Anders & Petra left Stockholm in May 2013 on their BMW F800GS motorcycles and rode around the world — 39 countries across six continents, from Russia and Mongolia to Australia, the Americas, and home via Morocco.
The route
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Countries
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1 The perfect start June 2013 .... with sunny weather and perfect packed panniers, yeah that was the plan, what we got was 5 degrees, rain, hail, strong wind and luggage that was completely not thought through. The bikes were very -
2 Wow June 2013 Wow…. is how to describe the last week and especially the last weekend which we spent at Touratech’s Adventure Event in Säfsen in Sweden. I am so impressed with the organisation of the event. It felt -
3 Poland July 2013 The last day in Sweden felt a bit sad leaving family and friends behind but it was also mixed with feelings of excitement. Unfortunately we couldn’t meet up with everyone but that's always the case wh -
4 Rumania and Moldova July 2013 The first of July we rode from Poland to Slovakia where the roads where full of potholes in all sizes. We crossed the border to Hungary quite late and we were lucky to find a campsite quite quickly bu -
5 Ukraine July 2013 When one door closes, another opens. (warning this text may contain strong language ;) So after spending many hours border crossings in and out of Moldova we arrived to the Ukraine’s border. First we -
6 Russia - I wish I had a hairy bum... August 2013 I guess most of you who are following the blog have figured out by now that we, in the end, got our visas for Russia. This means that we unfortunately did not have the possibility to travel through Ka -
7 Mongolia, part 1 - We conquered our fear..... August 2013 The day before we crossed the border to Mongolia we stopped at a little town called Kosh-Agach. When coming into the town I got a feeling of coming into an old Western film with all these little house -
8 Mongolia, part 2 - I poked a man in his eye August 2013 After we had enjoyed a magic evening at that beautiful lake Uureg muur up in the northwest of Mongolia, it was time to get some rest. I went into the tent and started to undress when I heard a -
9 China October 2013 First a few words about Mongolia. We ended up spending a month in this vast and lovely country, which was very challenging physically but well worth it. All the beauty of both the landscape and the pe -
10 Laos November 2013 Laos' shocking history. Both Anders and me left China with mixed feelings. Though we were excited to get to Laos we were also sad to leave China where I think we easily could have spent a lifetime wit -
11 Cambodia January 2014 The runaway from the mob in Cambodia. We were a bit unlucky the first couple of days while entering and travelling in Cambodia. It already started at the border when a very grumpy and unpleasant offic -
12 Thailand March 2014 We arrived in Thailand on first of December by crossing the border at Poi Pet (Cambodia)/Aranyaprathet (Thailand). Immediately we could see a huge difference. First of all, the road surface changed in -
13 Myanmar (Burma) May 2014 Wow we crossed Myanmar/Burma overland. Myanmar is probably one of the most exciting countries we have visited so far. It is one of the few countries left on earth that has not yet become crowded by to -
14 India and Nepal November 2014 ‘Crazy’ lovely India and Nepal. India was the country where we rode on one of the highest motorable roads in the world, 5,602 m (18,380 ft), where I nearly fainted while riding m -
15 Alaska December 2014 Alaska - space, tranquillity, bears…. In Alaska, we were riding next to glaciers, camping with bears that were lurking around the tent, rode to the most northern part of Alaska where we froze like hel -
16 Canada January 2015 Canada - bears, glaciers, forest, forest, forest... Canada is supposed to be famous for the Stanley cup, CN Tower, their Totem Poles, Celine Dion, maple syrup, Tim Hortons, etc., but this is probably -
17 USA April 2015 [caption id='attachment_3527' align='aligncenter' width='620'] 'Shortcut' through Mendocino National Forest[/caption] USA and its people might not have the best reputation around the world and ou -
18 Baja California, Mexico May 2015 Chased by a horny bull in deep sand... [caption id='attachment_3598' align='alignnone' width='2048'] Wonderful beach camp... but awful mosquitoes.[/caption] We rode about 2460 km (1530 miles) on Baja -
19 Mexico September 2015 Mexico... we just loved it Mexico has certainly a diverse landscape, everything from cactus covered deserts to rainforest and dramatic mountains to beautiful white beaches covered by palm trees. We en -
