https://motopangaea.com/2026/01/28/exploring-africa-zambia-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260118_113113.jpg20260118_113113The Zambezi River as it arrives at the dam.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260118_112903.jpg20260118_112903Lake Kariba on the other side.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260118_112419.jpg20260118_112419Statistics.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260118_111949.jpg20260118_111949The dam wall.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260112_114939.jpg20260112_114939The owners plus interlopers.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260112_112752.jpg20260112_112752The services offered.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img-20260113-wa0045.jpgIMG-20260113-WA0045Sylvia from Germanyhttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img-20260113-wa0006.jpgIMG-20260113-WA0006The Kenneth Kaunda memorial.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img-20260109-wa0011.jpgIMG-20260109-WA0011The bridge over the Kazinga Channel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img-20260109-wa0009.jpgIMG-20260109-WA0009The plaque describing its origin.2026-03-30T18:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/12/09/exploring-africa-malawi-and-zambia-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nachikufu.jpgNachikufuDrawings on the wall.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251207_172403.jpg20251207_172403A collection of shiny BMWs.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251207_172216.jpg20251207_172216UPND HQ. The President came to visit.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251207_171945.jpg20251207_171945Local art.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251207_141529.jpg20251207_141529UPND logo.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251207_141353.jpg20251207_141353The welcoming choir. They sounded good.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251203_090051.jpg20251203_090051This Red Headed Weaver bird was tapping on my window when I woke up.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251124_194252.jpg20251124_194252Jonas the Journeyman in the traditional German garb.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251121_141403.jpg20251121_141403At the Henry Tayali gallery.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20251121_140011.jpg20251121_140011Funky taxi driver.2026-02-05T14:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/11/08/exploring-africa-tanzania-part-3/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251106_124310.jpg20251106_124310Making the butter.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251107_204933.jpg20251107_204933Paul the Butcher.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251107_104052.jpg20251107_104052This guy was very proud of his brand new wheels.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251106_170659.jpg20251106_170659African bodywork repairs.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251106_141403.jpg20251106_141403Local businesses open again.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251106_114137.jpg20251106_114137A lovely homestead, up in the hills.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251106_114050.jpg20251106_114050Avocados as far as the eye can see.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251106_102910.jpg20251106_102910A government building attacked by rioters.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251105_210305.jpg20251105_210305The full moon lokks down on the inanity of humanity and couldn't care less.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251103_152631.jpg20251103_152631Looking out over the Great Rift Valley. The brown area below the sky is dust haze.2025-12-01T16:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/10/22/exploring-africa-tanzania-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251021_132137.jpg20251021_132137Very helpful staff at the hotel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251021_103612.jpg20251021_103612Fares on the board.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251021_103101.jpg20251021_103101Boasting.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251021_102908.jpg20251021_102908Keeping it clean.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251021_101258.jpg20251021_101258Just arrived. A big Diesel/Electrical hauling a passenger train.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251021_101102.jpg20251021_101102Kigoma Station.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251020_114901.jpg20251020_114901Scattered among the trees but with no roadside frontage.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251019_184426.jpg20251019_184426Walking with purpose. Always impressive.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251016_175946.jpg20251016_175946Lakeside at sunset.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251016_162746.jpg20251016_162746Dancing and smiling.2025-11-27T13:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/10/02/exploring-africa-tanzania-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251001_111147.jpg20251001_111147It looks lovely but it was a shame about the locked door.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251001_105434.jpg20251001_105434A simple and bright chancel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251001_104206.jpg20251001_104206The Askari Monument.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250930_123824.jpg20250930_123824Truck and tractor become one. Crashes like this were not unusual.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250930_104417.jpg20250930_104417The things you see on the road, #267.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250929_131643.jpg20250929_131643The museum building used to be the German Governor's offices and residence.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250929_124001.jpg20250929_124001Harvesting kelp.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250929_123545.jpg20250929_123545Cutting the leaves of the sisal plants.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250927_140022.jpg20250927_140022For the first time I actually saw some bananas on a banana plant.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20250925_163306.jpg20250925_163306King Lion bikes, with a torquey 150cc engine.2025-11-10T20:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/09/05/exploring-africa-uganda-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250904_122604.jpg20250904_122604Very poor people in a very poor village.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250904_122406.jpg20250904_122406The only water is the lake, down the bottom of this steep track.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250904_120736.jpg20250904_120736I'm now referred to as Papa.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250904_115813.jpg20250904_115813Prosper, Rachel and baby.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250904_111104.jpg20250904_111104One of the islands.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250903_085914.jpg20250903_085914My breakfast companion.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250902_122203.jpg20250902_122203A typical dirt road village.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250902_113539.jpg20250902_113539These strips always came before a road hump. And there were plenty of them.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250901_120427.jpg20250901_120427I crossed the Uganda Equator. Half the bike is south and the other half is north.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250829_125850.jpg20250829_125850Locals, just passing by.2025-10-19T10:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/09/16/exploring-africa-rwanda/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250910_122340.jpg20250910_122340She went missing in action.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250910_122248.jpg20250910_122248Racks displaying the clothes of those murdered.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250910_122221.jpg20250910_122221Coffins which were, I hoped, just for display.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250908_133844.jpg20250908_133844Bridge across the ravine, but no canopy.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250908_132441.jpg20250908_132441The Wall of Pipes and nobody knows why.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250907_140518.jpg20250907_140518The European division of Africa.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250907_131658.jpg20250907_131658Their memorial.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250907_131356.jpg20250907_131356The building where the commandoes sheltered.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250906_162029.jpg20250906_162029Graves containg multiple victims.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250906_161241.jpg20250906_161241A few victims, on display.2025-10-19T10:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/08/28/exploring-africa-uganda-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250820_161514.jpg20250820_161514Tetse fly trap.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250816_132303.jpg20250816_132303Quite good quality houses but no electricity except for Photo Voltaic.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250823_161244.jpg20250823_161244The Yankee talks.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250823_154653.jpg20250823_154653Bridge over the River Nile.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250823_144621.jpg20250823_144621A classic diesel locomotive.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250823_143552.jpg20250823_143552Improving the transport network.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250823_140924.jpg20250823_140924Entrance to the museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250820_152257.jpg20250820_152257A bit too curious for our liking.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250820_145452.jpg20250820_145452This big guy is a mere teenager.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250819_140448.jpg20250819_140448Posing for the class photo.2025-10-05T08:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/08/15/exploring-africa-kenya-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250815_080328.jpg20250815_080328Throwing herself into it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250815_080255.jpg20250815_080255Enjoying it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250815_080230.jpg20250815_080230Not so keen.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250810_135016.jpg20250810_135016The Runners of Iten. Sebastion, Aga, Michelle, Giovanni and Adrien.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250810_092152.jpg20250810_092152The accommodation block. Great usage of solar thermal heating.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250806_142546.jpg20250806_142546The view across the Kerio Valley and on to the Great Rift Valley.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250723_132737.jpg20250723_132737Arriving in Iten. Home of champiions, apparently.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250717_121418.jpg20250717_121418Buffalo, chilling out.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250717_121208.jpg20250717_121208The local Giraffe.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250716_193831.jpg20250716_193831Hippos in the night.2025-09-29T16:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/05/22/touring-arabia-bahrain-and-the-emirates/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250520_133932.jpg20250520_133932One of the occupants of the aquarium.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250520_132629.jpg20250520_132629A very impressive waterfall sculpture.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250520_132050.jpg20250520_132050For those who like that kind of thing (I do).https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250520_145311.jpg20250520_145311The kind of view of the city that most people will be familiar with.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250520_115217.jpg20250520_115217Burj Khalifa.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250520_110403.jpg20250520_110403Museum of the Future. Great design.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250520_104724.jpg20250520_104724Dubai Frame.Who for? What for? Why for?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250512_131417.jpg20250512_131417My military friend.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250521_150415.jpg20250521_150415Classicly beautiful interior.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250521_145901.jpg20250521_145901The Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque.2025-09-25T19:24:07+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/06/30/exploring-africa-kenya-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250612_131716.jpg20250612_131716Jane's helper.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250612_124331.jpg20250612_124331Fresh off the plane.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250611_185508.jpg20250611_185508A blinged up local bus.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_150816.jpg20250627_150816A bit of lateral thinking got this car out of its hole.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_124754.jpg20250627_124754Inside the Jesus Fort.