Chita 11. jśnķ

Handsmķšašir kirkjuturnar ķ litlu sveitažorpiŽegar viš erum aš leggja aš staš frį Ulan-Ude til aš fara aš Baikal stöšuvatninu žį hittum viš 6 ungmenni fyrir utan gistiheimiliš okkar.  Žau voru aš bķša eftir mótorhjólunum sķnum sem voru aš koma meš lest frį Moskvu. Žau höfšu sjįlf komiš til Ulan-Ude meš lest sem tók 5 sólarhringa.  Žeim fannst viš miklir ęvintżramenn og voru hrifin aš žvķ aš hitta okkur hérna og eitt žessarra ungmenna er meš vinsęlan mótorhjólažįtt ķ sjónvarpinu ķ Eistlandi og žau endušu į aš taka viš okkur sjónvarpsvištal sem į aš birtast ķ eistneska sjónvarpinu.  Oršnir semsagt fręgir ķ Eistlandi !  Eftir aš hafa fyllt į vistir og bensķn hjólušum 140 km leiš ķ vesturįtt aš Baikalvatni.  Baikalvatn er eins og įšur sagt grķšarlega stórt og fallegt en til aš skoša žaš vel žarf aš hafa bįt og mikinn tķma žvķ lķtiš er aš vegum žarna ķ kring. Viš komum aš vatninu ķ lķtiš rśssneskt sveitažorp og fórum strax nišur į strönd og žar var grķšalega fallegt um aš lķta og  sandfjara.  Viš įkvašum sem sagt aš gista ķ žessu žorpi nišur viš vatniš.  Žaš var mjög gaman og breyttist sś sżn sem viš höfum haft į rśssneskum žorpum žvķ oft viš fyrstu sżn viršast žau vera hįlfköld og skķtug en nśna fundum viš fyrir breytingu, fulloršiš fólk sitjandi fyrir utan hśsin sķn spjallandi og börnin hoppandi og skoppandi.  Hśsin ekki falleg aš utan en trślegast fallegri aš innan og ķ fyrsta sinn sem viš stoppum og gistum ķ svona sveitažorpi.  Viš vatniš hittum viš gamlan sovétmann sem kom til Reykjavķkur meš Gorbatjsov žegar hann hitti Reagan og er hann mikill feršafrömušur ķ dag og gaman ašspjalla viš Viš Baikalvatnhann žvķ hann talaši ensku.  Uppśr stendur aš hann sagši aš "Russia is like a virgin" ..žaš er svo mikiš ósnortiš land hérna og žaš höfum viš svo sem upplifaš lķka fram aš žessu.  Nś eftir góša nótt žarna žį lögšum viš aš staš tilbaka aftur til Ulan-Ude ķ rigningu, žaš er bara ein leiš tilbaka og uršum aš taka 370 km krók til aš komast aš vatninu fram og tilbaka og til aš halda įfram austur uršum viš semsagt aš aka sama veginn aftur tilbaka.  Var skrżtin tilfinning aš koma aftur til Ulan-Ude žvķ žaš er ķ fyrsta sinn sem ég kem aftur į sama stašinn..eins og koma heim !  Sķšan héldum viš bara įttina austur til Chita og vešriš fór aš lagast  Žarna į leišinni  hittum viš rśssneska konu, 65 įra gamla į gömlu rśssnesku reišhjóli meš slęšuna sķna og er hśn aš hjóla frį Moskvu til Vladivostok sem er um 7500 km leiš !!  Žetta er hśn aš hjóla til aš heimsękja ęttingja sķna og hefur hśn ekki efni įš feršast öšruvķsi.  Ég stoppaši og fékk aš taka myndir af henni og hśn Hrausta konanvar meirihįttar hress og sterk kona sem talaši rśssnesku og ég talaši viš hana ķslensku og smį handapat .  Skömmu seinna fundum viš svo tjaldsvęši ķ skóginum og svįfum žar eftir huggulegt kvöld og engir skógarbirnir komu ķ heimsókn.  Ķ dag fórum viš seint aš staš fyrr en undir 11 žvķ śti var grenjandi rigning og vorum aš bķša eftir aš žaš myndi stytta upp sem žaš gerši ekki og eftir 310 km ķ dag erum viš komnir til Chita og er alveg ljóst aš žetta var leišinglegasti hjóladagurinn frį upphafi, rok og rigning og viš rennandi blautir, tjaldiš og allt alveg gegnsósa.  Žegar viš komum til Chita sem er dęmigerš rśssnesk borg, grį og skemmdar götur fundum viš lķtinn kķnverskan gististaš meš ašstoš rśssa sem stoppaši okkur og benti okkur į žetta.  Hann er meš bķlaverkstęši og fengum viš geyma hjólin hjį honum og vonandi er žaš öruggt !  Žarna erum viš sem sagt nśna og 10 tķma munur.  Fram undan eru 1500 km framundan meš erfišum malarvegum og höfum viš įkvešiš aš skipta nśna um dekk og setja kubbadekkin į.  Žį fara hin undan sem hafa enst 14.200 km og er žaš frįbęr ending og er žaš teljarinn ķ dag.  Veit ekki hvort ég get bloggaš mikiš nęstu daga vegna žess aš žaš veršur ekki margt į okkar leiš annaš en sveitin og nżkominn vegur sem viš munum fara eftir og veršum Tjaldaš ķ skógarrjóšritrślegast ķ tjaldi žessar nętur og ekki sķmasamband.  En verš vonandi ķ vištali viš Rįs2 į fimmtudagsmorgun meš nęstu fréttir.  Viš erum ca viku į undan įętlun og žaš kemur helst til aš žvķ aš žegar viš höfum hjólaš ķ aušninni hérna ķ Rśsslandi og um skóginn žį höfum viš ekki stoppaš mikiš. Ętlum aš eyša žessum umfram tķma ķ Japan en žar ku vera frįbęrlega fallegt aš feršast um.  Hittum Žjóšverja um daginn sem tjįši okkur žaš. Og eins eyša fleiri dögum ķ Alaska og Kanada žar sem tķmaįętlunin var tęp žar. Einhverjir erfišleikar aš senda myndir heim en reyni betur.  En žangaš til nęst bestu kvešjur frį Rśsslandi.

