| Best day | Loads: Osh bazaar, in all fact all of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, The Pamir Highway, a homestay in Kalai Hussein. |
| Worst/ hardest day | Fear of police in Russia, food poisoning on the way to Tajikistan. |
| Favourite place | Kyrgyzstan is very beautiful, lake Issy Kol? Pamir Highway is incredible. |
| Biggest headache | None really. Bikes created much attention everywhere which was sometimes nice, sometimes a difficult. Ah! and getting the ferry from Turkmenbashi to Baku in Azerbaijan - nightmare! |
| Biggest mistake | Nothing major - should've put new fork seals in before I left. |
| Most pleasant surprise | Hospitality of people in Central Asia. Condition of Pamir Highway. |
| Any illness | Food poisoning - both of us. |
| Other trips planned | Somewhere cold. |
| One travel tip | Take everything you've read about your planned route with a pinch of salt. |
| Bike Model | BMW R1150GS |
| Age/ mileage on departure | '02 model, 36000 miles |
| Modifications | Over the years, uprated battery, Ohlins on the back, louder horn, fuel filter outside of tank, cat removed, cam chain tensioner upgraded... few other bits and bobs. |
| Mods you wish you'd done | Ohlins on the front perhaps, none really. |
| Type of baggage | Stock BM plastic panniers. |
| Tyres used | Metzeler Tourance, Cont TKC80s |
| Number of punctures | Only 1! |