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_120444.jpg20250627_120444Decorative buildings in the old part of town.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_115039.jpg20250627_115039The simple interior of the mosque.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_114236.jpg20250627_114236Although some areas are a bit more chaotic.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_110700.jpg20250627_110700Moral advice for us all.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250627_110558.jpg20250627_110558Entrance to the Shri Cutch Satsang Swaminarayan Hindu Temple.2025-09-29T13:23:45+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/05/30/touring-arabia-oman/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_131158.jpg20250528_131158No through road!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_122907.jpg20250528_122907There were a lot of them, and this one only one of three sites.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_121849.jpg20250528_121849The Beehive Tombs, from below.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_111308.jpg20250528_111308Entrance to a town. Impressive.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_102721.jpg20250528_102721A view over the fort.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_101940.jpg20250528_101940Oman is famous for its decorative doors. These are in the museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250528_093440.jpg20250528_093440Bahla Fort. Very big indeed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250527_190233.jpg20250527_190233Looking out over the town at dusk.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250527_190011.jpg20250527_190011Inside the top of the tower.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250527_183048.jpg20250527_183048One of tthe refurbished gates.2025-09-13T19:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/05/08/touring-arabia-saudi-arabia-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250508_122856.jpg20250508_122856My coffee drinking friend.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250508_113102.jpg20250508_113102The effects of water running down through rock always fascinates me.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250508_112740.jpg20250508_112740A rock shaped like a camel, if you close one eye and squint.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250508_112631.jpg20250508_112631At Al Qara Hill.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250508_102116.jpg20250508_102116Ibrahim Palace.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250503_161718.jpg20250503_161718A rather different looking sports bike, gathering dust in the shop.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250502_112402.jpg20250502_112402Strange things along side the road.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250502_090612.jpg20250502_090612Strange things alonside the road.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250501_131854.jpg20250501_131854Where the ancients did their work.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250501_131350.jpg20250501_131350Petroglyphs and writing.2025-09-02T07:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/04/19/touring-arabia-saudi-arabia-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ferrocarril_del_hiyaz_en.jpgFerrocarril_del_hiyaz_ENThe route of the railway. (Copyright lies with the owner.)https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_175152.jpg20250417_175152Inside Al-Matbouli House museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_171434.jpg20250417_171434Time for demolition?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_165920.jpg20250417_165920Ready for refurbishment.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_165301.jpg20250417_165301A good looking heritage building.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_165216.jpg20250417_165216Jeddah Gate.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_123409.jpg20250417_123409Large pewter jugs.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_120934.jpg20250417_120934https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_120428.jpg20250417_120428https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250417_115741.jpg20250417_1157412025-08-28T15:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/04/08/around-the-levant-jordan-part-3/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250406_162658.jpg20250406_162658Burrah Canyon.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250406_143742.jpg20250406_143742Seen in Khalid Canyon.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250406_142023.jpg20250406_142023A magnificent view across the desert.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250407_113356.jpg20250407_113356Diesel loco as well.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250407_113301.jpg20250407_113301Steam loco for tourist trips.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250407_112355.jpg20250407_112355The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250406_205422.jpg20250406_205422Enjoying some music in the richly decorated tent.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250406_201123.jpg20250406_201123Traditional cooking method.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250406_183714.jpg20250406_183714https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250406_180000.jpg20250406_180000Lovely creatures as long as I'm not on the back of them.2025-08-25T09:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/03/29/around-the-levant-jordan-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250329_121755.jpg20250329_121755Very good detailing on some of the walls.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250329_121229.jpg20250329_121229Part of the castle, with varied construction.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250329_121156.jpg20250329_121156Barrel vaulted rooms.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250328_175450.jpg20250328_175450Dana village.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250328_153857.jpg20250328_153857Life at minus 400 metres.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250328_133903.jpg20250328_133903Part of Kerak castle.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250328_132829.jpg20250328_132829I thought this was a very strange way to construct a roof. I presumed the stones were mortared in.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250327_135229.jpg20250327_135229Almost unbelievable!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250327_133358.jpg20250327_133358Just floating.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250327_123533.jpg20250327_123533A stunning view of the Dead Sea, with its salty shoreline.2025-08-20T08:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/03/09/around-the-levant-lebanon/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250316_123906.jpg20250316_123906Inside Baalbeckhttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250311_125759.jpg20250311_125759It's extremely rare to find remains this well preserved.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250311_124556.jpg20250311_124556Amazingly detailed sarcophogus.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250319_124052.jpg20250319_124052Petrol for sale. A very common sight.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250318_114937.jpg20250318_114937Crusader castles often had stone balls built into the walls to ad strength.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250318_113925.jpg20250318_113925Inside the former Jewish School.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250318_113514.jpg20250318_113514Sidon Sea Castle.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250317_123342.jpg20250317_123342Sarcophigi as far as the eye could see.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250317_121618.jpg20250317_121618Walking down to Hadrian's Gate.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250316_145248.jpg20250316_145248That barrier was definitely open when I went down that road.2025-08-14T12:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/03/09/around-the-levant-syria/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250307_130300.jpg20250307_130300Trouble around the town.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250307_124610.jpg20250307_124610A government building, on the sea front.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250306_132045.jpg20250306_132045The very helpful Zahir.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250306_125218.jpg20250306_125218Inside the castel. It was a big place.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250306_120727.jpg20250306_120727The view from the hillside. Imprseeive!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250306_120213.jpg20250306_120213Bridge support. Looking rather abandoned.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250305_154531.jpg20250305_154531Dedicated to Septimius Severus. A symbol of the city.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250305_144359.jpg20250305_144359This lovely car did seem rather out of place among all the destruction.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250304_141522.jpg20250304_141522A deserted village. Very sad.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250304_124128.jpg20250304_124128Cathedral of St Simeon Stylite.2025-08-09T11:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/01/25/exploring-iraq-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250128_132736.jpg20250128_132736Saddam's house-on-a-hill.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250126_093757.jpg20250126_093757A parade for an Imam. A good excuse for a walk, I suppose.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250126_165835.jpg20250126_165835Inside the mosque, where the tombs were. Stunning crystal work.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250126_165517.jpg20250126_165517Plenty of people in the grounds of the mosque.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250128_141207.jpg20250128_141207Possibly hyrogliphics.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250128_133918.jpg20250128_133918Reckoned to be the remains of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250128_132220.jpg20250128_132220The Babylonians knew how to build a wall!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250128_125152.jpg20250128_125152A copy of the original Najaf Gate. Babylon.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250127_145146.jpg20250127_145146This wasn't an unusual sight in Najaf.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250127_143949.jpg20250127_143949Six million people interred here.2025-08-09T11:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/12/27/the-iranian-challenge-part-5-esfahan/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20241229_120116.jpg20241229_120116Abbasian House. Rich man's privilege.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241231_103937.jpg20241231_103937Bike safely in the hostel garden. Oranges to ate as and when I felt like it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241228_143414.jpg20241228_143414Narrow and easily defended.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241229_112640.jpg20241229_112640I bet none of you have an entrance like this one.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241229_112220.jpg20241229_112220Not a bad view from your back garden, is it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241229_103811.jpg20241229_103811Ice house. Dull but important.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241228_170303.jpg20241228_170303Agha Bozorg Mosque. Note the wind towers.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241228_142037.jpg20241228_142037This cistern is big! How many litres capacity? Impossible to say.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241225_123101.jpg20241225_123101Too high, too far. So the view is from below.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20241225_120823.jpg20241225_120823Monar Jonban and its shaking minaret.2025-08-18T17:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/12/04/the-iranian-challenge-part-2-culture-in-the-countryside/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/be6a4478-802d-4fe4-8369-0ddae6aa354c.jpgbe6a4478-802d-4fe4-8369-0ddae6aa354cMe and Moon. Possibly contemplating the 20 Euros I'd talked him out of.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241201_122556.jpg20241201_122556Setia, Asoo and some bloke.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241201_100831.jpg20241201_100831Farzad and Manizeh.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241130_161625.jpg20241130_161625It's coming to get me!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241130_142535.jpg20241130_142535Rakhshooi Khaneh.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241130_135313.jpg20241130_135313With boot and hat.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241129_134017.jpg20241129_134017The Perimeter of the citadel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241129_133548.jpg20241129_133548Ceiling art.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241129_130436.jpg20241129_130436Satineyah's Dome.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241129_123401.jpg20241129_123401Enter the Dragon.2025-08-18T17:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/10/03/touring-the-balkans-serbia/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240921_162223.jpg20240921_162223One of the frescos in the church.