : " I m very happy I am riding in the mountains".

Ian Coates continued on Friday his journey to Bosnia border and further on to bike meeting in town Trebinje.

Hello all,

I received a couple of days ago an email from Ian Coates. He is riding around in Spain (May 2012) and he composed a short resume about his journey around the world. Read below and/or google his name about more information.

He is doing a fantastic journey and I hope to meet him again this summer in Europe.

Greetings from Buenos Aires/Argentina

Mika






Hi MIKA THOUGHT THIS MIGHT INTEREST YOU .,


THIS IS A BIT ABOUT MY RIDE ROUND THE WORLD AND STILL RIDING .
I LEFT MY HOME IN HEBDEN BRIDGE YORKSHIER ENGLAND IN 1999 AND FLEW TO JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA TO BE A MECHANIC AND DRIVER OF A LAND ROVER THAT WAS GOING BACK TO ENGLAND, THERE WAS 2 OTHER PEOPLE THAT WAS ORGANISING THE TRIP THE OWNER AND IS FRIEND ON THE LAND ROVER BUT AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS THEY LEFT THE LAND ROVER SO I HAD TO BE DRIVER AND THE MECHANIC IT WAS A OLD 101 EX BRITISH ARMY LAND ROVER WITH A TRAILER , THERE WAS ALSO SOME PASSENGERS . WHEN I GOT TO KENYA I COULD NOT GET VISAS FOR ETHIOPIA AND THE SUDAN SO I HAD TURN ROUND AND DRIVE BACK TO JOHANNESBURG . SOUTH AFRICA , THE PASSENGERS HAD TO FLY BACK TO ENGLAND . I PHONED MY WIFE UP AND ASKED HER TO SEND MY HONDA AFRICA TWIN TO ME IN JOHANNESBURG I TOLD HER I WILL RIDE BACK HOME TO HEBDEN BRIDGE ENGLAND WHICH SHE DID. WHEN I GOT MY BIKE IN JOHANNESBURG I ROAD TO THE MOST SUTHERNES POINT IN SOUTH AFRICA THEN ROAD BACK HOME TO HEBDEN BRIDGE YORKSHIRE ENGLAND IT TOOK ME 1 YEAR THESE ARE THE COUNTRIES I ROAD ROUND ON MY WAY BACK HOME
1 SOUTH AFRICA
2 SWAZILAND.
3 MOZAMBIQUE
4 BOTSWANA.
5 NAMIBIA.
6 ZIMBABWE,
7 ZAMBIA.
8 MALAWI,
9 TANZANIA AND ZANZIBAR..
10 KENYA.
11 UGANDA.
12 ETHIOPIA.
13 SUDAN .
14 EGYPT.
15 CYPRUS.
16 GREECE .
17 ITALY.
18 FRANCE .,
THEN BACK HOME TO HEBDEN BRIDGE YORKSHIRE ENGLAND .

THAT WAS 1 YEAR,
THEN I SHIPPED MY BIKE TO AUSTRALIA TO MELBOURNE AND THEN I ROAD MY BIKE ROUND THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA, I ROAD DOWN TO ALICE SPRINGS AND ROAD ABOUT 9 WEEKS ROUND THE CENTRE OF AUSTRALIA AND THEN TASMANIA . THAT WAS I YEAR
FROM AUSTRALIA I SHIPPED MY BIKE TO NEW ZEALAND AND ROAD ROUND THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH ISLAND. FROM NEW ZEALAND IN 2003 SHIPPED MY BIKE TO ARGENTINA AND ROAD TO THE MOST SUTHARNEST POINT IN SOUTH AMERICA USHUIA.FROM THERE I ROAD ROUND
1 ARGENTINA.
2 CHILE.
3 URUGUAY.
4 BRAZIL.
5 PARAGUAY.
6 BOLIVIA.
7 PERU.
8 ECUADOR.
9 COLOMBIA.
10 VENEZUELA.
11 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.,
FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO I PUT MY BIKE ON A TALL SAILING SHIP 150 FEET LONG AND 450 TONS, BIG SAILING SHIP, IT WAS ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM GRIMSBY ENGLAND TO NEW ZEALAND AND IT WAS AT ANCHORED AT TRINIDAD WITH NO ENGINEER I SAID I WOULD BE THE ENGINEER FREE IF THEY TAKE ME AND MY BIKE THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL I WOULD LEAVE THE SHIP AT PANAMA CITY. BUT WHEN WE GOT THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL THEY ASKED ME TO STAY ON THE SHIP AS THE ENGINEER TO NEW ZEALAND SO I DID ,VISITING THESE ISLANDS ..
1 DUTCH ANTILLES .
2 GALAPAGOS. ISLANDS .
3 TAHITI.
4 BORA BORA .
5 HIVA HOA .
6 TONGA .
7 MOST OF THE FRENCH POLYNESIA ISLANDS .
8 FIJI.
I CAN NOT REMEMBER THEM ALL .
WHEN WE GOT TO NEW ZEALAND I SHIPPED MY BIKE BACK TO PANAMA WEAR I WAS GOING TO LEAVE THE SHIP WHEN I GOT ON IT IN TRINIDAD .FROM THERE I ROAD ROUND ,
1 PANAMA.
2 COSTA RICA
3 HONDURAS.
4 EL SALVADOR.
5 GUATEMALA.
6 BELIZE.
7 MEXICO.
8 USA.
9 CANADA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND .
10 ALASKA . GOT TO THE NORTH OF ALASKA AT DEAD HORSE AT PRUDO BAY IN 2009 IT HAD TAKEN ME 6 YEARS TO RIDE FROM THE BOTTOM OF SOUTH AMERICA TO THE NORTH OF ALASKA .THEN I SHIPPED MY BIKE TO VLADIVOSTOK RUSSIA ,
11 RUSSIA.
12 UKRAINE.
13 MOLDAVIA .
14 ROMANIA.
15 BULGARIA .
16 TURKEY.
17 GREECE .
18 ALBANIA.
19 MONTENEGRO.
20 MACEDONIA.
21 KOSOVO.
22 SERBIA.
23 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA .
24 CROATIA.
25 HUNGARY.
26 SLOVENIA.
27 SLOVAKIA.
28 CZECH REPUBLIC.
29 AUSTRIA.
30 ITALY (ALSO THE ISLAND OF SICILY)..
31 SPAIN
32 PORTUGAL
THERE IS MORE COUNTRIES BUT I HAVE FORGOTTEN THEM, I NEED A MAP TO REMEMBER ALL OF THEM .I TRAVEL ALONE WITH NO GPS. NEXT YEAR I WILL BE 70 YEARS OLD AND I WOULD LIKE TO RIDE ROUND THE WORLD AGAIN .( THAT IS IF I HAVE GOT BACK HOME BY THEN )
YOURS SINCERELY IAN COATES