Articles populaires – The Long Way Back

14 juin 2008

Desert ride

We left wednesday morning for a 2-day ride to Shiraz - 470 km in the first humid and then dry desert! The ride was hot but the landscapes breathtaking (sorry didn't take much pics that day!) : we crossed mountains, valleys, mountains, valleys, oasis,...

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2 juin 2008

Boxes ready, set, go...

Things are moving fast, very fast. The last couple of days were very fruitful in terms of packing : packing of my stuff, packing for the long way back, packing the bike itself for shipment, and putting the entire package into a truck for the airport!...

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18 avril 2008

Frenchies on three-fifties proudly present...

The Long Way Back - 7 000 miles back to France! Germain and Adrien - two Mumbaikars originally from France - will attempt to come back to the country of cheese & wine on their Enfield bikes. Departure: beginning of June 2008 Arrival: Insha Allah by August...

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13 mai 2008

Certificate of Registration of Motor Vehicle...finally done!

Today was an important day for the preparation of the journey, as I finally went to pick up the Certificate of Registration of my bike at the Western Indian Automobile Association (WIAA) where I am a member. I bought my bike more than a year ago but didn't...

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21 mai 2008

What is the Bullet?

As Adrien and I are leaving in less than 3 weeks for Dubai, it is time for me to give you a little history on the mythic Royal Enfield. Everybody in India and bike aficionados will know about about the Enfield Bullet but for most of you this name must...

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3 juin 2008

Sajid and Javid...our garagists!

Sajid and Javid are 2 brothers reparing and making old bikes : BSA, BMW, Triumph and Enfields... I could write a long article on them as we spent long hours at their workshop in Mahim West (Mumbai) with Adrien...but lack of time today because of imminent...

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6 juin 2008

First stop : Dubai

Dear all, We have reached Dubai on wednesday. Surprisingly Air India flight was good : it was on time and almost empty!After 3 hours spent in the customs (we had to pay some duty despite our carnets de passage) we found an indian guy to lift away our...

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8 juin 2008

Dubai vs Sharjah : not the same fight

No, we are not in Iran yet! I am writing from Sharjah, the Emirate next to Dubai. The one from which we will leave U.A.E for Iran by boat tomorrow morning. A little flashback is required: yesterday morning at 5:30 am we left Jean-Baptiste apartment located...

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14 juin 2008

Shiraz - city of refinement and beautiful eyes

We spent 2 days in Shiraz - a city in the center of Iran of 1,3 M souls. People are layed back here. Despite being surrounded by dry mountains, the weather is very plesant, the city full of gardens, bigs bazars (one of them is the biggest of Iran), fast...

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30 juin 2008

Update : Pictures of Ispahan and the Valley of Assassins

We are now in Turkey and it is grand time for me to update this blog with articles and pictures. Let us start with some pictures of wonderful Ispahan and the Valley of Assassins (ps: you will also find new pictures in the post 'Yazd desert and qanat...'...

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6 juillet 2008

Turkey crossing in 6 days : Camping, Cappadocia and balloons...

Yes, we crossed Turkey and I am writing to you from the European side of the Bosphorus (western sıde of Istanbul). Pretty cool hein? The crossing of Turkey was done in 6 full days total with a 2 nıght stop in Cappadocia where we finally went - we dont...

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6 juillet 2008

Istanbul : Gateway to Europe, parties and hangovers

We reached Istanbul friday evening : the trafic is heavy, fast and almost deadly when you enter the city as our bikes cannot go faster than 70-80 km/hour and the cars and bus are all going above a hundred! I was so happy to cross the bridge over the Bosphorus...

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17 juillet 2008

Velingrad, Providence, Martin and the Biker priest!

Dear all, as told in the previous post we have been going through a few adventures since our stay in Istanbul...who would have guessed that after reaching Europe so many exciting things would have happened to us? We left quietly Istanbul to enter the...

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17 juillet 2008

Albania crossing : Where are the roads???

After Velingrad our plan was to reach the Adriatic going through Macedonia and Albania. Reaching the Macedonian border, we decided to take another route (through Greece and then Albania) because the customs officers declared to us that the insurance cost...

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2 septembre 2008

Duboka, Croatia or how providence stroke again in this tiny village

It is grand time to tell you the end of our journey. I have reached France by the end of July as planned but haven’t written anything consistent since our stop in Montenegro, so let’s go back in time a little… After the 2-day stop in Budva (The ‘French...

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2 septembre 2008

Reaching France...

We left Duboka and our new friends Martin and Gunni (see previous post) with a little pinch in the heart after their great welcome and hospitality. We were happy the bike was working again - but for how long? Would it hold to Montpellier? I was indeed...

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3 septembre 2008

The Long Way Back is over...

A month has passed since the end of the journey. I spent this month settling down, readjusting to France (that is to say enjoying good stinky cheese and wine not comparable to Indian Sula), seeing family and friends. Titine is staying still in the back...

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30 juin 2008

Caspian Sea, Sun and Sun...

What has become to our souls and bodies the last couple of days? I am sure that it is a question a few of you have asked yourselves although not in these specific terms... :) Well my tonsilitis has finally gone away (after 12 days of antibiotics) : the...

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17 juin 2008

Yazd, desert and qanats

We reached Yazd yesterday morning after a stop in Abarqu the night before on the route 150 km from Yazd. Abarqu was a pleasant surprise : This tiny city is lost in the middle of the flat desert : no mountains in that part of Iran...well, a tiny part because...

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26 mai 2008

No visa yet...

Brief news: We are still waiting for the approval from Teheran for the Iranian visa. We are crossing our fingers to have the Go from the Iranian consulate in Bombay in order to send our bikes to Dubai by air cargo. The carnets de passage required for...

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9 mai 2008

How it all started...

I first have to apologize for not yet taking the time to write on this blog...My contract with the French Trade Commission is over in a couple of weeks after more than 2 years spent in Bombay facilitating (or trying to) business relations between French...

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30 mai 2008

In the rush...

We finally have our iranian visa...what a relief! Well, technically, we do not have it yet as we have to pick up our passports at the Iranian consulate this afternoon. The tension of not knowing when we would leave has gone but has been replaced by the...

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3 juin 2008

Time to leave Innndddiiiiiaaaaa...

Air India plane to Dubai departing on Wednesday, 4th June 2008 at 14:45 from Mumbai International Airport... Bye bye Bombay, bye bye India my love! Tension, anxiety, sadness are the emotions that are starting to hit me at the end of this 'slice' of life...Tired...

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22 juin 2008

Brief news from the North of Iran

Hello everyone, Just like the title of this post is saying, please find below so brief news on Adrien's and myself whereabouts. There has not been much time for me to write longer articles these past days due to the following reasons : 1) internet connections...

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25 juin 2008

Reaching the Caspian Sea

We have reached Rasht - the biggest city on the Iranian side of the Capsian Sea - yesterday evening. Rasht is actually 15 km away from the Caspian sea and we will see the long stretch of water only tomorrow when we ride towards the Azerbaidjan border...

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