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20240921_122212.jpg20240921_122212The rather splendid building housing the National Museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241003_135053.jpg20241003_135053There's another reservoir up above.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241002_125413.jpg20241002_125413Jesus and his Mum, painted how Palestinian Jews would have looked.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241002_124841.jpg20241002_124841The monastery. A large place, and looking its age.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241002_105912.jpg20241002_105912One of the lovely buildings scattered around the countryside.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241002_103324.jpg20241002_103324It's great to be on a good road.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241001_110822.jpg20241001_110822The names of those who were murdered.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20241001_101108.jpg20241001_101108Skull Tower. An encouragement to the rebels.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20240928_160608.jpg20240928_160608Interrupted Flight.2025-08-09T10:41:21+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/09/05/roaming-romania/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20240901_103522.jpg20240901_103522Henrietta from Denmark. Expert on drones.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20240830_165748.jpg20240830_165748Lots of travel bikes.2025-08-09T10:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/05/10/p-a-k-i-stan-part-1/2025-08-09T09:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/04/04/sri-lanka-pearl-of-the-indian-ocean/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1004962.jpgP1004962Kiri Vehara Stupa.2025-08-09T09:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/02/15/rajasthan-part-two-and-gujarat/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1004382.jpgP1004382Gandhi's birthplace, quite literally, or so they say.2025-08-09T09:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/12/22/temple-towns/2025-08-09T09:16:35+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/09/11/heading-for-the-hills-part-1/2025-08-08T13:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/07/02/locked-down-in-lucknow/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20200626_165055.jpg20200626_165055Followed by some smoothing down to finish the job.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20200626_164911.jpg20200626_164911Clear plastic and a heat gun does the job.2025-08-08T13:00:41+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/02/17/bangladesh-a-beach-and-a-bouquet/2025-08-08T12:42:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/01/13/bangladesh-tea-and-the-road-of-death/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_20200108_133848.jpgIMG_20200108_133848Ali Amjad clock It looks like it belongs in an Australian outback town.2025-08-08T12:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/11/21/the-road-to-mandalay/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1001056.jpgP1001056More clever balancing, for the delight of the tourists.2025-08-08T12:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/10/09/pattaya-patient/2025-08-08T12:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/10/05/vietnam-part-2-miss-saigon-not-really/2025-08-08T11:50:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/08/22/laos-part-1-looping-the-loop/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1200732.jpgP1200732Nature's tribute to bad dentistry.2025-08-08T11:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/06/19/cambodia-part-2-pot-luck/2025-08-08T11:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/02/11/malaysia-part-two-deja-vu/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1160611.jpgP1160611The smaller shrines are often the prettiest.2025-08-08T11:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/12/11/sumatra-and-the-elephants/2025-08-08T11:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/11/20/borneo-the-land-of-the-forest-dwellers-part-2/2025-08-08T11:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/11/04/borneo-the-land-of-the-forest-dwellers-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1150514.jpgP1150514Palm tree plantation, and the all important nuts.2025-08-08T11:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/10/28/java-part-1/2025-08-08T11:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/10/03/heading-west-sumbawa-to-bali/2025-08-08T11:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/09/26/heading-west-kupang-to-flores/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/imag0777.jpgIMAG0777See you tomorrow Sun.'2025-08-08T11:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/09/08/timor-leste/2025-08-08T10:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/07/10/topping-off-the-tour-part-2/2025-08-08T10:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/06/14/topping-off-the-tour-part-1/2025-08-08T10:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/05/21/10557/2025-08-08T10:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/05/11/back-to-the-outback/2025-08-08T09:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/03/20/regroup-refresh-and-return/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1090735.jpgP1090735Part of the display at the Battle of Britain Memorial, on the cliffs above Dover. I called in during one of my test rides.2025-08-08T09:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/05/16/a-month-in-marvellous-melbourne/2025-08-07T18:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/05/02/sydney-part-1/2025-08-07T18:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/03/14/theres-something-about-an-island-part-2/2025-08-07T18:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/01/25/woods-waves-wars-and-whales/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1040815.jpgP1040815.... and after.2025-08-07T15:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/11/16/still-life-in-perth-part-2/2025-08-07T14:55:30+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/10/27/still-life-in-perth-part-1/2025-08-07T14:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/10/05/broome-and-bust/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010853-1.jpgP1010853Gilda and me doing the selfie thing in Fremantle at sunset.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010490-1.jpgP1010490The various parts of an oyster. The seed goes into the gonad.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010971.jpgP1010971Pinned and plated.2025-08-07T14:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/07/29/swimming-against-the-tide/2025-08-07T12:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/07/12/cairns-and-cowboys/2025-08-07T11:54:55+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/06/04/on-the-austral-plane/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/img_2047.jpgIMG_2047Relaxing with the Yogis of Beenleigh.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1070808.jpgP1070808This is what I came to Australia to do.2025-08-07T09:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/04/06/i-see-no-ships/2025-08-06T18:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/03/15/the-sunny-south-and-the-wet-west/2025-08-06T18:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/01/09/the-road-to-rotorua/2025-08-06T18:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/12/06/himeji-and-hiroshima/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1030781.jpgP1030781Tatianya seems pleased to see me (go).https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1030691.jpgP1030691Traditional dress. Pretty as a picture, but real enough.2025-08-06T18:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/06/28/tsars-cars-and-coffee-bars-spending-time-in-st-petersburg/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/imag0080.jpgIMAG0080Feather duster, or something.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/imag0097.jpgIMAG0097Picasso.2025-08-06T17:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/07/06/moscow-on-my-mind/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1000418.jpgP1000418The Russian White House.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1000295.jpgP1000295My lovely hosts.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1000283.jpgP1000283To be found in Revolution Square. I'm not exactly sure what it is.2025-08-06T15:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/06/10/towers-and-trees/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010597.jpgP1010597Sculpture in the street.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010616.jpgP1010616The towers of St John's Cathedral.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010603.jpgP1010603Fountains in front of the Centennial Exhibition Centre.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010598.jpgP1010598The Soviet style apartment block mentioned in the guide. Could easily be any part of London.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1010537.jpgP1010537Art with a purpose. Anti domestic violence message.2025-08-06T14:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/05/26/germany-calling-me-back/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/p1000929.jpgP1000929Follow the line of the wall. All 160kms of it.2025-08-06T14:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/02/27/around-the-levant-jordan-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250227_112747.jpg20250227_112747A couple of the excellent Roman frescoes in the museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250226_163646.jpg20250226_163646The long, colannaded shopping street..https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250226_154501.jpg20250226_154501The Lone Piper of Jerash.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250226_152222.jpg20250226_152222The main entrance into Jerash.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250226_122024.jpg20250226_122024Iraq Al Amir. A rich man's house.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250221_172437.jpg20250221_172437Big bundles of cash. Eight million Syrian Pounds.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250219_140409.jpg20250219_140409And a striking interior.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250219_135920.jpg20250219_135920A really pretty exterior.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250218_142500.jpg20250218_142500The Temple of Hercules.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250218_125616.jpg20250218_125616A great view of the Roman theatre.2025-08-06T14:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/02/15/exploring-iraq-part-3/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250214_231009.jpg20250214_231009Bandar helped take care of me.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250213_213752.jpg20250213_213752Another military admirer of my bike. It was very rare for a soldier to allow a photograph.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250211_132844.jpg20250211_132844Akre Castle, now a refugee camp.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250211_115451.jpg20250211_115451A long walk up only to find it closed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250211_110348.jpg20250211_110348A very beautiful mosque, in Dohuk.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250210_150420.jpg20250210_150420Machko Café.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250210_144633.jpg20250210_144633Erbil's Citadel, plus other city centre buildings.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250210_142810.jpg20250210_142810View of the square, from the citadel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250210_141921.jpg20250210_141921A man and his Samovar.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250209_170909.jpg20250209_170909The logo of Kurdish Iraq.2025-08-03T09:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/02/05/exploring-iraq-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250204_141123.jpg20250204_141123Most of the temple was well preserved.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250204_133952.jpg20250204_133952Front of Hatra Temple.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250203_134958.jpg20250203_134958The West Gate, still looking good.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250203_133141.jpg20250203_133141Part of the display, but now pretty much abandoned.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250203_130908.jpg20250203_130908Most buildings in Ashur looked like this.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250202_142355.jpg20250202_142355Wide view of the site.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250202_141145.jpg20250202_141145A friendly young lady.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250202_134511.jpg20250202_134511Everyone should take their lamb on a day out.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250202_133629.jpg20250202_133629Abu Dulaf Minaret. A little bit too scary for me to climb all the way up.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250202_130907.jpg20250202_130907The great Mosque, with tower.2025-07-30T09:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/01/22/iranian-challenge-part-8-the-final-fling/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250118_170253.jpg20250118_170253Arty Alley.