Luxury on the lake - Kraznoyarsk

After fixing up in a nice hotel in Kraznoyarsk, our Harley riding friend Sacha returned later with his father, Micha. They took us to their garage where we were shown a selection of their 22 vintage motorcycles, including fine examples of military bikes and sidecar outfits. Once again, we took the opportunity to 'join up', this time with the German Afrika Korps, riding a 1943 BMW R/75 Sahara, complete with original gas mask. Micha has done a superb job bringing these machines back to original condition.

The following evening, Sacha picked us up in his huge Ford Expedition 4x4 and drove us out to see the hydro electric power station mentioned by Tom in his earlier blog. Sacha then treated us to dinner at his friend's boat club on the lake. As we were about to leave, his friend Slava arrived with his friends. They invited us onto his fantastic power boat where we enjoyed further hospitality. It was a memorable evening of great music, whisky and cruising on the water. The laser show projected from the boat onto a rockface and a demonstration of the boat's speed (75 knots) and manouvrability were astounding.

On the morning of our departure from Kraznoyarsk, Sacha came along to lead us out of the city back to the M53 road which continued our journey eastward. This saved us a lot of time and trouble because our GPS units don't have local maps in this area.

Sacha, Micha and Slava, if you read this article, we wish to say "Thanks again for your kindness, friendship and hospitality and we hope that one day we'll be able to show you around our country".