To Siberia

Heading east and the weather is dull and a bit cold. Stopped at Barnaoul and went to the shopping centre to get some cash. After overcoming the usual problem of RBS switching off your card every time you use it in Russia I got some cash. A crowd had gathered as usual  and the bikes were the centre of attention. Got an expensive hotel and headed north east the next day. We got stopped by a Russian TV crew and they interviewed us for the evening news.  That night we camped in a wooded field in the middle of nowhere and got attacked……by the giant mosquito. The only relief we got from that experience was the arrival of the female druids for their annual nude midsummer rituals. Things are getting more and more rural and the countryside is a mixture of dense forest as far as the eye can see then a gap of fallow land. Needing a shower we headed east for a hotel….alas….they were not there and the ones that were….well we were better off camping….so we did. This time the mosquitoes were even bigger and they roamed around in huge gangs. We secured the clothing and nets and spayed ourselves with repellent. Unfortunately they have Sat Nav and made their way under our clothing and had a feast. The scariest thing I have done on the trip so far is to go to the toilet in those conditions.   That night may legs, head and arms were covered in bites. Onward to Siberia and Krasnoyarsk.