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250118_170207.jpg20250118_170207A very African theme here.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250118_161909.jpg20250118_161909An interesting old building.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250117_124621.jpg20250117_124621Gas supply infrastructure.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250116_133624.jpg20250116_133624My new found friend, for a few minutes.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250116_132157.jpg20250116_132157Strange rock formations on the beach.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250116_121720.jpg20250116_121720Trying to be arty.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250116_121344.jpg20250116_121344Icing the boat.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250116_082912.jpg20250116_082912Cooking breakfast pancakes.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250115_145717.jpg20250115_145717Another ice house, out in the desert.2025-08-18T17:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/01/15/the-iranian-challenge-part-7-on-the-coast/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/screenshot_20250704_174908_maps.jpgScreenshot_20250704_174908_MapsThe two islands. Very popular with visitors.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250114_155626.jpg20250114_155626A great photo of a friendly family.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250113_122505.jpg20250113_122505Beautiful boats at a shipyard I passed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_124003.jpg20250112_124003Seen on the island.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_110507.jpg20250112_110507The little stalks that stick up are for drawing in air.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_095025.jpg20250112_095025I saw quite a few women wearing these. It seemed to be a fashion.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_094508.jpg20250112_094508Vaguely like a dragon.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_092828.jpg20250112_092828I'm amazed that so many different types of rock can be in the same place.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_085042.jpg20250112_085042Strange little houses, seen on Hormuz.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250112_083739.jpg20250112_083739I presumed these weren't real!2025-08-18T17:11:35+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2025/01/06/the-iranian-challenge-part-6-last-of-the-winter-wind/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250103_170924-1.jpg20250103_170924The road looks good here but it didn't last wrong.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250106_143157.jpg20250106_143157Mountain wandering.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250105_133838.jpg20250105_133838Collecting water.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250105_121809.jpg20250105_121809The restaurant area of the hotel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250104_191551.jpg20250104_191551My local mosque at night.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250104_151415.jpg20250104_151415Collective noun for newly qualified social workers? Answers on a postcard please.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250104_144807.jpg20250104_144807Five wind towers on this building.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250104_144427.jpg20250104_144427In the wrestling ring.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250104_144200.jpg20250104_144200A very well laid out public space.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250104_144103.jpg20250104_144103A mystery structure. Apparantly a Nahkl.2025-08-18T18:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/12/19/the-iranian-challenge-part-4-into-the-frozen-east/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241218_163819.jpg20241218_163819Yeah, nice.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241214_181849.jpg20241214_181849Hooman's younger brother, plus instrument.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241214_163803.jpg20241214_163803Eco homestay. Mud and straw.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241219_110313.jpg20241219_110313Camels. No real surprise in the desert tho.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241219_105330.jpg20241219_105330One of the many sets of crumbling ruins I rode past.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241218_135505.jpg20241218_135505Rebuilding with a purpose. Still plenty to do.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241218_134246.jpg20241218_134246The effects of the 1978 earthquake.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241217_135026.jpg20241217_135026A really lovely building. Surprisingly cheap, although probably less so in the high season.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241216_122704.jpg20241216_122704Not the best weather for riding.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241214_204704.jpg20241214_204704The workings underneath.2025-07-07T07:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/route/2025-06-10T15:32:12+00:00weekly0.6https://motopangaea.com/2024/12/10/the-iranian-challenge-part-4-the-city-of-seventy-two-nations/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241205_154102.jpg20241205_154102Misinterpreted slogan. But delicious soup.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241210_112710.jpg20241210_112710Hostel people, of the best kind.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241209_142145.jpg20241209_142145The cleaning crew. Lovely guys.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241209_141206.jpg20241209_141206That's the way to do it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241208_160809.jpg20241208_160809Palace opulence.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241208_141912.jpg20241208_141912Some of the items they brought back.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241208_141627.jpg20241208_141627Out in the wilds.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241208_140924.jpg20241208_140924Well equipped for the task.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241208_140822.jpg20241208_140822Their route.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20241208_140201.jpg20241208_140201One of the bikes and the 2CV.2025-06-10T06:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/11/28/the-iranian-challenge-part-1-getting-in/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241128_111217.jpg20241128_111217Amin's delightful hostel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241127_143758.jpg20241127_143758A home carved into the rock.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241127_142404.jpg20241127_142404Safer parking for the bike. Rocky homes in the background.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_161903.jpg20241126_161903Qari Bridge and camels.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_155422.jpg20241126_155422Earthquake devastation.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_155136.jpg20241126_155136Inside the Blue Mosque. Refurbishment work is under way.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_141707.jpg20241126_141707Largest brick structure ever built?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_134433.jpg20241126_134433Inside the bazaar. They certainly knew how to lay a brick!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_133633.jpg20241126_133633Jameh Mosque of Tabriz.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241126_131638.jpg20241126_131638The kind of bikes I saw on the streets of Iran.2025-08-18T17:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/11/21/turkey-revisited/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241121_171110.jpg20241121_171110I can't remember where I saw this, but I liked it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241121_122114.jpg20241121_122114The Cabbage King?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241121_111400.jpg20241121_111400The view down the end of your street. Erzurum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241120_165837.jpg20241120_165837Inside the Madrassa.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241120_164334.jpg20241120_164334Three Kumbets.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241120_122911.jpg20241120_122911Nice road through the cold, bare hills.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241116_164115.jpg20241116_164115Wet, wet, wet at the olive harvest festival.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241109_101259.jpg20241109_101259Replica of the Trojan Horse.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241108_173012.jpg20241108_173012Clever cat.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241106_142951.jpg20241106_142951Taksim's large mosque.2025-05-14T17:09:48+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/11/04/touring-the-balkans-bulgaria/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241104_160602.jpg20241104_160602Wall art in Plovdiv.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241104_155132.jpg20241104_155132Cocerts are still held here.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241104_142702.jpg20241104_142702There seems to be quite a bird theme going on here.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241104_131251.jpg20241104_131251Stag do.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241104_123430.jpg20241104_123430One of the Roman streets uncovered during upgrade work.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241104_111828.jpg20241104_111828This is simply exceelent architecture.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241103_163409.jpg20241103_163409It's nice to be wanted.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241102_140933.jpg20241102_140933A more usual fresco in the Rock Hewn Church.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241102_115547.jpg20241102_115547And this one too.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241102_115424.jpg20241102_115424A strange style for a religious building.2025-05-09T09:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/10/27/touring-the-balkans-albania-and-north-macedonia/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241027_143044.jpg20241027_143044The Ilinden Memorial. https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241027_142610.jpg20241027_142610When the sun shone through the stained glass window it put a rather lovely pattern on the wall.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241027_120214.jpg20241027_120214Very pleasant riding on roads with this kind of view.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241026_125309.jpg20241026_125309Alexander the Great, keeping an eye on things.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241026_124731.jpg20241026_124731The Stone Bridge ovet the River Varder.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241025_173022.jpg20241025_173022Sunset makes the walls glow.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241025_171044.jpg20241025_171044And it softens the view of the city.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241024_181355.jpg20241024_181355Lots of garish casinos in this town.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241024_100717.jpg20241024_100717Zekate House.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20241023_152809.jpg20241023_152809The castle at Gjirokastra. Big, with lots to see inside.2025-05-04T17:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/10/17/touring-the-balkans-montenegro-and-kosovo/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241011_125437.jpg20241011_125437A pretty water feature in the square at Berane.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241018_141304.jpg20241018_141304Man at work.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241018_122014.jpg20241018_122014Prizren Fortress.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241017_134318.jpg20241017_134318A very good range of frescoes inside.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241017_133609.jpg20241017_133609Gracinica Orthodox monastery.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241016_130207.jpg20241016_130207Statue to a local general in Peja town square.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241012_164515.jpg20241012_164515Gate into the old town.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241012_155508.jpg20241012_155508Nifty piece of ironwork. Purpose unknownhttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241012_154925.jpg20241012_154925Cute little church in the old town.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241012_153038.jpg20241012_153038This hostel had a very different outlook than most.2025-04-11T05:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/10/09/touring-the-balkans-bosnia-and-hertzegovina/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241008_131513.jpg20241008_131513View of the bridge from the support tower.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241008_153947.jpg20241008_153947Ottoman style furnishings in this restored house.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241008_124930.jpg20241008_124930"I'll do anything for money."https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241008_123709.jpg20241008_123709The Old Bridge.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241007_150400.jpg20241007_150400The Dervish House, at the source of the Buna River.