Northern Russia, ALtai, Tuva, Kyrgyz

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It’s that time of the year when it is p*ssing down with rain outside, shorts dark days and Xmas very far yet….

So, the perfect time to start planning a trip and cheer me up J

Still vague at this stage but my plan would be, late May early June, to ride across Scandinavia, get into Northern Russia (Murmansk peninsula) then down to Petrozavodsk and Kerala Oblast to visit few ancient sites, then Arkhangelsk oblast to the same named town. From there cross to the Komi republic, explore, visit and find a way to get to the edge of river Ob; maybe via Kotlas to Surgut or Nizhnevartovsk.

Then take a boat up the river to Tomsk. From there ride to Gorno-Altaysk to pick up our border permits.
Then ride the Altai and part of Tuva Track.
Then come back across the Altai and cross Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan. Explore a bit further Kyrgyz and if we have time ride some part of the Pamir highway in Tajikistan.

End the trip in Bishkek, put the bikes mid-September into Sambor’s trucks and flight back to Blighty.

Anyone will be round there next summer?