Planning for the trip

Its 1st April 2008, the clocks have just gone onto summer time, the first buds of spring are on the trees, its itchy wheels time.

I had such a great trip last year, I want more of the same. My window of opportunity is the last week of July for 10 days. This time I want to go even further, I am planning to ride to the mysterious city of Istanbul, the gateway to Asia and the Silk Route.

Once again I will take the best touring motorcycle in the world, the BMW R1200 RT, from my experiences on last years trip the bike will earn its keep.

Currently I am using Google Maps as a route scratchpad (below is the planned route);

Click on the map below and zoom in to see route and itinerary.

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