The stay in Donetsk was great. We happy we could spend time with Erik and with the family.

The bike needed some cleaning and maintenance so we spent some time on that. I have also fixed the TKC80 tyres to the bike. I still had a spare set from a trip to Marokko I did last year. This set will be sent in Volgograd to Barnaul for riding in Mongolia. Erik did a great in cleaning the bike 😉

We also visited the city. The main feature is of course the very nice Shaktar Donetsk football stadion.

But there are many nice parks to see as well.

There is of course the Lenin statue, always be careful when posing here 🙂

The last night before going on to Volgograd, we were invited by Sergei to play some biljarts. It was a very nice evening. Russian biljart is totally different than american pool or snooker. The holes are quite small which makes it not easy. Maybe it was beginners luck but I beat the Russians, I think they will want revenge when we come back! 😉

Did I mention they have a bikers bar? Unfortunately there are not a lot of bikers around anymore…