..Poland to Mongolia and back on XT600 - Page 5

yeuop · 09-12-2010, 02:42 PM

ALREADY SOME PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY CANNOT SEE FULL PICTURES.
Please send me a PM if you also can't see full pictures.
If I get at least 1 or 2 PMs I will have to do something because it's useless :(

I use imageshack.us, maybe it's time to find something different?

achesley · 09-12-2010, 03:23 PM

No problem here with seeing your beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing your trip and pictures with us. I had an XT500 in '78. One of the most fun bikes I've ever had.

TEXASYETI · 09-12-2010, 03:30 PM

Great report and thanks for sharing it. Safe travels!

chp-sk8 · 09-12-2010, 05:19 PM

Dam brother thats how you JUST DO IT. No 25k bike, 5k kit, 10k mouth....I like your style.

yeuop · 09-12-2010, 06:11 PM

Day 19

Ok, so it's time to leave Irkutsk and go to Ulan Ude. It means that if nothing goes wrong - tomorrow I will enter Mongolia, weeeeeeeeeeeee

Before I left we had a photo-session with Olga - hostel administrator. She said my bike was beautiful!

So here is Olga. I nearly fell in love.

And this is me.

Pretty soon it started raining and it was pretty cold. It is important to assure yourself that everything is good.

Pity it's raining. Road itself is very nice to ride.

yeuop · 09-12-2010, 06:19 PM

After some kilometres I finally reach the Baikal lake.
It really impressed me. Here are some pics of it.

yeuop · 09-12-2010, 06:33 PM

Now few words about food. Almost every single day I ordered the same food. It tasted unbelievably good!! Remember: "borschtsch, katlyeta s kartoshkamee, khlyeb, pameedoree ee goortze"

I learned that phrase so maybe I even looked like a local?
Anyway, trust me it tastes fantastic!! Not even mentioning when it's cold outside.

Landscapes suddenly change pretty much after passing Baikal. Plus sometimes you get cool clouds.

Distance: 492km

ennui acedia · 09-12-2010, 08:12 PM

Excellent posting, you are proving " when there's a will-there's a way"
What does the phrase mean
"borschtsch, katlyeta s kartoshkamee, khlyeb, pameedoree ee goortze",
hopefully its a California Burrito ala Mongolian style.
What is your secret exercises, is it "klapsy swoim małpa" hahaha, just sulphur. Is it difficult posting during your travels ?
Thanks for your great sense of humor and travels, take care, thanks

Klay · 09-13-2010, 12:19 AM

The borscht looks very good. What a great ride.

Flood · 09-13-2010, 12:38 AM

Excellent ride and great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

yeuop · 09-13-2010, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ennui acedia

Excellent posting, you are proving " when there's a will-there's a way"
What does the phrase mean
"borschtsch, katlyeta s kartoshkamee, khlyeb, pameedoree ee goortze",
hopefully its a California Burrito ala Mongolian style.
What is your secret exercises, is it "klapsy swoim małpa" hahaha, just sulphur. Is it difficult posting during your travels ?
Thanks for your great sense of humor and travels, take care, thanks

borschtsch - it's that lovely soup
katleyta s kartoshkamee - it's cutlet with potatoes
khlyeb - bread
pameedoree ee goortze - tomatoes and cucumbers

When I once did my exercises and one guy saw me, he asked: "Are you practicing kamasutra?"

yeuop · 09-13-2010, 03:05 AM

Day 20

At night it was so cold that it woke me up. Damn.

It never happenned to me before. Anyway, so now I've got around 200km to Mongolian border. It was pretty nice with not always the best road. Going to Kyakhta - last city in Russia. Border was a nice surprise it took only about 1 hour 20 minutes on russian side and about 1 hour on mongolian side.
So we are in Mongolia, weeeeeeeeee

Honestly, first kilometres in Mongolia suck. Industry area and stuff. Bleagh. So let's get fast to Ulaan Baatar.

Met two guys form UK on their trip around the world!!

And some landscapes..

I don't have local currency (tugrik) but in one shop they allowed me to pay in rubels. What first caught my eye was that SO MANY people were buying vodka.

Young ones, old ones, men, women.. everyone.. depressing.

I rode a bit at night so that tomorrow I could be in Ulaan Baatar as fast as possible. There were some dogs in the area where I built my tent. Suddenly two of them started running at me. Fock!! But they just wanted to have fun and get something to eat.

Distance: 348km

yeuop · 09-13-2010, 03:21 AM

Day 21
Plan is simple: get to Ulaan Baatar, find cheap accomodation and safe place for my bike and spend there some days.
I took gas in Kyakhta (Russia), don't have tugriks and at gas station they do not want to accept rubels. Sulfur. So I keep going to Ulaan Baatar and simply hope I will have enough gas to do that.
Short meeting with a local biker.

Weeeeee, I made it to UB! I ran out of fuel in UB suburbs, when I was right next to a gas station.

Someone exchanged me 10USD, so I could take gas. Went into centre of the city, exchanged some USD in bank, found a cheap hostel, put my bike in hopefully safe place and was ready to spend here some days. I hope I will survive it somehow because if I spend more than 1 night at the same place I became pretty nervous

I also met again guys from Spain I met some days ago. Unfortunatelly they had a problem with KTM.

Distance: 199km

HornyDac · 09-13-2010, 04:38 AM

Keep going my friend...I heard Mongolia is a good country to visit...Your RR is simply good!Ride safe!

lukeman · 09-13-2010, 08:51 AM

Quote:

This is hilarious, I love it. MC Hammer camouflage parachute riding pants.

Cheers.

