LoMo - Expedition
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Germany

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Mo packing the bags
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Lo was already prepared of course
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The backside
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The frontside
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Farewell comittee
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Last stop before the polish border
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Last phone call
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Waiting for check-out
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Lo's allowed to leave
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Mo's allowed to leave
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On the road
 

Poland

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5/2/2003, Our friend Darek with offspring
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5/6/2003, Photo session in the countryside
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5/8/2003, Polish family with babydoll
 

Ukraine

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5/8/2003, Typical ukrainian draw well
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5/8/2003, The Miss Ukraine of tomorrow
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5/11/2003, Kalush, Sto gram - the magic word when it comes to the national drink
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5/12/2003, Kalush, It's getting bright only by a Davy lamp
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5/13/2003, Kalush, Hospitality and Bicycles
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5/15/2003, Vasja, Our host family in the Carpathian Montains
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5/15/2003, Bistrica, Here they still know how to build tiled stoves
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5/16/2003, Kosiv, Exchange of experience with ukrainian police men
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5/19/2003, Kamenec, Harald's first chance to weight some motorbikes (tolerance +/- 60kg)
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5/20/2003, Kamenec, A real master of its subject
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5/21/2003, Kamenec, The guys can also repair Yamahas now
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5/22/2003, Wechwonitzi, For the photo all familiy members required
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5/25/2003, Olgopil, Drive right or left?
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5/25/2003, Olgopil, Officer called Michael tells stories from the GDR
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5/27/2003, Pokrovske, German lessons with real germans
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5/27/2003, Pokrovske, Which were his words? Drive, drive, and drive again? No, they where different.
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5/28/2003, Olexandrawka, Lo in an interview with a school janitor
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5/30/2003, Rozdolne, First oil exchange on the Krim
 

Russia

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6/7/2003, Krasnodar, Early practises ...
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6/9/2003, Caucasus, Caucasien HP's survey japanese HP's
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6/10/2003, We still have to learn using the selftimer
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6/11/2003, Peak Elbrus (Эльбрус) 5642m, majestic, gigantic, breathtaking - The highest of the Caucasus Mountains
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6/13/2003, Elista, This direction to China?
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6/14/2003, Remontnoje, Why do the bikes do not have cruise control?
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6/16/2003, Volgograd, Mother Russia
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6/19/2003, Mokrois, Mo unimpressed by the rainbow
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6/22/2003, Pugatschev, At least asphalt again!
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6/24/2003, Samara, The LoMos as snake dompteurs
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6/25/2003, Buguruslan, A former Datscha is now a castle
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6/26/2003, Buguruslan, Our first russian interview
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6/26/2003, Buguruslan, It's hard to leave
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6/29/2003, Ural, Aspahlt s unknwon in Ural mountains
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6/30/2003, Ural, Now we know where grooves come from
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7/1/2003, Beloretsk, Welcome to Asia
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7/6/2003, Ischim, Just a normal country road
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7/9/2003, Barabinsk, The first long time traveller we met after 10000km - Guido from Switzerland
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7/10/2003, Barabinsk, German camp site in Sibiria
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7/10/2003, Barabinsk, Czech couple on their way to Baikal
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7/17/2003, Near Krasnojarsk, Hear it burns, the good old sibirian birch
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7/19/2003, Ujar, An unfamiliar kind of fuel gauge
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7/20/2003, Near Taischet, Classic sibirian village
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7/23/2003, Irkutsk (Иркутск), Total disassembly? No, just a big inspection.
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7/24/2003, Irkutsk, What had we done without Nicolai?
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7/25/2003, Ferry to Port Baikal
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7/27/2003, If there's no way ...
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7/27/2003, ... you need innovative ideas!
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8/2/2003, Lake Baikal, Gremjatschinsk, Touristic breakfast at Lake Baikal with fellows from St. Peterburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk and us from Germany
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8/4/2003, Ulan Ude, The Thinker examines our bikes
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8/4/2003, Ulan Ude, Take a look at the red flag!
 
