SILK ROAD LATEST NEWS
2008-08-08. The BaltiCCycle
expedition “From Olympia to
Entering
Carlotta - Italy
Danai - Greece
Monica - Poland
Nijolė - Lithuania
Andrzej - Poland
Marcin (driver) - Poland
Mark - Netherlands
Ryszard - Poland
Sigitas - Lithuania
Vasilios -
Altogether 58 participants from 14 countries took part in different parts of the route:
USA - 2
China
- 2
Finland - 1
Ireland - 1
Italy - 1
Latvia - 1
Among them
45 men and 13 women, the youngest participant was 18 years old, the oldest –
65.
On the start
we had 16 participants, on finish – 20.
LINKS to ride participants’ travelblogs:
Vasilios (in English) - http://www.pentacycle.com
Joachim
(in English) - http://lent.travellerspoint.com
Mark
(in Dutch) - http://www.pageline.nl
Carlotta (in Italian) - http://www.tripcentre.org/bbforumblog/weblog.php?w=60
Holger (in German) - http://www.azoren2007.blogspot.com
In Polish:
Monica’s
reportagess - http://www.bicycle.pl/content/view/175/207
Maryla’s commentaries
in CROTOS forum -
http://www.bicycle.pl/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,31/page,viewtopic/t,196
PHOTO GALLERIES:
http://www.bicycle.pl/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=14&catid=50
http://www.bicycle.pl/content/view/180/212
MEDIA:
http://www.bicycle.pl/content/view/177/208/
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2008-02-20. The BaltiCCycle
2008 has STARTED at the Ancient Stadium in
2008-02-13.
2008-02-11. Altogether the number of participants has increased to
46. Three new countries are represented: Scotland, Greece and Bangladesh.
2008-02-08.
regarding visas and other details of our ride through
these countries.
2008-02-07. The registration to the ride continues. Among
new participants we have 2 new riders from
2008-02-04. After long conversations with Chinese Embassy in
Chinese visas are valid until
July 31, and we have to prolong them in
2008-01-31. Some statistics of participants:
Altogether in all parts
of the route we have finally 38 participants (including 2 drivers) from 9
different countries:
There are 10 women and 28 men in
the group.
The youngest is 18 years old; the
oldest one will celebrate 61 on the road.
10
cyclists (3 women and 7 men) and 1 driver go the whole route.
The
biggest group will cycle in
12
cyclists and 2 drivers will start in
2008-01-29.
2008-01-27. The design of ride logo
has been accomplished. Other symbols – T-shirts, flags, stickers and passports
for Olympic
are
under processing.
2008-01-23. Today we have received
first visas –
2008-01-19. We have bought the
are ready to drive the car from
2008-01-14.
Visa application process has
been started. We have applied for
2008-01-05.
One
more traveler has registered for the whole route:
Andrzej -
2007-12-31. The whole route has been revised, and day by day schedule for each
country announced on internet:
http://www.bicycle.lt/en/main/tours.bc2008-china/route
2007-12-29. The following
travelers have additionally registered for the whole
route:
Mark - Netherleands
Ryszard - Poland
Holger - Germany
Valentinas -
At this date
altogether we have 25 participants registered from:
Ireland - 1
Italy - 1
USA - 1
Finland - 1
Latvia - 1
2007-12-27. Because of technical problems with the BaltiCCycle
server (one week before Christmas it was not possible to open the site from
2007-12-05. After 3 weeks of
registration we have six participants for the whole 171 days route “From
Sigitas -
Nijolė -
John -
Carlotta - Italy
Joachim - Finland
Monika - Poland
The route in
Regarding your bike preparation
and spare parts it is highly recommended to contact by email the BaltiCCycle
bike mechanic Peter (Peter.Sczygiol@gmx.de)
who will cycle the whole route from
2007-11-12. The registration to the BaltiCCycle 2008 tour "From