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As soon as entered Oman from the UAE, I took a turn onto a small road heading into the Hajar Mountains. I was rewarded with a rugged but beautiful mountainous landscape, and butter-smooth yet empty roads. This part of the country is sparsely populated, and you will come across many more goats than humans. Despite this there are frequent drinking water dispensers on the side of the road, often even cooled! If you are looking for a challenge, search for unpaved roads or paths

After 12 hours on the ferry from Bandar Abbas, Iran, I reached the port of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It was honestly a bit of a relief to make it out of Iran, after my experience being detained by the Iranian military. I arrived late in the evening, and together with a fellow Russian cyclist we camped near a small mosque. In the morning an Uzbek man was waiting for us to wake up to have breakfast with him, which was a bit of a surprise: When one thinks of Dubai, t

In order to avoid Istanbul’s traffic craze, I decided to take a ferry from Greece to Turkey, from Thessaloniki to Kusadasi to be exact. I wasn’t off to a great start: The ferry was delayed a few hours and arrived late in the evening, and after going through immigration I realised I had forgotten my bicycle helmet on the ferry, and wasn’t allowed to go back to retrieve it. Disappointed, I withdrew some from the inflation suffering Turkish Lira with the hope to find a replaceme