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241007_142549.jpg20241007_142549Three friendly guys riding them.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241007_141805.jpg20241007_141805Good bikes for going off road/ .https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241007_134320.jpg20241007_134320Nice views of the river valley.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241007_130321.jpg20241007_130321Up in the hills, where theair is cleaner than the city.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20241007_100106.jpg20241007_100106A real risk to life and limb.2025-04-06T07:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/07/03/unlock-in-lucknow/2025-04-04T06:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/09/19/tri-country-tour/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20240907_153155.jpg20240907_153155Small caves in the side of the ridge. Not my idea of desirable residence.2025-03-18T07:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/08/18/go-east-young-man/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/p1000151.jpgP1000151A very nice church, opposite the museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/p1000125.jpgP1000125The parliament building, with definite echoes of Britain's Houses of Parliament.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/p1000104.jpgP1000104Tower in the park, and the museum.2025-03-18T12:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2024/07/29/the-next-big-trip-begins/2025-01-01T08:42:24+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/11/09/the-southern-route-to-england/2024-06-05T20:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/10/06/ruins-and-ruination/2024-06-05T20:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/09/19/stumbling-into-turkiye-part-1/2023-11-04T15:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/09/15/back-in-india-and-gone-again/2023-11-22T20:24:14+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/06/30/pakistan-part-4-babusar-top/2023-09-07T19:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/06/13/pakistan-part-3-khyber-pakhtunkhwa/2023-09-01T20:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/05/26/pakistan-part-2-karakoram-mountains/2023-08-28T10:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/04/26/back-in-bangalore/2023-06-26T11:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/03/06/michaels-pink-tour/2023-04-29T11:21:53+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2023/01/27/rajasthan-land-of-kings-part-1/2023-03-30T11:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2022/12/20/sikkim-indias-organic-state/2023-03-07T19:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2022/11/22/nepal-small-but-perfectly-formed-part-2/2023-01-31T16:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2022/11/01/nepal-small-but-perfectly-formed-part-1/2023-01-31T05:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2022/05/09/india-again-and-again/2023-01-23T10:36:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2022/10/22/chuffing-up-into-the-mountains/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221016_145330-crop.jpg20221016_145330 cropHimichalli traditional hat. Looks silly but kept me warm.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002538.jpgP1002538The old bandstand, now a restaurant.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002530.jpgP1002530People enjoying the ambience at Scandal point.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002568.jpgP1002568Portal of the impressive Atal tunnel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002546.jpgP1002546Cockaded hat, especially for 'directing traffic'.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002470.jpgP1002470The loco leaves the shed to hook up to the carriages waiting at the platform,https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002467.jpgP1002467I don't believe coolies are 'a thing' any more.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002462.jpgP1002462Shimla Station platform.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002455.jpgP1002455One of the old steam engines.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221021_170941.jpg20221021_170941Desperate and dangerous.2022-11-30T14:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2022/10/09/back-in-the-indian-groove/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002438.jpgP1002438A final picture. At the Taj Mahal even the guards have to guard their feet.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002440.jpgP1002440The gardens in front of the mausoleum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221006_071725.jpg20221006_071725The obligatory one with me in it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002386-1.jpgP1002386Ali, who knows how to wangle a leg of chicken and a beer.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002370-1.jpgP1002370It's incredible to think that this started out as bare rock.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002411.jpgP1002411It gets busy, even at 08:30.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002408.jpgP1002408A nice reflection despite the lack of sun.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002404.jpgP1002404Western gate. The main entrance to the complex.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002396.jpgP1002396Taj Mahal from across the river.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/p1002357.jpgP1002357Ajanta caves. with their sunny aspect and the running water supply below.2022-11-17T16:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/about-me/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ccm.jpgCCM.CCM GP450. My new steed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/geikie-gorge-10-geoff-from-dartford.jpgGeikie Gorge 10 Geoff From DartfordSuzuki DR350 at Geike Gorge.2022-03-04T23:08:05+00:00weekly0.6https://motopangaea.com/2014/10/21/siberski-escape/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020303.jpgP1020303Hans comes on board with his bike.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020316.jpgP1020316Goodbye Vladivostok, Da Svedanya Rossiya.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020315.jpgP1020315.... and modern.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020280.jpgP1020280Neat little railway, funicular style.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020274.jpgP1020274Suspension bridge across the harbour.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020261.jpgP1020261An example of Vlad architecture, 19th Century.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020255.jpgP1020255Typical Russian style 'Brutalist' memorial.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020248.jpgP1020248Dry docked Russian submarine.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020242.jpgP1020242Down at the docks. Ancient ....https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020223.jpgP1020223Nicely decorated ceiling inside the station.2022-02-25T17:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2021/02/02/christmas-stories/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20201224_124918.jpg20201224_124918A statue in the park.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210104_121719.jpg20210104_121719The walkway from the visitor centre to the Mandir are very nicely set out.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20201224_133849.jpg20201224_133849Lower end of the promenade, with the old loading pier in the distance.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tsunami-memorial-park-kanyakumari-tourism-entry-fee-timings-holidays-reviews-header.jpgtsunami-memorial-park-kanyakumari-tourism-entry-fee-timings-holidays-reviews-headerThe Tsunami Memorial.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/box-elder-bugs-by-vignesh-subramani.jpgBox elder bugs, by Vignesh SubramaniA close up of a very friendly couple. (Picture from the internet.)https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210124_154708.jpg20210124_154708Fort Donborg, https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210124_114351.jpg20210124_114351Drying rice on the roadway.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210122_180147.jpg20210122_180147The lake at Kaidakanal.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210121_104202.jpg20210121_104202Wise words from Mahatma Gandhi.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210121_103817.jpg20210121_103817I don't know much about this place it's a bout as south as you can get without swimming.2021-06-02T18:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/08/16/kazakhstan-part-four/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/p1010104.jpgP1010104Quirky design is Astana's hallmark.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/p1010095.jpgP1010095The buildings mirror the county's ambition.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010121.jpgP1010121A very strange building whose function is a complete mystery to me.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10101051.jpgP1010105Something on a slightly more human scale.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010100.jpgP1010100Part of the President's Walk.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010098.jpgP1010098Baiterek Tower, modelled on a local legend about the Tree of Life, with some of the city's great architecture in the background.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010096.jpgP1010096Presidential paalce, home to.Nursultan Nazarbayev.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010087.jpgP1010087Hostel folk.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010082.jpgP1010082Jas and his crazy friend.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010080.jpgP1010080Wonderful welder - Azamat.2021-05-05T12:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/10/16/up-on-high/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20201002_140532-crop.jpg20201002_140532 cropWise words.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20201002_124400-crop.jpg20201002_124400 cropGood advice.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20201028_162215.jpg20201028_162215It's good to have ambition.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20201014_121730.jpg20201014_121730It's such a shame that signs like this are still relevant here.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20201006_121141-crop.jpg20201006_121141 cropEnjoying the dog days of summer.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201002_133307-crop.jpg20201002_133307 cropGood advice.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201002_124259-crop.jpg20201002_124259 cropThe BRO slogan.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201009_150141.jpg20201009_150141I've only ever seen these in Chandigarh.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201006_161349.jpg20201006_161349It all happens in these busy places.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201006_160437.jpg20201006_160437Yet more carrying skill from a hill tribe woman.2021-03-29T19:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/09/30/heading-for-the-hills-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20200911_124818.jpg20200911_124818These queueing trucks, found at every pinch point on these high and narrow roads, can make progress very slow.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20200912_181606.jpg20200912_181606This canal feeds into the lake and I rather liked this rustic bridge crossing it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20200912_175433.jpg20200912_175433A pleasant way to spend an afternoon.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20200912_155346.jpg20200912_155346The CPRF are always conscious of those who've served and lost their lives.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20200912_144917.jpg20200912_144917Pretty boats for the tourists.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20200912_144537.jpg20200912_144537A floating post office. Did it move around the lake?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200922_132507-crop.jpg20200922_132507 cropA very British church in this small Indian town.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200918_121714-crop.jpg20200918_121714 cropA chance meeting with a fellow traveller.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200917_120828-crop.jpg20200917_120828 cropVultures, waiting to feed on the careless? Could be.