20 Belize September 2015 Belize - Smiles, Reggae and beautiful Sunset Belize definitely a country worth visiting. Its colourful history has certainly given the country a diverse and rich cultural heritage. Though we only spen -
21 Guatemala October 2015 Colourful and beautiful Guatemala Another country with another culture, landscape, food, rules etc., etc. yes this has now started to become commonplace for us. It has become a sort of normality in ou -
22 El Salvador October 2015 Weapons in every corner in El Salvador. El Salvador is a tiny country in Central American with a reputation for having a high crime rate. It's got the 4th highest murder rate in the world and vir -
23 Honduras October 2015 Beautiful Honduras' shocking homicide rates. We spent three wonderful weeks in Honduras where we hiked through lush, dense and very green tropical rainforest full of incredible wildlife. We also -
24 Nicaragua October 2015 A 'little bit' of bad luck in Nicaragua. In Nicaragua we had everything from beautiful beaches, fun dirt roads, broken bike, more parasites and lots of wonderful reggae music. Border crossing The bord -
25 Costa Rica, part 1 November 2015 Costa Rica - beaches, frogs, jungle and a few parasites Costa Rica has volcanoes, rainforest, beautiful beaches at both the Caribbean and the Pacific side. It has a rich colourful wildlife including m -
26 Costa Rica, part 2 November 2015 Yeah!!! Back to Costa Rica and to our bikes. After spending more than two months in Sweden and England it was time to fly back to Costa Rica and to our bikes. So weird but it actually -
27 Panama January 2016 Whoops!! I got my brain scanned by mistake in Panama City... We spent three weeks in Panama, which was two more than planned, I got my brain scanned by mistake, my shock absorber broke and we were so -
28 Colombia January 2016 Yeah!!! Colombia at last and a new shock absorber. Not only words like beautiful sceneries, proud, happy, polite and very friendly people comes to mind when thinking about Colombia but also words like -
29 Ecuador February 2017 Ecuador is a rather small country but it covers everything from desert, coast, snow-covered peaks of the Andes and the Amazon and I think that we covered most of it. The border crossing from Col -
30 Bolivia Dec 2016 — Jan 2017 High altitude, dramatic landscapes, and the vast white silence of the Salar de Uyuni — Bolivia was one of the highlights of the South American leg. -
31 Chile December 2017 The first time we crossed the border into Chile from Boliva was in the very northeast corner. As we were riding south towards Ushuaia we were criss crossing the borders between Chile, Argentina and Bo -
32 Peru November 2017 Peru's dirt roads....awesome, awesome, awesome... The border crossing, La Balsa, from Ecuador to Peru was tiny and though we were the only ones there, it took a fair amount of time. The staff at the b -
33 Argentina December 2017 I left my appendix in Buenos Aires... but Argentina was not only about my appendix as we will also remember the country for its beautiful sceneries, Ruta 3 (the long windy boring road), superb m -
34 Uruguay December 2017 In Uruguay we had heavy rains, flooding, tornadoes, someone emptied our bank account and the most fantastic sunset... The border crossing from Argentina into Uruguay was probably one of the fastest so -
35 Paraguay December 2017 Not often we have this little to say about a country but not much happened in Paraguay while we were there. So this will be a very short blogpost. After a couple of days riding through Argentin -
36 Brazil December 2017 Surfing waves in Brazil ;) We crossed the border from Paraguay into Brazil in the town Foz do Iguacu, which is about 30 km north of the Iguazu Falls. We didn't stay in the city instead we rode -
37 Grande Brasile, Uruguay - UK January 2018 We spent five very looong weeks on a cargo ship when we crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Montevideo in Uruguay to Tilbury in England. The ship did a few short stops in; Brazil, Senegal, Gambia an -
38 Morocco in January was cold but awesome August 2018 Five wonderful weeks in January and February in Morocco... oh well we had some issues with rain, snow, sandstorm, and an acute bronchitis, but except from that it was fantastic. We learned to lo -
39 All alone to Nordkapp February 2018 Nordkapp, Old Postal Road and an unplanned Iron butt We spent last summer in Sweden, Anders was working and I was doing nothing. I had become incredible bored and restless from not been out trav