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Table of Contents

Introduction

Why now?

Bike and stuff

Preparation

      KOREA

Day 1: Gumi to Sangju

Day 2: Sangju to Poun

Day 3: Poun to Osong

Day 4: Osong to Suwon

Day 5: Suwon to Seoul

Final route South Korea: Gumi to Seoul

      PHILIPPINES

Day 6: Seoul to Manila

Day 7: Manila

Day 8: Manila to Calaca

Day 9: Calaca to Naujan

Day 10: Naujan to Roxas

Day 11: Trapped in Roxas

Day 12: Roxas to Tangalan

Day 13: Tangalan to Roxas City

Day 14: Roxas City to Ajuy

Day 15: Ajuy to Victorias

Day 16: Victorias to San Carlos City

Day 17: San Carlos City

Day 18: San Carlos to Bais City

Day 19: Bais City to Dumaguete

Day 20: Dumaguete

Day 21: Dumaguete - Twin Lakes - Dumaguete

Day 22: Dumaguete to Argao

Day 23: Argao to Dumaguete

Day 24: Dumaguete (Again)

Day 25: Dumaguete (for the last time) to Zamboanga

Day 26: Zamboanga

Day 27: Zamboanga to Sandakan (Malaysia)

Final route the Philippines: Manila to Zamboanga

      BORNEO

      Sabah

Day 28: Sandakan to Sepilok

Day 29: Sepilok to 63km west of Sepilok

Day 30: 63km west of Sepilok to 166km west of Sepilok

Day 31: 166km west of Sepilok to Ranau

Day 32: Ranau to Kota Kinabalu

Day 33: Kota Kinabalu (KK)

Day 34: Kota Kinabalu (KK)

Day 35: Kota Kinabalu to Beaufort

Day 36: Beaufort to Lawas

      BRUNEI

Day 37: Lawas to Limbang

Day 38: Limbang to Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)

Day 39: BSB (Brunei) to Miri (Malaysia)

Final route Brunei

      Sarawak

Day 40: Miri

Day 41: Miri to Niah caves

Day 42: Niah caves to Bintilu

Day 43: Bintilu to Tatau

Day 44: Tatau to Sibu

Sibu: Trip upriver

Day 45: Sibu to Sarikei

Day 46: Sarikei to Betong

Day 47: Betong to Sri Aman

Day 48: Sri Aman to Serian

Day 49: Serian to Kuching

Kuching: Getting beyond Borneo

Day 50: Kuching (Borneo) to Johor Bahru (Peninsular Malaysia)

Final route Borneo: Sandakan to Kuching

      MAINLAND SOUTH EAST ASIA

      SINGAPORE

Day 51: Johor Bahru to Singapore

Day 52: Singapore to Johor Bahru

      MALAYSIA

Day 53: Johor Bahru to Batu Pahat

Day 54: Batu Pahat to Melaka

Day 55: Melaka to Seremban

Day 56: Seremban to Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Day 57: KL - tour of outlying bike shops - KL

Day 58: Kuala Lumpur to Tanjurng Malim

Day 59: Tanjurng Malim to Ipoh

Day 60: Ipoh to Butterworth

Day 61: Butterworth to Alor Star

Day 62: Alor Star (Malaysia) to Hat Yai (Thailand)

Final route Malaysian Peninsular: Johor Bahru to Alor Star

      THAILAND

Day 63: Hat Yai to Phattalung

Day 64: Phattalung toTrang

Day 65: Trang to Krabi

Day 66: Krabi: Rest day

Day 67: Krabi to Phang Nga

Day 68: Phang Nga to Khura Buri

Day 69: Khura Buri to Ranong

Day 70: To Burma and back again.

