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So where are we and what have we been doing? Tonight we will be in Baku in Azerbaijan and hope to be reunited with our bike tomorrow off the ferry at the port of Alat. We couldn’t ride into Azerbaijan as the border is closed but you can fly in. We had a blast in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and will be sad to leave. Linda and I always prefer off-road trails to highways wherever possible and these countries have plenty of both. We have ridden over rocky mountain passes, starting off in 40°C and riding through snow at the top. We have ridden across dodgy metal pontoon bridges with metre high drop-offs and open gaps to the river below. We have crossed sandy deserts and had to dodge camels and even a desert turtle! Another first for me was riding through a plague of Locusts - these hit us hard like stones and I could definitely have done with wipers on my visor! We met the nicest locals on these. trails and all seem very surprised to see a bike there at all. There is cost to riding where we do and our poor bike has taken a bit of a hammering. We have a slightly buckled front wheel and our back mudguard has snapped clean off, but what a ride! A big thank you to Simon Pavey and the team at facebook.com/offroadskills in Swansea for all the tuition on these bikes over the years, it has really given us the confidence to do what we are doing. Cheers all Lobo & Linda #blackdogride #mentalhealthmotorbike
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