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Lobo and Linda's travels continued... At 35,000kms through 25 countries, we knew we’d be covering some big distances on this trip. Coming from the UK and specifically Wales, it can sometimes be hard to appreciate the scale and distances involved when riding in other countries, especially the likes of Australia and China! To cross Australia from Sydney to Perth was 6000kms and we’d allowed, and took, 19 days. In Indonesia, travelling up from Bali, through Java and Sumatra was 3000kms and took us 15 days – if you’ve ever ridden/driven there, you’ll know why, Java is the most populous island on earth with a population of 150 million! Thailand at 2400kms was 11 days and included the Mae Hong Son Loop, which has to be one of the best riding roads in the world. China was 8,250kms but that included a detour to Everest Base Camp and Tibet, the crossing took 27 long riding days! After leaving China in snow, we zipped through Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in 13 days. Turkey is huge country but on this occasion we just tracked the northern coast on the Black Sea, with a few excursions inland. After China, we needed to head directly home for personal reasons, but we definitely got a taste of the places we would definitely return to in the future. Now we can appreciate how small scale the countries that make up Europe are and that includes the UK. On Saturday alone we were in 4 different countries: we had breakfast in Romania, crossed the border into Hungary and headed north into Slovakia (S). Our hotel that evening was on the northern border, and after dinner, we walked through a nearby forest to emerge into Poland (P)! *Lobo’s tip of the day*. If you do have a long days riding ahead of you and you get invited to join a party in Romania, try to avoid any indeterminate, clear drinks served out of plastic bottles written on with marker pen! It might also be better not to finish the evening off with 52% Prune Liqueur! Cheers all. Lobo & Linda #mentalhealthmotorbike #blackdogride
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