Blog 1.
Getting there.

We flew from Dublin to Gatwick on Wed evening July 9th. and from there to Moscow early Thursday morning.

We had to fly over 7 hours later from a different Moscow airport so between airports,we got to see Red Square for a few minutes.

We flew through the night from Moscow to Vladivostok, a flight of 8 and a half hours. We were all in separate seats around the plane.

I was seated between a sweaty fat fffffellow on one side and a weirdo with a dog on his lap on the other. The dog looked cute enough, even if, at first, it looked like a rabbit when I could only see it's head,.

It wasn't so cute when it was wagging it's tail and hitting me with it.

It was a little less cute again when it was trying to jump away from the weirdo and sample my food.

I really stopped considering it cute when the little fecker started shitting on his blanket, his feet and the floor. I don't think the air hostesses were impressed when the blanket leaked onto the aisle as weirdo left me holding the dog while he went to the loo. I now know why those who can afford to, buy private planes.

Once we landed, we went straight to where the bikes were, to make sure they were there and that we could leave it until Saturday to collect them.

After 4 hours bed in two days, we wanted to rest before doing anything.

However, after drinking into the early hours and coming back with hangovers the next morning, we were probably in a better condition yesterday.

The bikes were amazingly well packed and in perfect condition.

Kev and Gary decided, when back at the hotel with the bikes, that it would be a good time to get a video clip with the Phantom, a camera attached to a quadcopter, operated by remote control.

There was a little panic when it started heading out to sea, ignoring their inputs on the remote control. Eventually, it responded and worried faces turned to relieved faces.

Just a few jobs to do today, including a new clutch in Ned's bike, an early night and away early tomorrow towards Vanino.