By Ilpo Juvander on
6/29/2010 12:03 AM
My nice idea was to go around Moldavia and enter Romania from north, but that all ended up in disaster. First everything looked nice, I was driving and enjoying life! After driving 35 km I took this picture:  Who can put better mileage on BMW R1200GS Adventure? I challenge you! But then all hell broke loose. First Zumo guided me into slippery unpaved roads which I first did not believe, but I decided to continue anyhow and it turned worse and worse. At the end there was one van coming same road opposite direction and it was stuck in a big hole. I just gave it a try and got passed that spot and to the bigger road again. And then it hit. Thunderstorm. I had seen that coming and had already switched my gore-tex...
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/28/2010 7:48 AM
At 16:00 on 26.6.2010 it all started from Espoo. First legs plan was to drive from Espoo through Russian to Kiev/Ukraine. Harri came to escort me all the way to Vaalimaa border after which I continued it alone. At Finnish side of the border everything went smoothly as before, on Russian side I had to write the forms twice before I got everything in order. Those typing mistakes are really hard when you don’t have a delete button in the paper to correct them… Eventually I made through, didn’t take that long. Next I continued toward Vyborg and then to St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg it all started. I had done one stop before that to fix my gears since it looked like its going to be raining a bit. Well, it started 10pm and rain did not stop at all until 6am… this was going to be a wet one! I found the ring road around St. Petersburg and followed it to my next one M20 to south. Driving through Russian was not really a big issue for me, I had updated to my Zumo the...
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/28/2010 6:59 AM
Second refill, 1330 km behind http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60.60267,27.87658 28.6.2010 6:59:12
Rain finally stopped http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60.60267,27.87658 28.6.2010 7:09:16
Todays first stop, bottle of juice and one litre water. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.93057,27.72942 28.6.2010 14:49:57
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/27/2010 3:26 AM
First stop for fuel in russia after driving 550 km, http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60.60267,27.87658 27.6.2010 3:26:48
And it rains even more... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60.60267,27.87658 27.6.2010 7:27:11
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/26/2010 6:45 PM
Last stop on finnish side, next is russian http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60.60267,27.87658 26.6.2010 18:45:57
Harri who escorted me to the border will now start driving back home to Turkish and sauna 26.6.2010 18:56:01
Quick stop to drink and fix gear http://maps.google.com/maps?q=60.60267,27.87658 26.6.2010 21:16:15
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/25/2010 5:03 PM
One more night and the it begins! 25.6.2010 17:03:45
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/24/2010 1:11 PM
Last inspections done, some packing still waiting after mid summer and then it is GO! 24.6.2010 13:11:22
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/23/2010 5:07 PM
Three more days to go! 23.6.2010 17:07:41
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/22/2010 7:57 PM
To see where Team 1, Team 2 and Team 3 are going, just go to this site: http://www.juvander.fi/FIN2PAMIR/. All there teams have SPOT devices activated and their location delayed by 24h is seen on this page. Team 1 is already in Mongolia, Team 2 is starting their journey on 10th July and Team 3 is on the way by 26th of June.
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By Ilpo Juvander on
6/22/2010 7:39 PM
Just testing if sms gateway is still working. I will send updates from the trip through here. 6/22/2010 7:39:32 PM
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