tag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2009-11-09:/MokoFeed2009-11-09T07:46:44+01:00tag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-08-21:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c4404781Jo-Ann and Peter2007-08-21T09:21:43+02:002007-08-21T09:21:43+02:00just read the blog - wow wow wow wow wow!!! We are really chuffed and you have done amazingly well. Stay in touch, will give the blog address to Pete Hodges, Lisa et al!!!! Clare and Scott are in Tibet - you might bump in to them!!!! ;o)<br> Take care - keep safe - Jo x x x tag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-08-13:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c4336631jane Jackson2007-08-13T10:14:59+02:002007-08-13T10:14:59+02:00Hi Andrew,<br> Really please to hear you guys made it. The kids and i are very proud of you both! We all miss you and hope to see you before too long.<br> Take care and keep smiling!<br> <br> Love Jane. xxtag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-05-16:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3551234janeyjane012007-05-16T19:14:15+02:002007-05-16T19:14:15+02:00Hi Andrew,<br> <br> Good to read that you two are doing so well. Do take care and keep in touch. Miss you little brother. Am taking the kids down Gapping Ghyll weekend after next, not quite as adventurous as you, but i'm working on it! Stay well. Enjoy every moment. Love Jane xtag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-05-12:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3512862Lindsay2007-05-12T11:26:27+02:002007-05-12T11:26:27+02:00Good to hear the visa issues are getting sorted out, they're a right pain. Going back to Tehran in a week or so, to try and get my Turkmenistan visa. May try and get the Tajik one there too, if it's only a 10 minute wait. Hopefully I can swing a 3 month Chinese visa, one month is just not going to cut it.<br> <br> Pity you have to miss out on Iran, it's a great experience riding through here. Starting to get me acclimatised to the heat too, hopefully I'll be OK with some of the longer upcoming desert legs, but that Kazakh -> Uzbek leg you've got is very tough.<br> <br> Oh and if you haven't sorted out the noise thing yet, try checking stuff like pedals and seats/seat posts. Taking em out and regreasing them sometimes does the trick. The BB often gets blamed, when it's actually coming from somewhere else. Been my experience anyway.tag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-05-10:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3494747The Fish2007-05-10T06:23:26+02:002007-05-10T06:23:26+02:00Whatever you guys do, don't take the shortcut through Iraq. It's just not worth it. -Fish Ptag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-05-01:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3420172Ryan "Spoon" C.2007-05-01T15:46:51+02:002007-05-01T15:46:51+02:00Jarret,<br> <br> Congrats on your intense journey. Everyone back home is cheering you on! Let alone the fact we're all jealous... we'll have to go on some rides once your back. Take care man, and bring back some good stories to tell!<br> <br> Spoon and the Northbay Bunchtag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-04-30:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3412405Sandie Renton2007-04-30T15:11:05+02:002007-04-30T15:11:05+02:00Hi Andy,<br> <br> Mad as ever, doing bloody well though. I just bought a decent road bike last week but I will stick to the Borders roads for now. <br> <br> Take care,<br> <br> Sandie XXXtag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-04-26:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3387001Hervé & Chantal2007-04-26T20:54:30+02:002007-04-26T20:54:30+02:00It seems you can't help racing each other or what! So soon in Istambul already! We are so glad to read the good news and are eager to read more<br> bisous<br> Chantal & Hervé tag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-04-23:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3360668Peter2007-04-23T17:11:45+02:002007-04-23T17:11:45+02:00wish I was doing it with you, I've cycled Alsace into Strasbourg before but no further, so more power to you .. When you've a chance try and find a copy of Dervla Murphy's book 'Full Tilt' a good read and quite relevant to your tour. Bonne Route !tag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-04-21:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3346131Jo-Ann2007-04-21T16:55:27+02:002007-04-21T16:55:27+02:00wow!!! We are following your progress and cannot wait for the updates<br> <br> Jo xtag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-04-19:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3330798Lindsay2007-04-19T18:38:54+02:002007-04-19T18:38:54+02:00I thought the wood collecting was just some European thing that everyone knew about, and figured I was out of touch. I thought that maybe they had a lot left over due to the mild winter, but then you're right in pointing out that they are still collecting like mad. Some of those piles must be massive by the start of winter.<br> <br> Good luck with the visas. If you apply in advance through agencies, you can pick them up on the same day for Uzbekistan and Iran. Otherwise if you leave it until you reach Ankara/Istanbul, you might have to wait a couple of weeks, as other cyclists I've met have had to. Costs more with the agencies though.<br> <br> Enjoy the riding, hopefully all this snow in Erzurum will have cleared by the time you get heretag:transeuroasia.blog.co.uk,2007-04-19:/2007/02/01/title~1664297/#c3326650Scott2007-04-19T10:08:47+02:002007-04-19T10:08:47+02:00Hi Guys,<br> <br> Hamada passed on your site to me. sounds like you are going well. we are in budapest and leave today to the east before going south to bulgaria and then turkey. i think you will out run us, as we are pretty lazy and every time i see a river have to go fishing. maybe we can meet up in turkey if you are getting visas. we will go to ankara and the follow a very similar route to you but maybe with a stop on north caspian for sturgeon fishing. <br> <br> yes the germans are similar to squirrels collecting nuts with regards to their firewood! funny chaps. maybe drop me an email if you fancy hooking up for a chat in the future, hope everything is good, Scott