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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Our path

Our path
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

AFGHANISTAN URGENT HELP

Hello dear

I hope this desperate call for help gets to you in good health. I’m an Afghanistan helpless lady seeking your assistance. My husband and our son were killed by the Taliban rebels a few days ago and they have forced me and my daughter from our home. My husband worked with the former president who has now gone on exile due to the withdrawal of the international military protection we were enjoying before the US president withdrew them last month.

Please, I need your help to secure the only hope of survival that I and my daughter have. I’ve paid some contacts to take me and my daughter to Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, whichever is secure to travel to right now but I can’t embark on this journey with the two boxes which my husband buried underneath a farm not far from our house. These boxes contain valuables, gold and US dollars up to the sum of 4 million Dollars. I’m handing over these boxes to the Red Cross team going to the United Kingdom and I’ve informed my contact inside the Red Cross that someone will be contacting him to claim the boxes. The Red Cross person doesn’t know the content of these boxes as I told him it’s our family historical books and photos and some materials that means a lot to my family.

Upon your response and acceptance to help me receive these boxes, I will forward you the contact details of the Red Cross agent so that you can contact him immediately,

I don’t have regular access to the internet to avoid being tracked but I will try my best to check my email as soon  as I can expecting to hear from you so that I can send you the details of the person to contact at the Red Cross for the claim

Thanks in advance for your understanding and much needed help.

Regards

Medina Mohad Bashir
medinamohadbashir@yahoo.com

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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