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Hey all we will leave for Mongolia tomorrow or the next day from Barnaul if anyone is interested.
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Hey all we will leave for Mongolia tomorrow or the next day from Barnaul if anyone is interested.
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Have a good ride. I'm about a month behind you. Let us know how you get on.

I arrive by air on Sun in Almaty and hopefully have bike cleared through customs by end of Mon. Then a loop round Kyrgz, Taj, Uzbek and Kaz before following your tyre tracks.

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Hi Craig
Have a good ride. I'm about a month behind you. Let us know how you get on.

I arrive by air on Sun in Almaty and hopefully have bike cleared through customs by end of Mon. Then a loop round Kyrgz, Taj, Uzbek and Kaz before following your tyre tracks.

cheers
C
Sounds good. We have come from there and really loved it, especially Tadjikistan. If you have the time, I would recommend stopping at both KaraKul (second guesthouse on your way in - marked with Colebatch's waypoints) and Murghab Sary-Kol guesthouse it is just off the road to China signposted. Both were great.

Along with Lalmore's Lodge in Khorog (next to Pamir Lodge).
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Sounds good. We have come from there and really loved it, especially Tadjikistan. If you have the time, I would recommend stopping at both KaraKul (second guesthouse on your way in - marked with Colebatch's waypoints) and Murghab Sary-Kol guesthouse it is just off the road to China signposted. Both were great.

Along with Lalmore's Lodge in Khorog (next to Pamir Lodge).

Many thanks for the heads-up on these. Really loking forward to my trip.
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Okay we are leaving Barnaul in the morning. If anyone wants to tag along let me know.
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Well currently in Khovd still looking for someone to travel the North route with. We are doing some sightseeing tomorrow down to the Tsenkheriin Cave. After that who knows.
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In the words of Marvin Lee Aday: 2 out of 3 ain't bad: Almaty is sunny, Girls are pretty, no have bike.


Assuming container is opened today, will cross border to Kyrg at Biskek tom (17July), then 7 days in Kyrg, then Taj for 7 days, Samarqand/Uzbek etc. Maybe cross into Altai-Russia from Kaz about 05Aug, then Mongolia.

If our paths could cross, post here or email me via my website.

later
C

PS. My Kaz cell number is +7777 five two 88 5 four 6 Allegedly it works in all Central Asia and Rus (Beeline network)... We'll see tomorrow... Text messages only pls. My mum has told me not to speak to strangers
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I guess Mongolia is just going to be full of Transalps this year.

I will probably be there late August as well, but things are pretty liquid at the moment. I'll keep an eye on this and will post again when I know something more definite. Would be nice to meet up with other riders again.
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Ok, I start tommorow from Serbia, I hope we meet in Central Asia. I have to take two tires or just the last:confused1::confused1:. I have new two on motorcycle but 100 kilos.
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Hey, starting after tomorrow from switzerland (damn russian visa took their time...), I will take the ferry germany-lituany to regain some time.

I expect to be at the Altai/Mongolia border around the 7 august. Checked with Hellcoder also he wil be there around the 2nd week of august.

Took your phone number chris will give you a text once I am around.
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My flight is tomorrow at 11AM.
Landing in Bishkek at 5AM on the 19th - going straight to my friends workshop to check the bike.
The plan is to spend max one week in Kyrgyzstan, then Kazakhstan for another week to make it to Barnaul for early August...

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Today 20july, I'm in Balykchy on the western end of Issy-Kul/ Kygyzstan. I'm leaving here later today.

Approx itinerary over next couple of days is south to Sol-Kul (today), Naryn, Tash Rabat, Baetov, Kazarman, Jalal-Abad, Osh and the to the Taj border at Sary Tash. Approx time to border is 5 to 7 days.

Then Pamir Hwy via Ishkashim to Dushanbe.

My Kaz cell number (above) seems to work in Kyrg in the towns. I check it every evening. If I have it on all day, the battery goes flat v quickly.

So, look out for my even more scratched black TA. I had a little incident involving gravity and the edge of a cliff. Very surprised the bike is still running.
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Ahh Chris,
we just missed by one day. arrived at Cholpon-Ata before yesterday.
My blue transalp is still looking very good, but it's not running so well anymore, really need a good mechanic who can sync/clean my carborator and stuff like that. The KKH worked hard on the bike :P

But maybe see you up there in Altai/Mongolia...

Have a nice ride, there are a lot of traditional celebrations at Sol-Kul these days.

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we are just now in Bishkek in the Sakuara Guesthouse and will cross the boarder to Tadschikistan about the 3rd of August and do the Pamir Highway.
We will stay in Bishkek another 1 or 2 days

Honda AT & Dominator

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Hey,
I am in Bishekek too. My GS is fixed and ready to go!!!
Went round Issyk Kul lake last weekend to test the bike.
Tomorrow going to Almaty and probably Thursday starting my way up towards Russian border.
I am planning to take it easy and be in Barnaul before the end of the month.
I am quite flexible and can wait for a few days to hit Mongolia together.

Chris: I met the Dutch group yesterday at the lake, they had a problem with the KTM but they text me later to say it was fixed...

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