09-12-2010, 03:23 PM	#62
achesley Old Motorcyclist Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Jennings, Louisiana Oddometer: 3,141	No problem here with seeing your beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing your trip and pictures with us. I had an XT500 in '78. One of the most fun bikes I've ever had. __________________ An '00 KLR 650, An '07 1250S, An '03 5.3L Chevy Truck + '43 style dude , Simper Fi ;-)

09-12-2010, 03:30 PM	#63
TEXASYETI Call me "thread killer!" Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Oddometer: 1,802	Great report and thanks for sharing it. Safe travels! __________________ BobFV1 to Putts: "Congrats on the bike. Also, congrats on having a dog with a perfectly heart-shaped asshole." 1981 R80G/S 1991 R100 GSPD FIRST TIME RIFF RAFF - Go Jonah!

09-12-2010, 05:19 PM	#64
chp-sk8 n00b Joined: Mar 2010 Oddometer: 3	you rock!! Dam brother thats how you JUST DO IT. No 25k bike, 5k kit, 10k mouth....I like your style.

09-12-2010, 08:12 PM	#68
ennui acedia Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Oddometer: 16	"borschtsch, katlyeta s kartoshkamee, khlyeb, pameedoree ee goortze" Excellent posting, you are proving " when there's a will-there's a way" What does the phrase mean "borschtsch, katlyeta s kartoshkamee, khlyeb, pameedoree ee goortze", hopefully its a California Burrito ala Mongolian style. What is your secret exercises, is it "klapsy swoim małpa" hahaha, just sulphur. Is it difficult posting during your travels ? Thanks for your great sense of humor and travels, take care, thanks

09-13-2010, 12:19 AM	#69
Klay plainsman Joined: Nov 2005 Location: out in the great wide open Oddometer: 89,063	The borscht looks very good. What a great ride. __________________ _______

09-12-2010, 02:42 PM	#61
yeuop ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 268	ALREADY SOME PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY CANNOT SEE FULL PICTURES. Please send me a PM if you also can't see full pictures. If I get at least 1 or 2 PMs I will have to do something because it's useless :( I use imageshack.us, maybe it's time to find something different?

09-12-2010, 06:11 PM	#65
yeuop ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 268	Day 19 Ok, so it's time to leave Irkutsk and go to Ulan Ude. It means that if nothing goes wrong - tomorrow I will enter Mongolia, weeeeeeeeeeeee Before I left we had a photo-session with Olga - hostel administrator. She said my bike was beautiful! So here is Olga. I nearly fell in love. And this is me. Pretty soon it started raining and it was pretty cold. It is important to assure yourself that everything is good. Pity it's raining. Road itself is very nice to ride.

09-12-2010, 06:19 PM	#66
yeuop ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 268	After some kilometres I finally reach the Baikal lake. It really impressed me. Here are some pics of it.

09-12-2010, 06:33 PM	#67
yeuop ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 268	Now few words about food. Almost every single day I ordered the same food. It tasted unbelievably good!! Remember: "borschtsch, katlyeta s kartoshkamee, khlyeb, pameedoree ee goortze" I learned that phrase so maybe I even looked like a local? Anyway, trust me it tastes fantastic!! Not even mentioning when it's cold outside. Landscapes suddenly change pretty much after passing Baikal. Plus sometimes you get cool clouds. Distance: 492km

09-13-2010, 12:38 AM	#70
Flood F5lood. Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Austria Oddometer: 9,342	Excellent ride and great pictures! Thanks for sharing! __________________ TEAM F5 RallyRAIDio on Twitter RallyRAIDio on Facebook

09-13-2010, 03:05 AM	#72
yeuop ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 268	Day 20 At night it was so cold that it woke me up. Damn. It never happenned to me before. Anyway, so now I've got around 200km to Mongolian border. It was pretty nice with not always the best road. Going to Kyakhta - last city in Russia. Border was a nice surprise it took only about 1 hour 20 minutes on russian side and about 1 hour on mongolian side. So we are in Mongolia, weeeeeeeeee Honestly, first kilometres in Mongolia suck. Industry area and stuff. Bleagh. So let's get fast to Ulaan Baatar. Met two guys form UK on their trip around the world!! And some landscapes.. I don't have local currency (tugrik) but in one shop they allowed me to pay in rubels. What first caught my eye was that SO MANY people were buying vodka. Young ones, old ones, men, women.. everyone.. depressing. I rode a bit at night so that tomorrow I could be in Ulaan Baatar as fast as possible. There were some dogs in the area where I built my tent. Suddenly two of them started running at me. Fock!! But they just wanted to have fun and get something to eat. Distance: 348km

09-13-2010, 03:21 AM	#73
yeuop ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 268	Day 21 Plan is simple: get to Ulaan Baatar, find cheap accomodation and safe place for my bike and spend there some days. I took gas in Kyakhta (Russia), don't have tugriks and at gas station they do not want to accept rubels. Sulfur. So I keep going to Ulaan Baatar and simply hope I will have enough gas to do that. Short meeting with a local biker. Weeeeee, I made it to UB! I ran out of fuel in UB suburbs, when I was right next to a gas station. Someone exchanged me 10USD, so I could take gas. Went into centre of the city, exchanged some USD in bank, found a cheap hostel, put my bike in hopefully safe place and was ready to spend here some days. I hope I will survive it somehow because if I spend more than 1 night at the same place I became pretty nervous I also met again guys from Spain I met some days ago. Unfortunatelly they had a problem with KTM. Distance: 199km

09-13-2010, 04:38 AM	#74
HornyDac Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Galatzi,Ro Oddometer: 101	Keep going my friend...I heard Mongolia is a good country to visit...Your RR is simply good!Ride safe! __________________ A kick in the ass is a step ahead!

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