This is the travelblog of Cyril Ducau and Niccolo Manno on their adventure from London (Cyril), Munich (Niccolo) to Hong Kong on motorbikes.
It took us short of 3 months to do 20,000km on bikes, trains and planes. We crossed the following countries together:

Austria - Italy - Slovenia - Croatia - Serbia - Bulgaria - Turkey - Georgia - Azerbaijan - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan - Kazakhstan - Russia - Mongolia - China - Hong Kong

On this site you will find some info on both of us, our bikes, some of our friendly helpers in Hong Kong and London and loads of pictures on our trip. 

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Day 1 Together - Across the Alps - Odometer 300 km

Finally on the road together. Just arrived in Ljubjjana in Solvenia after crossing the Alps under the snow. We are already all wet, dirty and tired but happy to be on the move! Heading towards Croatia tomorrow.

(start from Niccolo´s house in Mondsee)

(On the Austrian-Slovenian border - pretty rough)

We also had to make some changes to our schedule. Instead of going to Italy and staying overnight in Istria, we got to Ljubljana. The ride was so exhausting. 30mins after leaving home, we had big snow storms and they lasted for most of the road (up to 20km before Ljubljana). We even had to slow down to 50km/h on the motorway at times as the road was quite slippery.

Anyhow, we got there and will now enjoy a good Slovenian dinner before crashing into our beds.

It is unbelievable how dirty our equipment is after 1 day of snow and dirty motorways...the shower was great.

See below another picture from the bike under the snow (after leaving the bike 10mins for a warm cup of coffee):





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A BIG THANK YOU TO:

Cyril:
- Maddy, the head of our "London HQ", special technical and weather advisor, and because she is simply the best and has been so supportive over the last few months
- My family and friends for their understanding and moral support
- Robert Roe (alias Bob) from Motoselect Franham for preparing the bike with such good care
- Anastasia from thevisacompany for helping me deal with so much red tape
- Claudio von Planta for sharing his valuable experience on Long-way Round and Long-way Down and answering so many of our questions
- Ronnie, Emmanuel and Benjamin for their enthusiast support and precious advise
- The Techtransalp team for their excellent website and advertising our adventure

Niccolo:
- clearly Manon as she has always been supportive of this trip even though this means 3 months without me
- My mother for not giving up on me, for receiving all the parcels at home in Austria and for not freaking out!
- Amy and Steve for pushing over several months to keep focus on the organisation
- Xavier, for trusting me to be in France in June and be his best man at his wedding
- Cyril, for posting our tracks on the blog
- Louis, for looking into getting Continental to sponsor us
- Romain, for getting us the Turkmen visas
- My friends for all telling me "DO IT"!
- Claudio von Planta, Sambor and Maciej for sharing their great experiences on their numerous motorbike trips
- Henry, Yau and Tan from BMW HK for their support with the bike, the preparation and the bike sale
- Yasser, Mark, Michael and Christoph from BMW Munich for their help with all the accessories and the last minute bike purchase
- Bertrand and Alice for your help with the tyres in Almaty