Today was our only slack day we have until reaching Baku. We wanted to check out the city and luckily for us, Emil (Obsession) came back into town late Sunday so we
decided to meet Monday mid-morning. Monday was D-Day for me. CIBT needed to give me some info about the
Turkmenistan visa. The day started out a
bit stressed (it is all relavtive people...haha). Things just were not
working. We finally got through to CIBT
and found out that they messed up Harm-Jan’s visa and really didn’t know where
his passport was at the moment. They had
no idea about mine either but would call us back in the afternoon. In the mean time, Emil showed up and we headed for a walk
around the city. He knows the
place like the back of his hand. We went
for food at a local place and ate some amazing food.
It was then time to walk back to the hostel (first stopping to get a new prepaid sim card) to meet up with Roman to get the tires put on. Roman brought us to the Bridgestone dealer B&F Pneumatic and within an hour and a half, we were on our way. Roman was truly amazing. He organized the tires, a chin spoiler for HJ's helmet, and dinner two nights in a row - thanks Roman!
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| Lunch at Emil's local eatery |
It was then time to walk back to the hostel (first stopping to get a new prepaid sim card) to meet up with Roman to get the tires put on. Roman brought us to the Bridgestone dealer B&F Pneumatic and within an hour and a half, we were on our way. Roman was truly amazing. He organized the tires, a chin spoiler for HJ's helmet, and dinner two nights in a row - thanks Roman!
After dropping the bikes back to the hostel, we jumped in Roman's van and headed to his house for some home-cooked grub.
Roman's wife Tatiana cooked an amazing dinner while making us feel very at home. Toni Mulec also stopped by to enjoy the food and hang out. After dinner, we headed into town for a few drinks with Emil and Boyan.
It was a nice and relaxing day. Tomorrow was going to be a tough ride to Serbia, especially if the rain persists.
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| B&F Pneumatics sorted out new Battlewings for HJs bike and Anakee 2s for mine - thanks guys! |
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| HJ and Roman checking things out |
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| Dinner at Tatiana/Romans place with Toni Mulec and us - it was a perfect home-cooked meal! |
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| These guys did not want to stop...luckily it was a Monday (Roman, Scott, Boyan, Toni, HJ, Emil) |
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| The Dragons are the protectors of the city |
Nice :)so good to find friends :)
ReplyDeleteI love that the dragons are the protector of the city! So fun to stop and see friends along the way! Sounds like they are taking good care of you and HJ.
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