It had been raining during the night. No asphalt and a lot of rain, you can do the math. But it was still ok in the morning, just a bit slippery. We had the choices of going hiking or riding to the northest point of the island called mis choboi. Nikita told us the ride is ok, it just had a few difficult stretches which were soft sand and a bit mud through a little forrest. Of course we chose the second option, but first we put the bike on a diet. Wow, she looked almost like a dirt bike after removing the alu cases and ortlieb bag. It would be a fun ride today! After having the nice breakfast at Nikita’s we left to the north. The road was ok, there was some soft sand, but the rain had made it a little firm now. There were some muddy parts, but we stayed on the footpegs 🙂   At some point we reached a barrier which was closed, but we could simply go around it through the woods with the bike. Just behind the barrier the fun part starts with the soft sand. It was time for Larisa’s walk here 🙂 Then came the little forest which was fun as well, I felt almost like mountainbiking here. We saw a nice spot to stop, it was right next to a beach and a fireplace. Unfortunately we forgot to bring the Omul. After the forrest the landscape was even more beautiful. We kept following the road until we reached the end of the island where we found a meteo site and some boots sitting in the lake. We talked to a few guys here and they told us we could go back a bit and then turn to the right to get to the most northern point. So we did, and we found the point, it was easy because there were standing about 7 UAZ busses with tourists. One of them were germans and they seemed more interested in our bike then the point 🙂   We went to another point and did some walking here. We followed another route to go back to the hostel in the evening. It was really fun riding with the bike so light.

When we got back into Khuzir we bought some Omul and beers before going back to Nikita’s. After having a good diner and some beers we rested a bit and went to the banya in the hostel.