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20200921_134218.jpg20200921_134218A lunch stop on the journey to who knows where?2021-01-01T12:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/03/20/bohd-gaya-and-the-ghats/2020-10-26T13:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/03/11/holi-day-and-horses/2020-06-28T05:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/02/28/kolkata-kindness/2020-06-13T17:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/02/17/oh-calcutta/2020-05-27T12:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2020/01/07/the-bridges-of-meghalaya-county/2020-04-18T08:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/12/28/cowabanga/2020-03-31T09:41:27+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/01/04/malaysia-part-one/2020-03-24T14:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/03/02/malaysia-part-4-islands-in-the-sun/2023-05-17T08:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/03/31/malaysia-part-4-out-in-down-up/2020-03-24T14:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/03/31/thailand-part-1-fish-tanks/2020-03-24T14:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/05/02/thailand-part-2-ramas-and-railways/2020-03-24T14:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/06/04/cambodia-part-1-wats-galore/2020-03-24T14:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/08/14/cambodia-part-3-tales-of-whoa/2020-03-24T14:37:43+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/09/05/laos-part-2-bombs-and-borders/2020-03-24T14:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/09/18/vietnam-part-1-delta-blues/2020-03-24T14:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/10/18/vietnam-part-three-over-the-hills-and-far-away/2020-03-24T14:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2018/11/03/vietnam-part-4-hoi-and-hue/2020-03-24T14:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/01/21/the-last-of-laos/2020-03-24T14:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/10/25/plain-of-jars/2020-03-24T14:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/11/03/theyre-temples-jim-but-not-as-we-know-them/2020-03-24T14:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/11/13/a-change-of-chiang/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/p1000969.jpgP1000969A great place to enjoy coffee and cake, overlooking the rice paddy as the sun goes down.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20191109_211144.jpgIMG_20191109_211144The festival of light, near the city gate. https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20191109_220110.jpgIMG_20191109_220110Draught beer as well.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_20191109_220038.jpgIMG_20191109_220038A tippler's paradise.2020-03-24T14:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/12/07/the-riders-of-manipur/2020-03-24T14:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2019/03/05/busted-in-bangkok/2019-06-25T02:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/06/11/moving-on-up-the-mother-road/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080212.jpgP1080212Highway 1. The Mother Road.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080205.jpgP1080205Melissa and birds.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080198.jpgP1080198Melissa and Mitch.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080196.jpgP1080196The coal fired power station where Jim works. One of Australia's biggest at 1800 megawatts output.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080181.jpgP1080181Big and red. The QAL bauxite smelting plant.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080177.jpgP1080177It's not difficult to see what Mitch enjoys.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080172.jpgP1080172Melissa has her birds.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080170.jpgP1080170Named after the date that James Cook first sighted Australia.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080168.jpgP1080168Scott and Alison.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080164.jpgP1080164Be careful at harvest time.2019-02-15T06:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/04/28/buns-and-bier/2019-02-04T12:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/06/21/the-baltic-states-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020111.jpgP1020111When will my ship come in?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020105.jpgP1020105Icebreaker Surr Toll.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020044.jpgP1020044Up periscope!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020034.jpgP1020034Torpedo tubes and their controls.2018-02-09T09:36:59+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/06/13/the-baltic-states-1/2018-02-09T09:36:30+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/06/02/hell-is-where-you-make-it/2018-02-09T09:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/05/31/heavens-above-and-below/2018-02-09T09:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/05/28/the-road-to-freedom-and-a-large-brick-house/2018-02-09T09:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/05/14/and-finally-czeching-out/2022-11-25T05:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/05/10/czeching-around/2018-02-09T09:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/05/04/czeching-in/2018-02-09T09:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/04/29/the-duke-and-the-devil/2018-02-09T09:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/06/05/down-and-out-in-krakow/2018-02-09T09:29:33+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/07/09/volgograd-so-good-they-re-named-it-twice/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000554.jpgP1000554Part of the Panorama artwork.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000553.jpgP1000553One of the gifts sent to the city. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin in conference.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10005451.jpgP1000545There's always a motorbike in there somewhere, never fear!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000542.jpgP1000542And another one.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000537.jpgP1000537Vasiliy Zaytsev. Sniper rifle and citations.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000528.jpgP1000528One of the memorabilia displays.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000523.jpgP1000523usedhttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000519.jpgP1000519usedhttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000516.jpgP1000516usedhttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000514.jpgP1000514The ruined mill, shelled almost to destruction and left as a permanent memorial.2018-02-09T09:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/07/13/kazakhstan-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000654.jpgP1000654Why bother stating the obvious?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000639.jpgP1000639Typical roadside cafe.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000636.jpgP1000636Chinese involvement in the road upgrade schemes.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000627.jpgP1000627The 'facilities' could be described as 'basic'.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000624.jpgP1000624Two Germans I met at one of the petrol stations.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000608.jpgP1000608My Chechen hosts, Zaur and Maganed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000600.jpgP1000600Small room but equally small price.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000599.jpgP1000599Washing facilities at my truck stop hotel. This was a common sight in all roadside establishments.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000598.jpgP1000598The Road Surface Formerly Known as Tarmac.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000597.jpgP1000597My Saviours.2018-02-09T09:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/07/21/kazakhstan-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000778.jpgP1000778No problem getting a friendly wave from friendly Kazakhs.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000773.jpgP1000773Nurlan, Manara and some old geezer in between them.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10007691.jpgP1000769French Jimmy.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000763.jpgP1000763Museum of Folk Music. A very striking building.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000762.jpgP1000762One of the instruments. Definitely looking a bit 'folky'.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10007531.jpgP1000753Another great example of Russian 'right in your face' artwork.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10007501.jpgP1000750Memorial to one of the Panfilove heroes.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000741.jpgP1000741Swimming pool and canalside artwork.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000737.jpgP1000737Dedicated to an unknown (to me) Kazakh poet.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000730.jpgP1000730Some of the artwork at Almati's new Metro.2018-02-09T09:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/07/26/kazakhstan-part-3-with-a-bit-on-the-side/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000841.jpgP1000841The Charinski Canyon. Would have been a great place to camp.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10007951.jpgP1000795Kazakhs do seem to like a roadside statue. This was were I spent the nigth.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000854.jpgP1000854Racom, Hera and Michael.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000853.jpgP1000853A fine pair of steeds.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000834.jpgP1000834Another great roadside statue. I've no idea who he is though.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10008291.jpgP1000829The ever so helpful mechanics at Freerider. Probably pleased to see the back of me at last.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000825.jpgP1000825Doris, bum in the air.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10008231.jpgP1000823Another biker saviour, Alex, who led me back to the hostel.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000810.jpgP1000810Information board for the Altinemil Nationa Park.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000787.jpgP1000787Hera and Racom.2018-02-09T09:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/08/02/kyrgyzstan-land-of-lakes/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010025.jpgP1010025Kazakhstan is over there somewhere.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10100231.jpgP1010023Bee keeping is very common in these areas and will often be for sale at small roadside stalls.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10100181.jpgP1010018Downward seemed best.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010017.jpgP1010017Which way now?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10100141.jpgP1010014Our Ger Camp hosts.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10100121.jpgP1010012Anyone seen any Dutch cyclists? Ah, there they are!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000997.jpgP1000997Issy Kol on a beautiful sunny day.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000996.jpgP1000996Everything has its price.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000989.jpgP1000989This mining town seemed pretty much abandoned now, so why prevent access?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1000958.jpgP1000958The Dungan Mosque2023-10-06T18:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/08/30/omsk-and-astana/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p10101651.jpgP1010165Cute little fella ....https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p10101511.jpgP1010151The rebuilt Orthodox cathedral.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1010140.jpgP1010140Something to do with the fire service.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p10101321.jpgP1010132Local ladies pose for me.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010251.jpgP1010251Friendly people who make the moment.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010246.jpgP1010246Well orgnised Sunday market.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010231.jpgP1010231Fantastic road bridge in Astana.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010223.jpgP1010223Lovely and helpful Sacha.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010213.jpgP1010213Typically splendid Russian station building.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010200.jpgP1010200Old style Siberian building, all wood.2018-02-09T09:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/09/04/novosibirsk-to-mongolia/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10102961.jpgP1010296Mongolia, at last.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10102941.jpgP1010294An Alpine flavour to this lakeside house.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010282.jpgP1010282A roadside emeorial of some kind. I've no idea who to though.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010278.jpgP1010278An Alpine flavour to this lakeside house.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc04433.jpgdsc04433The Gogolev family. Dimitri, Vadim, Masha, Elena.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010299.jpgP1010299The other side of the border wasn't any better.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010297.jpgP1010297Other bike travellers have used this money changer too.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10102761.jpgP1010276I wasn't completely alone on the road.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010272.jpgP1010272Souvenir sellers on a lonely hilltop.2018-02-09T09:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/09/20/mongolia-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010571.jpgP1010571Ovoos like this can be found everywhere.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010580.jpgP1010580Hundreds of these little furry things running around.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010530.jpgP1010530And leave the goats alone!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010529.jpgP1010529No shooting. OK by me!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010520.jpgP1010520My campsite visitor.