On the 13th May 2011, our seventh cycling day in Russia, we passed the 11,000 kilometre mark on our way into the town of Kostroma. We have been gradually getting adjusted to the long straight Russian roads, the variable cycling surface and the fact that even a 100km plus day makes little dent in our map of Russia. – Posted by Justin

The epic Black Sea Coast route is the scene for this 10,000 kilometre photo taken on 11th April 2011 near Yaykil, Turkey. The last 1000 kilometres has seen the full range of cold weather cycling conditions, many refusals for payment of cay and the fewest navigational challenges of the trip – we just followed signs to Trabzon with the sea on our left. Next up is Russia where for our next 1000 km photo we will need to employ another hand! – Posted by Emma

With light long into the evenings and a desire to get out of the lowlands before the mosquitoes ate us alive, we passed the 12,000 kilometre milestone on our second to last day between Kirov and Perm on 26th May 2011. This 1000 kilometres flew by so fast that we had to double-check it! – Posted by Emma

The awesome scenery in the Altay region almost made us miss the 13,000 kilometre mark as on 15th June 2011 we were just outside Onguday, Russia cycling along the Chuysky Tract. The previous few days had seen the flat forested landscape we had become used to change first into rolling hills and then into craggy peaks, sandy grasslands and rushing rivers. Like the 12,000 kilometre photo this one came up so quickly that we had to do a double check of our bike computers and trip notes to make sure it was correct. – Posted by Justin