Having finished day 2 still 200km from Tynda we opted against going there as it was actually a 150km detour along our route (300km round trip) which along with the state of the road was a definate no no. Our only option then was a 1200km (Think London to Barcelona) monster ride to Khabarovsk where a shower, food, water and a clean bed awaited us. So at first light, still tired and sweating vodka we set off...
And what a ride! I'll never get close to achieving (or would want to for that matter) anything like it again. Dust, fog, sun in eyes, rain, heat and 200% concentration was needed along what was about 40% (240km) sandy, stoney, potholed and corrugated road. This really did become a bit of a white knuckle ride as this lot threatened to shake our bikes apart and if you'd have had a bad one or left the road think Steve Fossett. Absolutely exhausted and 18hrs later at 00:45 we arrived at a hotel in Khabarovsk, got showered, dressed and headed upstairs for a few beers in the hotel bar and sat open mouthed at the unbelievably beautiful Russian girls with their terribly dressed and to be frank quite ugly boyfriends! These guys really don't know how lucky they are. Maybe there's just a shortage of guys around and the girls are desperate? 5am bed, still in shock at what I'd seen.
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