We left Rene battling a windstorm in Mongolia, just before the border with Russia. For this, our last update of Rene’s momentous trek around the world, his plan was to ride through Russia to the east coast port of Vladivostok from where he could ship the bike over to Seattle and ride his final border [...]
Read more →Rene’s penultimate leg on his way east and back to North America – Mongolia. Landscape, people and the weather make it one of the highlights.
Read more →Rene heads through Tajikistan on the famed Pamir Highway and its many mountain passes and peoples.
Read more →Rene heads out of Pakistan, into Iran with the hope of getting to the ‘Stans to the north. Only thing is, his carnet says otherwise.
Read more →We catch up with Rene as he spins his wheels in the Middle East, unable to find a way out.
Read more →“Two Belgian Tourists and Two Yemeni Guides killed by Al-Qaeda”. The news told the story of a convoy of five Land Cruisers in a remote but well-known tourist valley. The gunmen were hidden behind a parked Land Cruiser on the side of the road and as the convoy approached, they jumped out, spraying the first [...]
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