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        <title><![CDATA[The Long Way Back]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Frenchies on three-fifties proudly present : The Long Way Back - 7 000 miles back to France!
Germain and Adrien - two Mumbaikar originately from France will attempt to come back to the country of cheese &amp; wine on their Enfield bikes]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Long Way Back is over...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reaching France...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Duboka, Croatia or how providence stroke again in this tiny village]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[See Venice and die??? ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We are still alive and the bikes as well... Titine broke its engine gasket in south Croatia and it took more than 3 days to repair it thanks to a fisrt class german engineer...I will tell all about it soon... Titine has been repaired to reach France and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Albania crossing : Where are the roads???]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Velingrad, Providence, Martin and the Biker priest!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[We are alive and kicking in Montenegro...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Just a few lines to apologize on the lack of updates on the blog. Parents, friends, we are well and alive... be reassured! There was no time or no internet connection on the way from Istanbul to Montenegro.... We just reached Montenegro this morning through... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Istanbul : Gateway to Europe, parties and hangovers]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Turkey crossing in 6 days : Camping, Cappadocia and balloons...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Caspian Sea, Sun and Sun...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Update : Pictures of Ispahan and the Valley of Assassins]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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...'... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reaching the Caspian Sea]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brief news from the North of Iran]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran crossing by Master Zendebeu]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:00:24 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Yazd, desert and qanats]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shiraz - city of refinement and beautiful eyes]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Desert ride]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The flying bullets]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Here are some pics of our 'levitating bikes' - yes a Bullet can fly, you didn't know that!? They were taken in Sharjah when tthe Bullets were loaded onto the ferry boat on the way to Bander Abbas : ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dubai vs Sharjah : not the same fight]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Some people are happy that we started the journey]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://thelongwayback.canalblog.com/archives/2008/06/07/9486564.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Translation: Good news: Adrien and Germain are finally hitting the road It is not too late! I was starting to be hungry ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[First stop : Dubai]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sajid and Javid...our garagists!]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://thelongwayback.canalblog.com/archives/2008/06/03/9427516.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:47:07 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Time to leave Innndddiiiiiaaaaa...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Boxes ready, set, go...]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://thelongwayback.canalblog.com/archives/2008/06/02/9417444.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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!... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[In the rush...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:53:22 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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