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The Silk Route

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On 1st August 2007, Nick and Rebecca Foulerton will set off on a six month, 14,000 mile motorcycle journey, following the Silk Road across Europe and Asia. The route will take us through Europe to Venice, through the Balkans, across Greece and along the Black Sea coast of Turkey, into the Caucuses. After crossing the Caspian Sea we will visit the great trading cities of Central Asia and cross the Pamirs into Xingjian Provence, China. From Kashgar we ride across the roof of the world to Lhasa, before dropping down into the Indian sub-continent.

Locations

Alfriston Calais Lens Charlieville Luxembourg Kaiserslautern Frankfurt Wurzburg Ulm Fussen Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bad Reichenhall Salzburg Linz Vienna Graz Ljubljana Venice Pula Rab Trogir Split Mostar Dubrovnik Kotor Cetinje Lezhe Burrel Debar Ohrid Thessaloniki Istanbul Ankara Aksaray Goreme Avanos Yozgat Amasya Ordu Trabzon Rize Ispir Yusufeli Hevek The Black Sea Camp, Gissar mountains Dushanbe Batumi Akhaltsikhe Akhalkalaki Tbilisi Telavi Kvareli Lagodekhi Gyumri Yerevan Sevan Vardenis Sheki Shemakha Baku Turkmenbashi Camp, Pamirs Camp, Pamirs Camp, Pamirs Camp, Pamirs Balkanabat Ashgabat Mary Bukhara Samarkand Osh Camp China border Kashgar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 q w e r t y u i o p a s qw qe qr qt qy qu qi qo qp mn mb mv mc mx pl pk pj Jasailmer, Rajasthan, India Bikanier, Rajasthan, India Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Fatepur, Rajasthan, India Thailand V pp kl s