 

Mongolia

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8/12/2003, Ulaanbaatar, Breakfast in the morning
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8/13/2003, Ulaanbaatar, Enjoy your meal, Namsrei!
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8/20/2003, Near Karakorum, Buddhist prayer hill
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8/20/2003, Gobi, An untypical mongolian camp site
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8/20/2003, Gobi, Lo desperately trying to communicate
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8/22/2003, Gobi Desert, A normal mongolian highway
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8/22/2003, Gobi Desert, ...and which way is the right one?
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8/22/2003, Sarhulsan, Gobi, Water, Water, ...
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8/22/2003, Gobi, First contact
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8/23/2003, Gobi, Welcome delegation
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8/23/2003, Gobi, Sunset in the desert
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8/23/2003, Gobi, Right before left, but we had waited in any case
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8/23/2003, Gobi, ...another forced break
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8/24/2003, Gobi, The one and only bridge to the village
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8/24/2003, Gobi, If there are no bridges...
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8/25/2003, Gobi, Not this way, we hope
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8/25/2003, Gobi, Why this car is just allowed for 4 persons?
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8/26/2003, Germany meets the Netherlands after a mud battle in the Gobi
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9/9/2003, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian Happy Birthday
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9/11/2003, Gobi, Visit from a herdsman
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9/19/2003, Zamyn Uud, Fuel directly from the large depots?!
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9/19/2003, Zamyn Uud, Two from the Gasoline Station
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9/19/2003, Zamyn Uud, The fuel depot is just under construction. Here are the building owners Albrecht and Roland.
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9/19/2003, Zamyn Uud, ...and Bye Bye!
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9/19/2003, Zamyn Uud, ...we will see us
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9/20/2003, Zamyn Uud, Embarkation of the bikes for crossing the border
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9/20/2003, Zamyn Uud, Everything locked?
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9/20/2003, Zamyn Uud, Last check
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9/20/2003, Zamyn Uud, Embarkation team with mongolian driver
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9/20/2003, Zamyn Uud, ...let's go.
 

China

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9/24/2003, Jinning, Rest
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9/25/2003, Huai'an, One of our countless campsites
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9/27/2003, Badaling, Daily insanity with construction sites
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9/27/2003, Badaling, A part of the Great Chinese Wall
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9/27/2003, Near Beijing, A "tropical" morning
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9/27/2003, Near Beijing, That seems to be chinese for Lo
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10/1/2003, Beijing, A wide range of dishes in the cookshop
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10/1/2003, Beijing, Normal day at Tiananmen square ("Gate of Heavenly Peace")
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10/1/2003, Zhuozhou, What's the Eiffel tower here?
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10/2/2003, Zhuozhou, Chinese breakfast
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10/3/2003, Xuzhou, Picture puzzle: Find the mistake!
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10/3/2003, Beijing, Inspecting a restaurants kitchen
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10/4/2003, Xuzhou, Original chinese? Or a cheap copy?
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10/13/2003, Shanghai, Arrival
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10/13/2003, Shanghai, Two worlds meeting
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10/13/2003, Shanghai, Welcome in the civilization
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10/14/2003, Shanghai, Pudong with Oriental Pearl Tower
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10/18/2003, Shanghai, Our market at the corner
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, I do not haul cart without a bath before
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, What do you want?
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, The hats have to fulfill their purpose
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, Chinese Rafting
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, Group picture of the "survivors"
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, A drop of oil had helped too
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10/19/2003, Hangzhou, Water helps if it's to dusty
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10/25/2003, Shanghai, My greatest dream - postman in China
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10/27/2003, Shanghai, Selfmade bottle opener in a restaurant
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10/27/2003, Shanghai, Smile!
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10/27/2003, Shanghai, ...show your legs
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10/28/2003, Shanghai, Old men playing Majong
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10/30/2003, Shanghai - We made it!!!
 
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Lo made it even with a broken foot
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Mo, where are you looking to?
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The team at the turning point
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Bund-moments
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Bund-moments, 2nd
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It does not work without an audience :-)
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The team with the photographer - Thanks Thomas!
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... let's go again
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11/4/2003, Hukou, Chinese can make nice autocycles too - this is a 125ccm
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11/4/2003, Ruichang, Forrest and fields
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11/8/2003, Yichang, Yangtze dam
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11/9/2003, Changde, Man and machine in hotel
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11/13/2003, Tongren, Which customers he's targeted?
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11/14/2003, Sansui, Just a normal passage through a village
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11/16/2003, Anshun, Revenge of the mountain
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11/28/2003, Baoshan, A longnose in Cathay
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12/8/2003, Lancang, Who had the right of way here?
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12/9/2003, Jinghong, If it's to hot it has to go without the helmet
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12/11/2003, Longling, No need for a car in China
 
 

Laos

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12/12/2003, Muang Xay, Mountain village
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12/13/2003, Luang Prabang, Here's the forrest still intact
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12/13/2003, Oudom Xay, Eenie Meanie Minie Moe, Catch a tigger by the toe ...
 

