PROMETHEUS
Seeking giants in the Caucasus Mountains
The northern detour
The ride from Georgia, through Turkey and Bulgaria to Romania, was uneventful. Although it was interesting to witness the terrain transforms from high grassy mountains with grazing cattle into cultivated farmland, we were on transit on tarmac, and I did [...]
Borders and decisions
We crossed the border to Georgia without incident and once again rode to Husky in Tbilisi for another service. The plan was to lube the mousses and change engine oil, oil filter and wash and oil our air filters. However, [...]
The Armenian finale
Yesterday morning seemed like a repetition of the morning two days earlier, as we were in the same town and in need of fuel, water and food. With those sorted, we made a quick exit and reconnected with the trail [...]
The trail of despair
Yesterday morning we left pretty early and headed south towards the Iranian border. We had no plans to cross it, but wanted to see the most southern part of Armenia. We were both a little worn from the previous days [...]
High plains
Our trail through Turkey continued high into the mountains, and it was peculiar how much the high planes at around 2000 m reminded me of Mongolia. The riding was fantastic, but after descending back to sea level, we were anxious [...]
Eastbound
We crossed the border to Bulgaria in stifling heat and continued towards the Turkish border on smaller roads. It seems that Bulgarian roads are mostly paved but did find the occasional gravel track also. We camped on a hill at [...]
On two wheels
The ride finally kicked off yesterday in scorching heat. We pushed towards the Turkish border and camped somewhere in Bulgaria as darkness fell. We should reach the border in an hour or two and then hit the Turkish TET trail.
Fifty hours in a van
Our 2200 km van ride through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary ended in Bucharest Romania. It took about fifty hours with one quick nap in a Polish truck stop, a night in a Romanian gas station motel, lots of sunshine [...]
We rollin’
As promised, the mechanic had gotten right into repairing our van in the morning. The faulty driver side rear wheel bearing was replaced and our expedition vehicle is now rolling south silky smooth. Or at least as silky as a [...]
Still in Latvia
We showed up at the garage this morning this as requested, but unfortunately did not have other news, except that the mechanic was not there yet and that the part would arrive in the afternoon, after which the van [...]
Unexpected downtime
The first hurdle We had just passed the Latvian border, when the van was filled with an ominous sounds. It was immediately clear that it was not good. Surely enough, when we pulled over to investigate, the rear left [...]
Prometheus 19 has begun
A race to the south The expedition kicked off yesterday, when my buddy Juho arrived with his van from the cold north. As soon as the bikes were packed we headed to overnight at a friend's place north of [...]