Today they rode about 340km on a very bad road, newly built but only half finished and very rough. 

It was sunny and nice out during the day but they did have some problems finding a place to pitch the tent as they are riding through woodlands. In one place they were riding almost through a swamp where Einar ended on his side yet again. Luckily it wasn't a hard fall, just a slow lean. In the end they ended up camping in a rock mine, lit a fire and Einar got dressed in his  fly-gear (ie. the bike gear) so he'll hopefully not get bitten tonight.

The difference between the temperatures during the day and night are rather extreme to the point of them using the bike-jakets as covers while asleep.

Apparently there's a lot of maggots in Siberia and the Russians have been poisoning them. However our two travelers have been noticing a lot of butterflies so the maggot season may be over for now. It has to be said that butterflies are much more pleasant than maggots.

They saw the Swedish guy again today. This time riding in a truck with his bike in the back. As they didn't get a chance to speak to him it remains a question what happened, possibly the bike broke down or there's always the chance of the guy having given up on this road and hitched a ride towards Vladivostok. We'll have to wait and see. Until then, 'bye from the mine.