The way East (Caucasus/Central-Asia/Mongolia on a motorcycle)

[Karlovak]

I reckoned it was sold and marketed as travel memoirs. I didn't see it in Viru Keskus Rahva Raamat and Kristiine Apollo photography sections - the main book stores I frequent.

If you don't mind me asking, did you get a subsidy backing? Film alone must have cost over 2,5k at the least.

 

[tsiklonaut]

I reckoned it was sold and marketed as travel memoirs. I didn't see it in Viru Keskus Rahva Raamat and Kristiine Apollo photography sections - the main book stores I frequent.

If you don't mind me asking, did you get a subsidy backing? Film alone must have cost over 2,5k at the least.

Should be available in their web-shop at least. I see them in shops in Tartu Apollo and Rahva Raamat.

I don't even count a film cost despite everything is done with my own and wife's hard earnings combined and we never even planned any book or any other outlet, pretty much everything I do is just for my own fanaticism about film cameras or overland motorcycle travel to little known places with only yourself to rely on. Ironically how the book came into existence was just people who happen to follow our journey started to ask for it in overwhelming fashion when we finished the RTW leg.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Lenin statue in front of the goverment building of self-declared country of Transnistria. They even have their own rubl currency and passports.











We really liked Ukraine - a view from our tent's door.










Sunrise over the Black Sea we were crossing. With a Russian navy warship shadowing us since this Ukrainian registered civilian ferry passes close to the Crimean waters.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Black Sea crossing.

Nothing much to do for days other than stare at the sea...

 

[ninjin]

Just wanted to chime in and say thank you for sharing these photos, I am looking forward to every update and that recent sunflower shot from Ukraine is absolutely stunning.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Georgia welcomed us - finally we got to enjoy those great mountain roads in the Caucasus we always dreamed about.









Valley in Georgia.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Friendship monument.

The town of Signagi is nicely situated on a hilltop.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Southern-Georgia









Sapara monastery from 9th century.

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

Georgia welcomed us - finally we got to enjoy those great mountain roads in the Caucasus we always dreamed about.



Valley in Georgia.

I love these mountain panoramas.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Tsminda Sameba church in Kazbegi, beautifully placed on a mountaintop, with our bikes parked below.






Georgia posesses so many beautiful peaks that sometimes are unveiled by the clouds.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Climbing up on the way to Omalo, in Tusheti region.










And the view from higher up, Tushetia in it's raw beauty.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Soon we are not riding but feeling like floating in the Caucasian clouds on higher altitudes.








Sky is the limit.

 

[tsiklonaut]

On a rough passage trail over a mountain range inside a cloud level, let our engines cool down a bit from the hard work.









Watchtower and church, one for war, the other for peace. Georgians can be puzzling yet very emotional folk.

 

[Paulbe]

Wow! Utterly beautiful! What a grand adventure...
Thanks for posting!
Paul

 

[tsiklonaut]

I love these mountain panoramas.

Wow! Utterly beautiful! What a grand adventure...
Thanks for posting!
Paul

Cheers guys, glad you like them!

 

[tsiklonaut]

Crossing the Vorotan Pass in Armenia.










South-Armenian landscape, this small country has two climate zones in it.
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[tsiklonaut]

The gates to Artsakh - we're entering the illegal realm according to the most of the world with our lives in danger by entering a warzone.










The landscapes turn eerie once you enter Artsakh, or a country named Nagorno-Karabakh as it's more known internationally.

 

[tsiklonaut]

"We Are Our Mountains" memorial in Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh (or Nagorno-Karabakh as known internationally). It's seen as the symbol of the republic.

Nagorno-Karabakh churches have a different design. It is claimed the native people of the Artsakh mountains live among the longest in the World
- over 100 years if the war battles with Azerbaijan doesn't take them before their time.

3 men died in this tank fighting for the freedom of Artsakh. In a short time before we were in the area the fierce fighting broke out again, 30 soldiers killed, 35 wounded.

 

[tsiklonaut]

The more decorated Artsakh tanks are put on mountainsides as statues, those are the tank crews that got the most kills from the recent war.
To their bravery and credit they did beat a much stronger, better supported and a vastly bigger army, liberated their country and even created
an additional land buffer down on the plains but with heavy losses on their side as well. Almost every Artsakhi has a family member who died in the war with Azerbaijan.

Mikoyan brothers house museum in Armenia. One of the brothers was the chief designer of the famous MiG fighter airplanes, a MiG-21 on display in front of his house.

 

[tsiklonaut]

A wild camp in Caucasus. Here I feel free. Nobody around for 10 kilometer radius, just an occasional brown bear eating berries.

With stunning views to the Great Caucasus unveiling from our tent.

We found a secret small chapel hidden in the mountains with a nonexistant track leading there.