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010515.jpgP1010515I just love the individuality of this guy, especially that Goatee.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010494.jpgP1010494The horse the town is named after.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010488.jpgP1010488Memorial to a horse.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010474.jpgP1010474Taxi motorcycles. I love the crash helmets!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010447.jpgP1010447'Rally' cars. Just as unsuitable as the Honda XBR.2018-02-09T09:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/10/03/mongolia-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020025.jpgP1020025Traditional Mongolian boot, made from hundreds of cow hides.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020023.jpgP1020023He doesn't look too friendly does he?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020017.jpgP1020017Me and my mate Chinggis.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010999.jpgP1010999Yes, it really is as big as it looks!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010989.jpgP1010989CG's mother is no shrinking violet either!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010986.jpgP1010986First view of the man on the horse.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010958.jpgP1010958Robes and hats, the paraphernalia of worship.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010947.jpgP1010947Feed the Birds, Tuppence a Bag.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010945.jpgP1010945Entrance to the monastery.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1010933.jpgP1010933Parliament building with essential statue.2018-02-09T09:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/10/26/ferry-to-the-far-east/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020404.jpgP1020404Luxury!!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020401.jpgP1020401BMW R100GS. A rare beast in Japan.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020388.jpgP1020388Traditionally dressed young Japanese girl.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020380.jpgP1020380Streetside vending machines, including cans of hot coffee.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020378.jpgP1020378Smartly dressed school band before they marched down to the town square for their performance.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020369.jpgP1020369'Road traffic please stop! I have an illuminated red stick.'https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020367.jpgP1020367Mr Teasy Weasy, with rug and fat wallet.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020357.jpgP1020357Matsue canal system with tourist boats.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020349.jpgP1020349Lukas and his sickly KTM. He sent a box full of spares ahead to Tokyo ready for an engine rebuild.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020339.jpgP1020339Captain Maria and Peter, her father.2018-02-09T09:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/10/30/enshrined-in-kyoto/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020637.jpgP1020637It gets better!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020666.jpgP1020666Yuya (son), Isao and Hiromi from Yanagi motorcycles.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020649.jpgP1020649Peace loving Japanese youngsters. Friendly too.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020640.jpgP1020640Japanese art at its best.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020630.jpgP1020630Superbly decorated gate into Nijo-Jo.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020625.jpgP1020625Rickshaws for hire near the Tenyru-Ji Temple.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020607.jpgP1020607Bamboozled!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020590.jpgP1020590In a Japanese garden. Beautiful autumn colours.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020571.jpgP1020571Just a rock and some moss. Perhaps.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020564.jpgP1020564There may be a message for you in there, if you look long enough.2018-02-09T09:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/11/10/oma-hes-making-eyes-at-me/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020846.jpgP1020846Kana.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020929.jpgP1020929Hiromi and family.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020923.jpgP1020923Yoko-San seems to like her gifts.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020917.jpgP1020917A very clean achine.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020907.jpgP1020907The Japanese definitely know how to create a lovely garden.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020903.jpgP1020903Squid.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020895.jpgP1020895Hiromi.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020891.jpgP1020891Oshima Island.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020885.jpgP1020885A picture explains these better than words.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1020879.jpgP1020879Playa and harish.2018-02-09T09:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/11/15/a-ride-down-the-tsunami-coast/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030061.jpgP1030061Love don't live here any more. Still sound but too risky.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030057.jpgP1030057Once thriving now an abandoned business.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030054.jpgP1030054I go no further!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030050.jpgP1030050Pay to release it. Not too expensive.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030046.jpgP1030046Lock up the front wheel and the clock starts ticking.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030044.jpgP1030044Narrow, busy streets. But kept clean by patrols fo sweepers.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030035.jpgP1030035Calming and peaceful.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030030.jpgP1030030A shrine near to the museum.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030027.jpgP1030027Blind Man's Bluff.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030005.jpgP1030005Huge mounds of earth, being grassed over, which will have trees planted on them.2018-02-09T09:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/11/21/metros-and-mountains/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10301591.jpgP1030159Big drums and the performance was excellent.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030119.jpgP1030119The temple gate by night. I think it looks better than in the daylight.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030285.jpgP1030285The lake and the mountain from Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030283.jpgP1030283Mount Fuji, with halohttps://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030258.jpgP1030258The owner, Yasubari Araki, seems pleased that I dropped by.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030248.jpgP1030248One of the beautiful bikes.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030245.jpgP1030245Swan Lake.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030234.jpgP1030234Man of the moment. Marriage beckons.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030215.jpgP1030215Mount Fuji, trying to beat the clouds.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030197.jpgP1030197Cartoon of two well known Sumo wrestlers.2018-02-09T09:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/11/24/naval-gazing/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030379.jpgP1030379My wonderful hosts.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030374.jpgP1030374Local biker doing her Sunday chores.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030371.jpgP1030371Parking, Japanese style.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030358.jpgP1030358Togo memorial with the Mikasa behind.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030347.jpgP1030347Our guide. Kouka, on the left.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030340.jpgP1030340A painting of Admiral Togo during his most famous battle.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030338.jpgP1030338The bridge of the Mikasa.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030336.jpgP1030336Aye Aye Skipper!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030324.jpgP1030324Mitsunori-San and Sadako-San standing in front of the Admiral Togo memorial.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030322.jpgP1030322Dancing girls in the shrine.2018-02-09T09:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/12/02/a-tale-of-two-suzies/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030571.jpgP1030571Fun, friendly and affectionate. A lovely family.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030568.jpgP1030568I love Kiwa really.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030562.jpgP1030562Yuko and me.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030559.jpgP1030559A thrilling place for any petrol head.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030558.jpgP1030558Suzuka Circuit main entrance.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030551.jpgP1030551Tsuyochi and me.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030545.jpgP1030545One of Nagoya's more striking buildings.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030537.jpgP1030537Honda CB750. Restored to a very high standard.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030535.jpgP1030535Ohita Makoto with race winning bike and trophy. But glory days pass on. Time to earn a living.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030533.jpgP1030533Fairly nondescript bike shop.2018-02-09T09:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/12/12/down-south-of-the-border/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p10308811.jpgp1030881The bridge across the border.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030921.jpgP1030921Although the North Korean guard doesn't look too worried.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030913.jpgP1030913Tae Kwon Do stance, ever alert.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030909.jpgP1030909I am officially in North Korea at this point. The guard doesn't seem impressed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030906.jpgP1030906The table where North and South meet.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030903.jpgP1030903The bridge across the border.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030898.jpgP1030898The hoped for trans Asia railway.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030896.jpgP1030896Dorasan Station. Waiting for the first train from the north.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030889.jpgP1030889Trucks cross the Freedom Bridge.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030861.jpgP1030861The Peace Bell up at the Dpra Observator.2018-02-09T09:11:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/12/22/arriving-in-the-antipodes/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030996.jpgP1030996Very nice Triumph Trident in the Moto Mart clothing store.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030994.jpgP1030994My kind hosts, Sue and Thommo.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030992.jpgP1030992Half Moon Bay harbour. Nice, if you can afford it.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030976.jpgP1030976WOF and Reggo, side by side.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030974.jpgP1030974Seriously worn out sprocket. I feel ashamed.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030969.jpgP1030969Sue and Thommo's house, including a very large tree!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030967.jpgP1030967All approved and good to go.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030966.jpgP1030966Front wheel goes in, MPI Inspector gets an easy view of her nice, clean undersides.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030957.jpgP1030957Civic Theatre, with a show guaranteed to remind me of home.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030952.jpgP1030952Chinese bikes are starting to look good.2018-02-09T09:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/01/29/windy-welly-and-beyond/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050218.jpgP1050218Lisa and Chris.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050213.jpgP1050213Excellent repair work.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050201.jpgP1050201Antarctic sled, old school style.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050179.jpgP1050179A Busy Bee.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050168.jpgP1050168Botanical Gardens, Rose Garden.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050160.jpgP1050160One of the locals.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050139.jpgP1050139Lyttleton Harbour. It suffered quake damage to the extent that the cruise ships can no longer dock there.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050129.jpgP1050129Big enough to crush buildings, Sadly, some did.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050123.jpgP1050123Protection from further falls.