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Maps

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Photos

Fullerton Hotel, Singapore Singapore border Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Taman Negara Rainforest, Malaysia Taman Negara Rainforest, Malaysia Malacca, Malaysia
Ko Jum, Krabi, Thailand Krabi, Thailand Cardamon Mountains, Cambodia Cardamon Mountains, Cambodia Cardamon Mountains, Cambodia Cardamon Mountains, Cambodia
Phnom Penh Vietnamese floating village, Tonle Sap lake, cambodia Cambodia by microlight Angkor, Cambodia Angkor, Cambodia Angkor, Cambodia
Sunrise at Angkor Wat, Cambodia Pigs go to market, Cambodia Khon Phapheng Falls, Mekong river, Laos Khong island, Laos Khong Island, Laos Mekong, Southern Laos
Crossing the Mekong, Laos Northern Laos Wat Long Khun, Luang Prabang, Laos Luang Prabang, Laos Northern Laos Elephants, logging in Laos
Unloading the bike into Laos Crossing the Mekong Mekong River, Chiang Khong, Thailand Sukhothai, Thailand Sukothai, Thailand Ruins at Sukhothai, Thailand
Ruins at Sukhothai, Thailand Bridge over River Kwai, Thailand Allied war graves, Kanchanaburi, Thailand Palce of the Winds, Jaipur Red Fort, Agra Muslim Festival, Agra
Golden rooms, Mahansar Our room, Mahansar Fort Rajasthani women, Thar desert Bikaner Fort, Rajasthan Bikaner, Rajasthan Camel cart, Thar desert
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan Palace, Jaisalmer Fort Tight-rope walker, Jaisalmer Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan Jaisalmer, Rajasthan Old city, Jodhpur
Old city, Jodhpur Jodhpur, Rajasthan Jodhpur, Rajasthan Rajasthani entertainers, Jodhpur Jodhpur Fort Rajasthan ladies
Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan Rajasthan Ranakpur Jain Temple Ranakpur Jain Temple
Ranakpur Jain Temple Ranakpur Jain Temple Ranakpur Jain Temple Udaipur, Rajasthan Udaipur, Rajasthan City Palace, Udaipur
Lake Palace, Udaipur Jain Temple, Chittaurgarh Chittaurgarh Fort, Rajasthan Chittaurgarh Fort, Rajasthan Chittaurgarh Fort, Rajasthan Jain Temple, Chittaurgarh Fort,
Chittaurgarh Fort, Rajasthan Pushkar, Rajasthan, Brahma Temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan Pushkar, Rajasthan Rajasthani Dancers, Jaipur Narain Niwas Palace Hotel, Jaipur
Narain Niwas Palace Hotel, Jaipur City Palace, Jaipur Rambagh polo ground, Jaipur Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Tea worker, Mirik, Darjeeling Tea Estates, Mirik, Darjeeling
Camping, Sikkim, India Campsite, Sikkim, India Rabdentse ruins, Sikkim, India Tashiding Gompa, Sikkim, India Khecheopalri Lake, Sikkim, India Mt Khangchendzonga, Sikkim, India
Weighing ginger, Sikkim, India Tea Plantation, Darjeeling, India Darjeeling, India The Planter's Club, Darjeeling, India Happy Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling, India Darjeeling Station, India
Happy Christmas from Darjeeling Phuentsoling, Bhutan/India border Paro Valley, Bhutan Bridge, Paro, Thimpu Paro Valley, Bhutan Dzong, Paro, Bhutan
Miniature Stupas, Bhutan Tiger's Nest monastry, Paro valley, Bhutan Gompa, Paro valley, Bhutan Tiger's Nest Monestry, Paro valley, Bhutan Guitar player, Paro valley Watchtower, Paro valley, Bhutan
Dzong, Thimpu, Bhutan The capital of Bhutan; Thimpu Dochu La Pass, Bhutan Our guide; Tshering Penjor, Bhutan Dochu La Pass, Bhutan Bhutan students at work
Swayambhunath Stupa, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Temple, Bhaktapur Bhaktapur Street hawker, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bhaktapur
Durbar Square, Bhaktapur Dwarika's Hotel, Kathmandu Foothills, Annapurna Hotspring, Annapurna Annapurna Annapurna
Sunset, Annapurna Pack mules, Annapurna Porter, Annapurna Trekking, Annapurna Trekking, Nepal Trekking, Annapurna circuit, Nepal
Flight to Jomsom, Annapurna circuit, Nepal Pokhara, Nepal Annapurna Range, Nepal Foothills, Nepal Water Buffalo, Terai, Nepal Crossing the Geruwa River, Nepal
Elephant Safari, Royal Bardia NP Rebecca with orphaned Elephant Elephant Safari, Royal Bardia NP Bardia Jungle Cottages, Royal Bardia NP Royal Bardia NP, Nepal Fairhavens Hotel, Nanital
Nanital Boat Club, Nanital, India Naini Lake, Nanital, India Nanital, india Nanda Devi from Nanital, India Red Fort, Delhi Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi
Lahore Gate, Red Fort, Delhi Red Fort, Delhi Remembrance Sunday, Delhi Jaipur Polo Ground, Delhi Christ Church, Shimla, India Masa, our Sikh guide
Golden Temple, Amritsar, India Border cermony, India/Pakistan border Outside our hotel, Lahore Shalimar Gardens, Lahore Kim's Gun, Lahore Badshahi Mosque, Lahore
It's amazing what you can put on a lorry Another mob views the bike The Sindh valley Nanga Parbat, above the Indus The Indus valley The Indus valley
School children, Hunza valley Autumn in the Hunza valley Victoria memorial, Hunza valley Victoria memorial, Hunza valley Baltic fort, Hunza valley Baltic Fort, Hunza valley
The Hunza valley, Pakistan Yak herd, KKH, Pakistan Khunjerab Pass The Khunjerab Pass, Pakistan/Chinese border The Hare and the Tortoise Islamic graves, KKH, China