Thailand

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12/16/2003, Udon Thani, The fanciest camp site of the journey - holy monastery lawn
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12/16/2003, Udon Thani, Lo with a meditation master
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12/19/2003, Ayutthaya, An asian Mini
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12/23/2003, Chumphon, Anne(UK) - on a world tour with 55 years
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12/24/2003, Takuara, Christmas Eve in Thailand
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12/27/2003, Takuara, They take pleasure here in the holiday too
 

Malaysia

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1/2/2004, Klang, Unusual countries require unusual camp sites
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1/7/2004, Port Klang, Hope for a ship
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1/8/2004, Port Klang, A LoMo camp site in front of one of the largest luxury liner of the world
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1/16/2004, Kuala Lumpur, Always use premium fuel, so you will become as big as we one day
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1/16/2004, Kuala Lumpur, The LoMos in front of the world biggest building
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1/17/2004, Port Klang, ... that will become the boxes for our bikes
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1/17/2004, Port Klang, ... it worked
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1/20/2004, Kuala Lumpur, Changing the bikes
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1/25/2004, Kuala Lumpur, Unfamiliar - but it's fine to drive on four wheels
 

India

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2/4/2004, Chennai, Outlook to Mannady Street
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2/4/2004, Chennai, Mannady Street
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2/4/2004, Chennai, Street Market
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2/4/2004, Chennai, Backstreet
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2/5/2004, Chennai, Homeless people
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2/5/2004, Chennai, A resident
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2/5/2004, Chennai, A place to sleep
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2/5/2004, Chennai, Brick carriage
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2/6/2004, Chennai, Port
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2/8/2004, Bangalore, Lo without a plan
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2/8/2004, Bangalore, Mo - that's better
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2/8/2004, near Bangalore
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2/9/2004, Anantapur, Stone Henge
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2/9/2004, South India, Water und Peanuts
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2/11/2004, near Hyderabad, Winterly landscape
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2/11/2004, Suburb of Hyderabad, Going for water
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2/12/2004, Nagpur, Oh - an alien
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2/12/2004, near Nagpur, Two holy cows
 

Pakistan

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2/24/2004, Multan, Under police convoy
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2/25/2004, Dera Ghazi, In Germany an exhibition item - in Pakistan just a normal truck
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2/26/2004, Loralei, From Delhi to Pisa in six weeks - that's to fast for us
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2/27/2004, Quetta, Another kind of accommodation
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2/28/2004, Nishki, Lo, i believe you're on the wrong way
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2/28/2004, Nishki, Sand - Sand - Sand ...
 

Iran

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3/4/2004, Bam, Impressions of a destroyed town
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3/4/2004, Bam, Impressions of a destroyed town - part 2
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3/4/2004, Bam, Impressions of a destroyed town - part 2
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3/5/2004, Kerman, Another kind of animals' crossing the road here
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3/6/2004, Anar, Why a cash box if a plastic case may host the money?
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3/8/2004, Kashan, Just 500m to the mosque
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3/9/2004, Theran, Mo and his newly acquired rear tyre
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3/13/2004, Tabris, Lo - planned in this way?
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3/14/2004, Marand, Just missing St. Claus
 

Turkey

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3/16/2004, Dogobayazit, Where you are coming from?
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3/17/2004, Muradiye, Fortunately it was winter just for 14 days
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3/21/2004, Silifke, Mo on the wrong way
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3/24/2004, Anamur, A dutch snapshot
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3/24/2004, Anamur, What would be Turkey without the minarets?
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3/26/2004, Afyon, Anatolian highlands
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3/29/2004, Istanbul, Back in Europe
 
 

Italy

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4/10/2004, Putignano, Used as residential or store house
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4/19/2004, Perugia, Our guard has to work too
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4/20/2004, Siena, Mo's fighting - the air is fighting too
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4/22/2004, San Miniato, Classic italian junction
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4/26/2004, Iseo, What a pity! The wine wasn't mellow yet.
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4/27/2004, Brescia, Nothing better than Wurstel und Krauti
 

Germany

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4/30/2004, Eichstätt, Very good, they explain the signs exactly
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4/30/2004, Neumark, German village idyll
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5/1/2004, Jüterbog, First meeting with our reception comittee
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5/1/2004, Wildau, ... exactly one year later - Welcome home