May 10, 2007
The Silk Road: 8000 miles, 53 days, 2 wheels
Petersburg’s Jeff M is co-leading a motorcycle trip from Istanbul, Turkey to Xian, China with GlobeRiders.†
The tour officially started May 1 in Istanbul.† To get to Istanbul, Jeff shipped his bike to England, and he rode overland to Istanbul.†
For news — and photos — of†his†pre-Silk Road solo ride from Manchester, England to Istanbul, Turkey,†read the following†”chapters”:
Riding Eastward: Stress, Anxiety, and Endless Preparations
The Adriatic (Slovenia and Croatia)
For adventures from the Silk Road, week 1,†see the GlobeRiders’ week 1 webpage.










New Chapter: Montenegro, Albania, and Greece
New Chapter: Turkey
New Chapter: Georgia and Azerbaijan
New Chapters:
Crossing the Caspian
Turkmenistan