After Chara there are a lot of rail road bridges going East. We crossed one after another. Some small and some big. We soon decided that we couldn't stop and walk every bridge. It would take ages. In the beginning we stopped and looked very carefully. Then rode over. http://i740.photobucket.com/albu...

We pressed on. The rain was pouring down. In Khani we had stopped for some food. A lot of locals came and talked with us. Most of them drunk, but friendly. A friend of Walters also showed up and asked us to stay. We thanked him, but said we would drive on. Lots of people warned us about the rivers r...

We got the news from Walter in the morning. He and Terry would not ride with us to Tynda. They were both knackered and Walters subframe had cracked again. They would wait a day and then put themselves and the bikes on a train. We would then all meet in Tynda in two days time. We bid goodbye and sadd...

I am sorry that I am a bit behind with the videos. This clip happened a few days ago from where we are now in the story. It was our first attempt at a major river crossing and our first crossing using a rail road bridge

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As we got close to Novaya Chara we met these guys. They had some small problem with their bike. When we left them they still had the problem :evil http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx46/EtronX/Trans%20Sibir%20Chipokto%20to%20Novaya%20Chara/TransSibirChipoktotoNovayaChara1.jpg We got some food and c...

Riding shotgun with Terry along the BAM. This is from the stretch not long before Novaya Chara.

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We rode through some pretty countryside http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8190/8365184786_4cda753293_o.jpg (pic courtesy of Steve) ... before reaching the Chara river bridge, on the outskirts of Chara. For some, its the Gnarliest bridge on the western BAM. Personally I dont mind it. Its 270 metres long,...

After crossing the Vitim, taken a swim in the Kuanda and finally crossing the Kuanda on the back of a truck, I was pretty shoot when we came to Balbukhta. We went inside the rail road station and the kind people there gave us some tea and biscuits before they closed down the station. No sleeping ins...

When you do the BAM and ROB you inevitably have to cross a river or two. Some you drive through with ease. Some you drive through with difficulty. Some you try to drive through. Some will challenge your persistence. Some you will conquer. Some will conquer you. But all will make your feet look like ...

Coming ashore again from the Kuanda River Wet from the top of our heads to our soles For those who wonders, the water was cold and the current strong

We started the day late ... it was after 1pm when we left Taksimo. Then altogether we lost an hour when Steve missed the turn to the Vitim bridge ... Then there was the Vitim bridge ... and then we faffed around at the Kuanda bridge for ages working out how to get across. By the time we returned to ...

We pushed onward to the town of Kuanda ... passing plenty of streams along the way: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8236/8438177668_062b85ca73_o.jpg In Kuanda we stopped for a drink and I asked the lady in the shop what the going rate was this year to cross the Kuanda rail bridge. I wanted to be sure ...

I dismounted after crossing the Vitim and had a chat to Terry. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8365185196_d97aedd7d3_o.jpg I explained that Steve had missed the turnoff and we may have to go back to look for him, but as we were talking, 600 yards away on the far side of the Vitim bridge, we saw t...

Just afew more pictures from the road to Taksimo :D Here we have Terry's bike after being fixed with "Biltemastropp" :clap The crazy part is that Terry didn't slow down afterwards :rofl http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx46/EtronX/Trans%20Sibir%20Severobaikalsk%20to%20Taksimo/TransSibirS...