Day 71: Ranong to Chumphon

Day 72: Chumphon to Thap Sakae

Day 73: Thap Sakae to Praschuap Kiri Khan

Day 74: Praschuap Kiri Khan to Hua Hin

Day 75: Hua Hin to Samut Songkhram

Day 76: Samut Songkhram to Bangkok

Bangkok

Day 77: Bangkok to Chachoengsao

Day 78: Chachoengsao to 77km west of Chachoengsao

Day 79: 77km west of Chachoengsao to Aranyaprathet

      CAMBODIA

Day 80: Aranyaprathet (Thailand) to Sisophon (Cambodia)

Day 82: Sisophon to Siem Reap

Angkor

Day 83: Siem Reap to 115km north of Siem Reap

Day 84: 115km north of Siem Reap (Cambodia) to Sangkha (Thailand)

      THAILAND

Day 85: Sangkha to Surin

Day 86: Surin to some town

Day 87: Some town to Maha Sarakham

Day 88: Maha Sarakham to Khon Kaen

Day 89: Khon Kaen to Udon Thani

Ban Chiang

Day 90: Udon Thani (Thailand) to Vientiane (Laos)

Final route Thailand and Cambodia

      LAOS

Vientiane

Day 91: Vientiane to Phong Hong

Day 92: Phong Hong to Vangviang

Day 93: Vanviang to 25km SW of Phou Khoun

Day 94: 25km SW of Phou Khoun to Kiu Kacham

Day 95: Kui Kacham to Loungphrabang

Luangphrabang

Day 96: Lounagphrabang to Pak Mong

Day 97: Pak Mong to Oudom Xay

Day 98: Oudom Xay to Nateui

Day 99: Nateui (Laos) to Mengla (China)

Final route Laos

      CHINA

      Yunnan

Day 100: Mengla to Mengyuan

Day 101: Mengyuan to Mengyang

Day 102: Mengyang to Fongpen (I think)

Day 103: Fongpen to Simao

Day 104: Simao to Pu'er

Day 105: Pu'er to 6km north of Zhong'aiqiao

Day 106: 6km north of Zhong'aigio to Mojiang

Day 107: Mojiang to Yuanjang

Day 108: Yuanjang to 64km North East of Yuangjang

Day 109: 64km North East of Yuanjang to Yuxi

HELP!!

Day 110: The place I thought wasYuxi to Kunming.

Kunming

China tour

The Great Wall

Wuhan: Just another brick in the wall.

To Hong Kong

Scribbles

Route so far.

Hong Kong

Escape from Kunming: Kunming to Yanglin

Yanglin to somewhere in the hills

Somewhere in the hills to Daibu

Daibu

Daibu to Yi Che

Yi Che to Zhaotong

Zhaotong to Daguan

Daguan to Puerdu

Puerdu to Yibin

      Sichuan

Yibin to Zigong

Zigong to Zizhong

Zizhong to Jianyang

Jianyang to Chengdu

Chengdu

Chengdu to Mianyang

Mianyang to Wu Lian

Wu-Lian to Baolun

Baolun to Zhang Miao

Zhang Miao to Wenxian

      Gansu

Wenxian

Wenxian to Wudu

Danchang to Minxian

Minxian to Huichaun

Huichaun to Lanzhou

Lanzhou

Lanzhou to Yongdeng

Yongdeng to Gulang

Gulang to Yongchang

Yangchang to Zhangye

Zhangye to 121kms west of Zhangye.

Zhangye to Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan to 106kms west of Jiayuguan

106kms West of Jiayuguan to Anxi.