 

When we are setting off to Baikal from Ulan-Ude, we meet 6 young people outside of our rooming house. They were waiting for their bikes that were supposed to be on the train coming from Moskow. They had also taken the train from Moskow and it took 5 days. They were impressed with what Einar and I were doing and were interesting in motorcycles. One of them is even hosting a popular motorcycle show in Estonia and he ended up taking an interview with us which will be broadcasted in Estonia sometime. So we’ll be famous in Estonia! After we restored our supplies and filled up the tanks we rode 140 km west to Baikal lake. The lake of Baikal is, like I said before, extremely large but it’s beautiful but we can’t see it that well because there aren’t many good roads around the lake. We came to small russian village by the lake and we immediately went down to the beach which was very beautiful. So we decided to spend the night in this village by the lake. It was a lot of fun staying there and it looked quite different from other Russian villages which often look dark, cold and dirty. In this village, people were sitting outside by their houses chatting while the kids were playing all over. The houses are not much to look at but it’s probably nicer inside. We met an old man who was a part of the Soviet Union back in the days but during that time he had once travelled with Gorbatjsov to Reykjavķk when he met Ronald Reagan. He is a big traveller and it was fun to talk to him because he talked English. The most memorable thing he said was “Russia is like a virgin” but he said that to explain that there is so much land here that hasn’t been touched by humans. But after a good night we went back to Ulan-Ude the day after. It was raining and we had to take the same road back in order to go east because there’s only one road available. So it was kind of weird to be back in Ulan-Ude because that was the first time we got to some place for the second time. But we then headed east towards Chita and the wether got better. On our way we met an 65 year old lady with a typical russian look riding her old bike. It turns out that she is riding from Moskow to Vladivostok but that’s around 7500 km!! She is riding this distance so she can meet her relatives but she can’t afford travelling any other way. I stopped and got some photos of her but she was a jolly woman. After that we found a campsite in the woods and slept there after a nice evening with no bears visiting.  We didn’t start riding until around 11 because we were always waiting for the rain to stop. But we rode about 310 km today and are no in Chita. This was probably the most dreadful ride we have experienced in this whole trip but it was windy the whole time and it rained constantly so the tents were soaking wet. When we got to Chita, which is a typical Russian city we found a small Chinese place we could stay at but there was a Russian man who helped us finding that place. This Russian man has a car repair shop and we were able to store our bikes there and hopefully that’s safe! But we’re now at this small Chinese place and the time difference is now 10 hours. There are 1500 km of bad roads aheaf of us so we’ve decided to change the tires now. So the other tires now get a rest after 14.200 km and that’s a pretty good durability. I don’t know if I can blog a lot for the next couple of days because there isn’t a lot interesting on the roads we’re taking and we wont have any phone connection. But I’ll hopefully be interviewed on Rįs2 next Thursday morning. We are almost a week ahead of schedule because we haven’t stopped much here in Russia. We’re probably just going to use that extra time in Japan but I’ve heard that it’s great to travel there. We met a German the other day who told us about Japan and how great it is to travel there. We’re also going to use some time in Alaska and Kanada since the time plan is very tight for that part of the trip. I’m having some trouble sending pictures home but I’ll give it another shot soon. Best regards from Russia – Sverrir  


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Takk fyrir frįbęrar fréttir bręšur, žaš er virkilega gaman aš lesa hvernig gengur frį degi til dag. Fer alltaf inn į hverjum degi til aš lesa nżjustu fréttir. Ljśft aš žiš gįtuš skošaš Baikal vatniš žar er regluega fallegt. Gangi ykkur sem best įfram til Vladivostok. Kvešja Hermann

Hermann Valsson (IP-tala skrįš) 11.6.2007 kl. 18:04

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Heilir og sęlir, bręšur.

Ég bķš spenntur eftir hverjum nżjum kafla ķ feršasögunni og er žakklįtur ykkur fyrir aš leyfa öšrum aš njóta meš ykkur. Gjarna hefši ég viljaš heilsa upp į kerlinguna sem ekki lét sig muna um aš hjóla 7500 kķlómetra til aš heilsa upp į ęttingja sķna og fleiri merkispersónur sem žiš hafiš hitt ķ žessu vķšįttumikla landslagi.

Kęrar žakkir. Guš og lukkan sé meš ykkur.

Žrįinn Bertelsson

Žrįinn Bertelsson (IP-tala skrįš) 11.6.2007 kl. 19:36

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