Siberia 2016

my trip through siberia via the BAM-Road in 2016

Bike KTM 640 Enduro, teammates Asmir and Kai

Day 19, 2016.07.27 Stuck in Swamp
Day 19, 2016.07.27 Stuck in Swamp
Day 19, 2016.07.27 Stuck in Swamp 1000 563 Michael

I slept very bad, no wonder directly beside the railway. When I navigated to a mountain road later in my mind was “we can drive around two critical crossings”. Driving…

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Day 18, 2016.07.26 Olekma
Day 18, 2016.07.26 Olekma
Day 18, 2016.07.26 Olekma 1000 667 Michael

After I adjusted chain tension and tried to bend back the “high quality” sw motech side stand we left. The landscape on the road was very impressive. The road itself…

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Day 17, 2016.07.25 Nowaja Tschara
Day 17, 2016.07.25 Nowaja Tschara
Day 17, 2016.07.25 Nowaja Tschara 1000 750 Michael

We went to bed at 3am of course we slept long. Johann waked us up with a phone call at 9am luckily “Wild One” the nickname of our driver hasn’t…

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Day 16, 2016.07.24 Kuanda
Day 16, 2016.07.24 Kuanda
Day 16, 2016.07.24 Kuanda 1000 750 Michael

We left our accommodation via the shop and followed Johanns invitation to his shop. The blue building named “Erika” was easy to find. We shopped several times before in these…

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Day 15, 2016.07.23 Kuanda
Day 15, 2016.07.23 Kuanda
Day 15, 2016.07.23 Kuanda 1000 667 Michael

After packing the wet tent we continued to Taksimo. Kai had some trouble with one of his elastic straps. If you want to bend this hook over a roll of…

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Day 14, 2016.07.22 Jantschuhkan
Day 14, 2016.07.22 Jantschuhkan
Day 14, 2016.07.22 Jantschuhkan 1000 667 Michael

After saying goodbye to Asmir we continued our way on the BAM road. I already mixed the 95 fuel in Sewerobaikalsk with some 92 in Novi Uoyan I had to…

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Day 13, 2016.07.21 Sewerobaikalsk
Day 13, 2016.07.21 Sewerobaikalsk
Day 13, 2016.07.21 Sewerobaikalsk 1000 750 Michael

Wake up ohh good day just 3 mosquitos per side waiting for breakfast. It’s the first day on the BAM so however motivation is high. Sadly it felt like we…

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Day 12, 2016.07.20 Kunerma
Day 12, 2016.07.20 Kunerma
Day 12, 2016.07.20 Kunerma 1000 652 Michael

Was nearly the same then the day before. The Schigalowo Road had again just dust dust dust. We hoped for at least one nice camp spot, a beautiful view but…

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Day 11, 2016.07.19 Schigalowo
Day 11, 2016.07.19 Schigalowo
Day 11, 2016.07.19 Schigalowo 1920 1280 Michael

We left the Bear in Kachug and started for another boring day with straight roads. Perfect Gravel and dust, dust, dust. My highlight was the compliment of my buddies to…

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Day 10, 2016.07.18 Kachug
Day 10, 2016.07.18 Kachug
Day 10, 2016.07.18 Kachug 1000 667 Michael

Asmir waked us at 6:00. I couldn’t believe my tired eyes. I followed a few minutes later. He sorted out some things and wanted to send them with the demounted…

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