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Prologue

      The Silk Route: The Long and Winding Road

      Only the Beginning: Training and Red tape

            Climb every mountain, ford ...: Shakedown Ride Day 1

            What a difference a day makes!: Shakedown day 2: Rossland to Lemon Creek

            What condition my condition is in: Shakedown Day 3 and then half day home: Lemon Creek to Kaslo then home

            And then when I'm gone, I'll write home every day: Passports back after two months! Extra rim here! Good to go

      Where the rockets' red glare: Bombs Away in Istanbul

            Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?: Istanbul! but sans bike

            You Can't Always Get What You Want: Touristos in the truck

Turkey

            O Happy Day: In Amasya, Turkey with the bike

            The Eve of Destruction: EFI (is that Every Fabulous Inch or what?)

            On the Road Again: Amasya to Resadiye

            Hot Town Summer in Anatolia: Resadiye to Alucra

            Good Vıbratıons: Alucra to Bush Camp 25 km east of Bayburt

            Georgia on My Mind: Bayburt Bush Camp to Yusufeli

            Up Up and Away: Usufeli to Bush Camp near Ardahan

Georgia

            You don't know how lucky you are boy ...: Border Crossing to Uraveli Canyon near Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

            Oh Baby Baby, It's a Wild World: Uraveli Canyon to Lake Paravani

            What Goes Up Must Come Down: Lake Paravani to Tblisi

            Cold Duck Time: Tblisi to Lagodekhi

Azerbaijan

            A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall: Lagodekhi Georgia to Seki Azerbaijan

            Country Road: Seki to Qabala

            Woolly Bully: Qabala to Samaxi (Shemakha)

            Downtown: Samaxi to Baku

Turkmenistan

            O Ferry, Cross the Mersey: Baku to Turkmenbashi across the Caspian Sea

            Put the Camel to Bed: Turkmenbashi to Nebitdag (Balkanabat)

            Everyone Knows It’s Windy: Nebitdag to Desert Camp east of Bereket

            Getting out of Dodge: Desert Camp to Ashgabat

            Easy Like Sunday Morning: Ashgabat to Desert Camp at Ancient Ruins of the City of Bawerde

            Cotton Genny: Desert Camp just west of Kaka to Desert Camp near Mary

            These Eyes: Desert Camp in an Elm (?) grove to Mary

            Ice Cream Castles in the Air: Mary to Desert Camp

            Four Strong Winds: Desert Camp to Turkmenabat

Uzbekhistan

            Sittin' at the Dock of the Bay Wastin' Time: Turkmenabat (Turkmenistan) to Bukhara Uzbekistan

            Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name: Bukhara to Orchard/Corn Field Camp

            Fa A Long Long Way to Go: Orchard Camp to Samarkand

            O Sugar, Honey Honey: Samarqand to Silk Route Restaurant

            Turn Turn Turn: Restaurant Camp to Bush Camp near Tajik border

Tajikistan

            Wasting Away in Margaritaville: Bush camp to Khojand, Tajikistan

Uzbekistan (returning)

            One Two Three, Baby, You and Me: Khojand, Tajikistan to Kujand, Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

            Man of Means by No Means: Kujand, Uzbekistan to Osh, Kyrgistan

            Our House is a Very Very Very Fine House: Osh to River Camp

            The Water Tastes Funny When You’re Far From Your Home: River Camp to Sary Tash

            I Feel Good: Sary Tash to Camp near Chinese border

China

            You’re Cold as Ice: Mountain Desert Camp to Ulugqat China

            China Grove: Ulugqat to Desert Camp near Wuqia

            I Went Down to the Crossroads, Fell Down on my Knees: Desert Camp to Kashgar

            On and On: Kashgar to Truck Stop Camp

            Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head: Truck Stop Camp to Desert Abandonned Petrol Station Camp

            Slow Down, You Move to Fast: Petrol Station Camp to Aksu Hotel

            I Can See For Miles and Miles: Aksu to Desert Camp

            Hoochie Koochie Man: Desert Camp to Kuqa

            Wipeout: Kuqa to Desert Camp

            Gimme Shelter: Desert Camp to Korla

            It’s Too Darn Hot (the chilies that is): Korla to Uxxakhal

            Moondance: Uxxakhal to Alpine Desert Canyon Camp

            In an Octopus's Garden: Alpine Desert Canyon Camp to Turpan

            I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Turpan to Bush Camp

            No One Comes Near: Bush Camp to High Desert Rocky Camp

            Ride a Painted Pony Let the Spinning Wheels Spin: Desert Camp to a hotel in Hami

            They Looked in the Future and What Did They See: Hami to Desert Camp

            Ride Captain Ride: Desert Camp to Rocky High Desert Camp

            The Desert is an Ocean with its Life Underground: Desert Camp to Desert Camp

            Midnight at the Oasis: Hitchhiked into Dunhuang

            Unlucky Lucky Dube (1974-2007): Dunhuang to Anxi

            I Love Onions: Anxi to Rocky Camp

            Changes: Rocky Camp to Jiayuguan

            Good Day Sunshine: Jiayuguan to High Desert Plateau Camp

            Autumn Leaves: Desert Camp to Zhangye

            Teach the Children: Zhangye to Cemetery Camp

            Wichita Lineman: Cemetery Camp to Wuwei

            Riders on the Storm: Wuwei to Tienzhu

            Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Tianzhou to Lanzhou

            Beast of Burden: Lanzhou to Mountain Camp

            I'll Continue to Continue: Mountain Camp to Jining

            I Can See Clearly Now: Jining to Pingliang

            We are Family: Pingliang to Changwu

            Stop In the Name of Love: Changwu to Qian Xian

            Crosstown Traffic: Qian Xian to Xi'an

            It's Not Dark Yet But It's Getting There: Xi'an to Huashan

            Frim Fram Sauce with the Ausen Fay,with chafafa on the side: Huashan to Sanmenxie

            No Direction Home: Sanmenxie to Laoyang

            Red Rubber Ball: Luoyang to Bo'ai

            The Poor Side of Town: Bo'ai To Xinxiang

            Crisis? What Crisis!: Xinxiang to Anyang

            Red is Grey and Yellow White: Anyang to Xingtai

            All the Leaves are Brown and the Sky is Grey: Xingtai to Shijiazhuang

            Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire: Shijiazhuang to Baoding

            Homeward Bound: Baoding to Gaobeidian

            And West of the Moon: Gaobeidian to Beijing

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