To Hami

      Xinjiang

Hami

Hami to 153kms West of Hami

153kms West of Hami to an entirely different ecosystem

Somewhere in the Kazakh autonomous region to Mori

Mori to Jimisar

Jimisar to Fukang

Fukang to Urumqui

Urumqui

More Urumqui

Urumqui to 118km west of Urumqui

118km west of Urumqui to 274km west of Urumqui

274kms west of Urumqui to Jinghe

Jinghe

Jinghe to Sayram Hu

Sayram Hu to Qingshuihezi

Qingshuihezi to Yining

Yining and a false start to nowhere

Hub run to Urumqui

Yining to Korgas

Final route China

      CENTRAL ASIA

      KAZAKHSTAN

Korgas to somewhere inside Kazakhstan

Somewhere inside Kazakhstan to 35kms West of Qongiroleng

35kms west of Qongiroleng to 21kms south west of Sariozek

21 kms south west of Sariozek to a 'large town' I can't spell the name of

That 'large town' I will find the name of, to Almaty

Almaty

Almaty again

Almaty to Shelek

Shelek to 15kms before Kegen

      KYRGYZSTAN

15kms before Kegen to Kyrgyzstan

To Karakol

Karakol to just past Tosor

South road round Issuk Kul

Balikchi to Kochkor

In search of Song Kul

Song Kul to Sari Bulak

Sari Bulak to 110km from Bishkek

To Bishkek

Bishkek

Bishkek to Sosnovka

Sosnovka to Too-Ashuu

Too-Ashuu to Chayek

Chayek to Kemin

Kemin to Bishkek

Update

Still Bishkek

      KAZAKHSTAN

Bishkek to Kazakhstan

Return to the city of joy

Almaty again

Almaty to 151kms west of Almaty

      KYRGYZSTAN

To Bishkek thrice

Bishkek to Sosnovka

Sosnovka to beyond the pass

To Lake Toktogul

To Dostyk

Dostyk to Osh

      UZBEKISTAN

Osh (Kyrgyzstan) to Mazlahat (Uzbekistan)

The morning in Mashalat

Mashalat to 71kms further west

To Angren

Angren to Tashkent

173kms south of Tashkent

To Samarkand

Samarkand

To 168kms from Samarkand.

To Burkara

Burkara to Gazli

Gazli to 125km NW

To Miskin

To 116kms NW of Miskin

To Nukus

Nukus

Nukus to near Qongharat

Into the desert

Desert to desert

To the border and into Kazakhstan

      KAZAKHSTAN

Into the Kazakh steppe

Steppe to steppe

More steppe

Aktau, glorious Aktau.

Aktau

Still in Aktau

Crossing the Caspian

      CAUCASUS

      AZERBAIJAN

Baku

84kms NW of Baku

149kms NWof Baku

130kms further down the road.

To Seki

Seki to Balaken

      GEORGIA

Balaken (Azerbaijan) to 40kms from Tiblisi (Georgia)

To Tiblisi

Tiblisi

Tiblisi to Gori

Gori to Akhaltsike

Akhaltsike to Vardzia

Vardzia to Turkey

      TURKEY

Posof to Ardahan

On the road to Erzurum

40kms from Erzerum

To Erzerum

Erzerum to Cat (pronounced 'chat')

Cat to Bingol

Bingol to Basyurt

Basyurt to Elazig

Elazig to Malatya

Malatya into the mountains

To Nemrut

Nemrut Dagi to Siverek

Siverek to Ankara

Out of Ankara

To Aksaray

To Urukisla

To Tarsus

Tarsus to Osmaniye

Osmaniye to Sakcagoz

Sackagoz to Birecik

To Sanliurfa

Sanliurfa to Harran to Sanliurfa

Leaving Ankara

To Nallihan

Nallihan to Dokurcum

Into the sprawling metropolis of doom

To Istanbul

Leaving Istanbul

To Luleburgaz

      EUROPE

      BULGARIA

To Bulgaria

On the road to Sophia

To within 60kms from Sophia

To Sophia

Sophia (Bulgaria) to Pirot (Serbia)

      SERBIA

Pirot to Nis

73kms north of Nis

Almost to Belgrade

To Srbobran

      HUNGARY

Srbobran (Serbia) to Szeged (Hungry)

Szeged to Lajosmizse

To just past Budapest

To Gyor

      AUSTRIA

To Austria

To Tulin

Tulin to Melk

To the Czech Republic

      CZECH REPUBLIC

To Tabor

Tabor

To Ricany

To Prague

To Litomerice

Litomerice to Dresden

      GERMANY

Dresden to Torgau

To Wittenburg

To Berlin

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