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just had my 1st beers in st petersburgh by myself as mike is staying with his freinds in the suburbs ,,bit of an anticlimax really have ridden 18,000 klms seen more of Russia than most russians ever will and we have done what most people would never dream of doing travelling half the world by motorbike in a very different country severe language problems sep over in the east but we are here safe and sound
the kawasaki missed finishing the trip by 30ks as it came into town on the back of a truck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! let me start from leaving Moscow the guys at Bikeland had it for 2 days to fix the dirty fuel problem well it ran fine for half a day then the same problem then it started to piss down [as any of you know this is not the favourite time to be on a bike] mike and i pulled the carby apart under a servos awning and found the problem ,,,,then set off in the pissing rain looking for a hotel guess what ride for hours nothing about 9pm getting dark the kawasaki stops middle of nowwhere no electrics nothing pissing rain put it in a house at the side of the road while mike went ahead to a hotel and got a truck,,,meanwhile im soaking wet and these 3 russians ladys take me in to their house [not like the houses we know],,,,they were great we couldnt communicate but they gave me tea cucumers apples tomatoes cos i think i looked pretty miserabkle ande soaking wet,,the bike went on the flat bed on its side not srapped on i really didnt care was over it
Was a lovely hotel in the morning i found a blown fuse and every was fine till 30 kms from st petersburgh and it started blwing all the time so its at another repair shop,,,,,,,luckily and its happened the whole way while we had the bike apart on the roadside along comes a russia biker makes a call and its all happening ,,great fellowship eh peter van linden
Yesterday was a horror day because of the rain and the breakdown one of those riding days you want to forget finally hit the sack at midnite
St petersburgh looks a lovely place great cafes etc have found the canals already so am looking fwd to some sighseeing and kicking back ,,,,,,,,,,accomm here is pretty exe is average $200 us a nite ,,,svetlana mikes freind has got me a deal nice place right in town for $550 aust for 4nites
leaving sun if the bike goes for helsinki and have changed my flight come to thurs 3rd sept [Scotts birthday] was buggys idea thought i should be home for fathers day and i agree so will celebrate Scotts b/d and fathers day on Sunday in my backyard i may cook shassliks have got a bit partial to them over here
Will keep you all posted as things develop love to all xxoo
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