Singapore to Ireland
From Asia to Europe by Motorcycle
The Project
I am riding a motorcycle from Singapore to Ireland in support of the Lotus Children’s Centre in Mongolia.
Read more about the work of Lotus and my route on the About & Donate pages.
You can support the children of Lotus and my ride across Asia and Europe, by making a donation to Lotus Children’s Centre through Virgin Money giving.
Thank you for your support.
4th September 2014 33’C 0km by bike Kayseri The dodgy kebab I’d eaten in Malatya yesterday, made its presence known again today. There was no way I was going anywhere today, and I decided to stay in right where I was, nearby a clean toilet. On the one occasion that I did venture out of the hotel, I made it about 500M before deciding to turn around and run back to the hotel. Enough said.
3rd September 2014 33’C 335km Malatya – Kayseri
2nd September 2014 39℃ 306km Elazig – Malatya Leaving Elazig, I headed up into the mountains to explore Nemrut Dağı. The ride was pretty much awesome until the last 3km, winding mountain roads, with very little traffic and spectacular views. The last 3km was steep, loose rocks and a bit of effort to climb, especially as I missed the correct trail and managed to reach a dead-end where it was too narrow to turn around. The peak at 2100M…
1st September 2014 39℃ 318km Muş – Elazig I rode out from Mus, trying to skirt around the areas where conflict with the Kurdish population has flared up over the past few weeks. The eastern part of Turkey has a large number of Kurds, who are fighting for an independent Kurdish state. I passed a large number of military bases, often situated right on the road, where soldiers were stationed at arms, sitting behind weapons of large caliber. I always slowed right down…
31st August 2014 28-35℃ 238km Van – Muş I started the day visiting ‘breakfast alley’ in Van, a collection of streetside stalls, serving up delicious small dishes, like tapas, of breakfast delights. Cheese, fresh honey, olives, bread, fried eggs, and of course copious amounts of strong Turkish tea. I picked a stall and was immediately taken by the arm by the waiter, who guided me around, arm-in-arm until he found me a place to sit. Tea was served, followed by a selection of…
29th August 2014 33℃ 155km Tabriz – Urmia After pushing my bike out of the lobby of the hotel, where it was parked last night, I was headed out of Tabriz city, when I passed a fresh juice shop that I had visited last night. I decided a fresh carrot juice would be a great idea, but with nowhere to stop, I just did what the locals do, and stopped in the middle of the road, forcing the traffic to go around…
30th August 2014 33℃ 290km Urmia – Van (Turkey) I was in a crappy room last night, with some sort of construction going on under my window until 3am. The result was that I was late getting up, and therefore late to meet the fixer who would guide me through the maze of the Iranian border customs process. Fortunately he didn’t seem to mind my tardiness, and we set out for the border together, about 45km away. When we reached the border, he…
28th August 2014 28-37℃ 549km Rasht – Tabriz With a long day ahead, I started early, following the GPS north west towards Tabriz, things seemed on track against the map for the first hour, until I realised the GPS was acting up and was sending me in the wrong direction entirely. Via Azerbaijan! I stopped to ask directions from two young guys I saw walking on the street in a small village, and they pointed me in the general direction, but didn’t seem too…
27th August 2014 34℃ 368km (120km off-road) Qazvin – Rasht A nice early start after a good night’s rest, I headed back east for 120km, thought the Alborz valley, to visit the Castles of the Assassins. On reaching the castle, I found a very steep and hot climb on foot to reach the remains of the 12th century castle. I decided that I wanted to see the Caspian Sea, since I was relatively close, but choose to ride the shortest route, over…
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