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050103.jpgP1050103Sit down, make yourselves comfortable.2018-02-09T09:10:10+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/02/14/circling-south/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p1050395-1.jpgp1050395 (1)The disappearing glacier. The bank visible on the right was the level of the glacier twenty years ago.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050542.jpgP1050542.... and wonderful.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1060100.jpgP1060100The kind of sign I welcome.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050695.jpgP1050695Very nice floor mosaic.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050684.jpgP1050684The beautifully restored Dunedin station concourse.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050681.jpgP1050681This train takes tourists out on the mountain railway from Dunedin.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050655.jpgP1050655Below ground trench, visitors for the use of.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050652.jpgP1050652Cute chick.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050646.jpgP1050646Cute chicks, patiently waiting for their fish dinner.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1050640.jpgP1050640Cute chicks, patiently waiting for their fish dinner.2018-02-09T09:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/05/05/getting-off-the-magic-roundabout/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/reg-plate-montage.pngreg-plate-montageMaking the most of six digits.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/people-i-met.pngpeople-i-metSome of the great people I met.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070585.jpgP1070585Modern roads to support the city's industry.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070580.jpgP1070580Cricket with friends.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070577.jpgP1070577Big Bird has come to play. The sparrows don't seem to care.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070557.jpgP1070557Former volcano. When will the next one erupt?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070551.jpgP1070551New century cityscape.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070549.jpgP1070549Century old shops.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070545.jpgP1070545A common sight in NZ. It stands for Gasoline Alley Services.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1070502.jpgP1070502A very special German music machine. 2018-02-09T09:04:19+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/06/25/taking-the-tourist-trail-part-1/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080826.jpgP1080826Kym and Kiake. Imperial Hotel barmaids.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080823.jpgP1080823Woody tells it how it is.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080805.jpgP1080805A typical immigrant's tale.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080804.jpgP1080804Life was tough for many.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080797.jpgP1080797Post, groceries, coffee, fuel. A typical small town outlet, still in the original 1870's building.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080779.jpgP1080779White Blow quartz outcrop.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080771.jpgP1080771Shane and Teresa, from Gold City Motorcycles.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080743.jpgP1080743The stamping part of the stamp battery. There were seven of these in a row.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080740.jpgP1080740What the Venus Battery was all about.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080725.jpgP1080725Imagine moving this complete building 300 metres.2018-02-09T09:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/07/06/taking-the-tourist-trail-part-3/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090330.jpgP1090330They seem to mean what they say.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090323.jpgP1090323Boulder Gorge.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090318.jpgP1090318Looking much better by night.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090315.jpgP1090315And by night.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090299.jpgP1090299The refurbished hydro-electric plant. The water flows down a pipe from the falls.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090281.jpgP1090281Paronella Park Castle.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090275.jpgP1090275The stage in the ballroom. It's hard to imagine how it must have looked in its heyday. There is hope for its restoration.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090268.jpgP1090268Hungary turtles.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090261.jpgP1090261Kauri Pines grow very tall.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090256.jpgP1090256The ruined castle by day.2018-02-09T09:01:52+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/07/26/cairns-to-cooktown/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1090827.jpgP1090827The view up the Endeavour River.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p1090678.jpgP1090678Mixing up the paint for body decoration.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p10906471.jpgp10906471A nice picture to make me feel better.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090852.jpgP1090852Memorial to the Chinese.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090848.jpgP1090848Nice piece of street art.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090844.jpgP1090844The Musical Ship.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090843.jpgP1090843Please bash here!https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090842.jpgP1090842Cook statue, on the foreshore.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090830.jpgP1090830Banks' thoughts on the locals.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090821.jpgP1090821Dinky little lighthouse, lovely view.2018-02-09T09:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/08/15/cooktown-to-the-cape-york-tip/2018-02-09T09:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/08/16/from-the-hot-tip-to-the-red-centre/2018-02-09T09:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/08/24/alice-and-alice/2018-02-09T09:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/09/06/trucks-and-the-tanami/2018-02-09T08:59:55+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/09/18/kimberleys-delights/2018-02-09T08:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/12/17/from-karijini-to-christmas/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030910.jpgP1030910Bizarre or funky?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030902.jpgP1030902Definitely funky, in a woody kind of way.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030869.jpgP1030869Modern and massive.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030857.jpgP1030857Old school mechanical digger.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030833.jpgP1030833Paul and Mack. On a local run so only one trailer.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030816.jpgP1030816Fresnel lens. It beamed the kerosene powered light out across forty kilometres of sea and floats on mercury.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030810.jpgP1030810Cape Leeuwin lighthouse. One hundred and seventy six steps to the top; one hundred years old; looking out over the meeting point of the Southern and Indian oceans. Lighthouses do tend to be quite special.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030800.jpgP1030800Diamond pendants?https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030787.jpgP1030787Artistic illumination.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1030754.jpgP1030754Paul and one of the family pets, a Papillion dog.2018-02-09T08:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/01/08/beautiful-bali/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1040570.jpgP1040570Lush green rice paddies, and me and Beth.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1040394.jpgP1040394A surprisingly expressive face, considering it's made of wood.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/p1040230.jpgP1040230The Crew.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040027.jpgP1040027At Sunarta Home Stay, being made to feel welcome.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040026.jpgP1040026Brian's Halotherapy centre. All ready to go, just awaiting the salt.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040804.jpgP1040804One day ends but a new one always dawns.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040803.jpgP1040803The beach at Seminyak, as the sun goes down. Pretty much our last view of Bali.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040791.jpgP1040791Lewak, looking to be in a digestive mood.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040772.jpgP1040772One of the local residents.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1040753.jpgP1040753Beth tries a scooter out for size. She looks good on it!2018-02-09T08:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/02/02/kalgoorlie-gold/2018-02-09T08:57:02+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/02/06/riding-the-nullarbor/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p10507461.jpgP1050746Collapsed suspension bracket. Not much movement in it now.2018-02-09T08:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/02/21/in-adelaide/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p10508791.jpgP1050879There are stories inside these wonderful Gond pictures.2018-02-09T08:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/03/02/theres-something-about-an-island-pt-1/2018-02-09T08:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/04/22/canberra/2018-02-09T08:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/05/11/sydney-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p1080162.jpgP1080162Watson's Bay with Sydney CBD behind it.2018-02-09T08:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/06/19/compression-depression-and-rejuvenation/2018-02-09T08:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/08/11/i-ve-a-feeling-ive-been-here-before/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/senex-helicopter.jpgsenex-helicopterRFDS helicopter.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/p10903111.jpgp1090311At least I had a finger and thumb free.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0396.jpgimg_0396Ready to go into the helicopter.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1121492-3x2-940x627.jpg1121492-3x2-940x627RFDS plane.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/p1090182.jpgp1090182The Cunnamulla Fella.2018-02-09T08:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2016/10/20/battered-burnt-and-bewildered/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hand-xray-3-cropped.jpghand-xray-3-croppedThe piece of bone is a bit of a pain but will heal eventually.2018-02-09T08:43:35+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/04/13/getting-back-in-the-groove/2018-02-09T08:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/04/22/what-goes-around-comes-around/2018-02-09T08:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/04/28/circles-in-the-sand/2018-02-09T08:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/05/05/birdsville/2018-02-09T08:37:12+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/05/26/beyond-the-black-stump/2018-02-09T08:34:49+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/05/31/beyond-the-black-stump-part-2/2018-02-09T08:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2017/10/18/beautiful-bali-again/2018-02-09T08:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/contact/2018-02-09T08:15:01+00:00weekly0.6https://motopangaea.com/2017/11/26/java-part-2/2018-02-07T13:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/blog-posts/2018-02-07T12:45:53+00:00weekly0.6https://motopangaea.com/2015/06/26/taking-the-tourist-trail-part-2/https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p1080842.jpgP1080842Moving stock the traditional way.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090024.jpgP1090024... on a road like this ....https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090021.jpgP1090021Luke and Casey. DR650 mounted Aussie adventurers.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090014.jpgP1090014Nicely repaired. Strong, if not pretty.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090011.jpgP1090011Greybeard's arrive en masse.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090008.jpgP1090008A bark shedding Malalaca tree.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090006.jpgP1090006Our elecrtic motored boat.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1090003.jpgP1090003Calm and still down in the gorge.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080999.jpgP1080999In theory, these rocks would mate up again.https://motopangaea.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p1080986.jpgP1080986The minerals colour the rock. It is worn smooth by floodwater, up to about five metres.2016-08-29T11:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2014/04/22/setting-off/2016-02-24T10:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/12/30/2015-in-review/2016-01-03T15:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.com/2015/01/02/2014-in-review/2015-01-02T05:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://motopangaea.comdaily1.02026-03-30T18:37:01+00:00