Category Archives: 2009 | Rotterdam – Istanbul

Posts for the 2009 Rotterdam to Istanbul bike trip on the 22 year old Kawasaki KLR650

2009 | Rotterdam – Istanbul [Full Trip]

These are some of the pictures that I took along the way on my solo bike trip from Rotterdam to Istanbul and back in the fall of 2009. It was an epic trip of 3 weeks and one day. I … Continue reading

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Day 3&4 | Bratislava

After a slow start to the morning, and a McGurk fry-up accompanied by numerous caribbean hot sauces we headed off to Bens garage where we had parked the bikes the night before. Time to head for the shooting club. Ben … Continue reading

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Day 2|Regensburg – Bratislava

Road between Vienna & Bratislava

After a good night’s sleep in the roadside motel, I tried my luck at the breakfast buffet downstairs. lots of plates of sliced meats, cold-cuts, cheese and the like, as well as different breads, cereals etc and bacon. So had … Continue reading

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Day 1|Rotterdam-Regensburg

The route

Day 1 As you can see from the above map, the route for the journey took me through some 14 countries plus Kosovo, which to some is a country and to others is not. The below shot is the bike … Continue reading

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