Yak, KKH, China Karakol lake, KKH, China KKH, China Sand dunes, KKH, China KKH, China Bactrian Camels, China
Chinese/Arabic roadsign Sunday market, Kashgar Sunday market, Kashgar Barber, Sunday market, Kashgar Kashgar Chairman Mao
Kashgar, Xingjian, China Kashgar, Xingjian, China Irkeshtam Pass into China Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan Cowboys, Kyrgyzstan
Cowboys, Kyrgyzstan Cowboys, Kyrgyzstan Horse or Donkey Sir ?...Osh, Krygyzstan Lunch at Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan The Pamir Range, Kyrgyzstan The Kizil Art Pass,Tajik/Kyrgz border
The 14,000ft Pamir Plateau The 14,000ft Pamir Plateau Trabants on their way to Cambodia Khargush Pass, Pamirs Camp below the Khargush Pass, Pamirs The Afghan Hindu Kush above the Wakhan Valley, Pamirs
The Afghan Hindu Kush above the Wakhan Valley, Pamirs The Afghan Hindu Kush above the Wakhan Valley, Pamirs The Afghan Hindu Kush above the Wakhan Valley, Pamirs Another crash Hindu Kush above the Wakhan Valley, Pamirs Pyani valley, Pamirs
Nick finally applying his agricultural degree Corn threshing, Pyanj valley, Pamirs Australian and Croat bikers, Pamirs Kala-i Khumb, Pamirs Pyani valley, Pamirs Khaburabot Pass, Pamirs, Tajikistan
Mine Field, Khaburabot Pass, Pamirs Pyani valley, Pamirs Khaburabot Pass, Pamirs, Tajikistan Khaburabot Pass, Tajikistan Samarkand, Uzbekistan Cotton harvest, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan Gissar Mountains, Uzbekistan Old town, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Carlo Kuih, Trudi Hanoulle, Gaea Schoeter and us in Bukhara Merv, Turkmenistan Bukhara, Uzbekistan The Ark, Bukhara, Uzbekistan Mir-i-Arab Medressa, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Kalon Minaret, Bukhara, Uzbekistan Cotton pickers, Uzbekistan The mighty Turkmenbashi karakum Desert Merv, Turkmenistan Sunset over Merv
Sultan Kala, Merv, Turkmenistan Kyz Kala, Merv, Turkmenistan Iran / Turkmenistan border Camp in the Karakum Desert Entering the Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan Sunset over the Caspian
Our luxurious liner, Caspian Sea Caspian Sea, Freight Ship leaving Baku Nekresi Monastery, Georgia Nekresi Monastery, Georgia Gremi citadel, Georgia Alaverdi Cathedral, Georgia
Camp at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia English Gardens, Tsinandali, Georgia Sighnaghi, Georgia Mtskheta, Georgia Jvari Church, Mtskheta, Georgia Sveti-Tskhoveli Cathedral, Mtskheta, Georgia
Mt Kazbek, Kazbegi, Georgia Kazbegi, Georgia Kazbegi, Georgia Tsminda Sameba Church, Kazbegi, Georgia Tsminda Sameda Church, Kazbegi, Georgia Ananuri fortress, Georgian Military Highway
Last petrol in Armenia Camp, Debed Canyon, Armenia Haghpat Monastery, Armenia Sanahin Monastery, Armenia Camp, Lake Sevan, Armenia Camp, Lake Sevan, Armenia
Geghard Monastery, Armenia Geghard Monastery, Armenia Mayr Tachar, Echmiadzin, Armenia 1st Centuary Garni Temple, Geghama range, Armenia Railway Carriage bridge, Shirak region, Armenia Castle, samtskhe-Javakheti region
The wonderful family we stayed with Staying at a farm in the Ajadjara Region, Georgia Nıck and friends ın the Kackar mountains Waiting for the road to clear Landslide, Yusufeli Valley, Northeast Turkey Kackar Mountains, Northeast Turkey
Kackar Mountains, Northeast Turkey River crossing, Yusufeli Valley, Turkey Kackar Mountains, Northeast Turkey Tea plantations, Black Sea Coast, Turkey Sumela Monastery, Trabzon Sumela Monastery, Trabzon
Turkey Sumela Monastery, Trabzon, Turkey Sumela Monastery, Trabzon, Turkey Sumela Monastery, Trabzon, Turkey Aya Sofya, Trabzon, Turkey Aya Sofya, Trabzon, Turkey
Mongolian Lunatic Asylum (1308), Amasya, Turkey Amasya, Turkey Zelve rock cut monastry Camp above Goreme, Turkey Camp above Goreme, Turkey Göreme, Turkey
Göreme, Turkey Göreme, Turkey Uchısar, Turkey Uchısar, Turkey Uchısar, Turkey Uchısar, Turkey
Derinkuyu, Hittite underground city, Turkey Derinkuyu, Hittite Underground city, Turkey Cappadocia, Turkey Topkapi Palace, Istanbul Topkapi Palace, Istanbul Harem, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Blue Mosque, Istanbul Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Team Yamaha, Thessaloniki Lake Ohrid, Macedonia
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia Albania Lunchtıme ın Albanıa Kotor, Montenegro Kotor, Montenegro Mrs F demands Mr F has a shave.
Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik, Croatia Mostar, Bosnia Mostar, Bosnia
Bosnia Outside Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia Trogir, Croatia Cathedral of St. Lovro, Trogir, Croatia Fishermen, Croatia Rab Town, Rab, Croatia
Rebecca, Rab, Croatia Rab Town, Rab, Croatia Rovinj, Croatia Grand Canal, Venice Opposite St. Mark's Square Nick posing in Venice
The Grand Canal, Venice Rebecca in Lujiana The BMW Vienna team, who repaired the bike. Thank you BMW. George and Nick outside the Frankfurt Opera house The Belvedere, Vienna Bavaria
George von Walburg and the bike he rode to Singapore, with Nick First Camp Dover -blessing Dover - evening

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