Day 2 - Ar'ar to Damascus via Jordan

Second leg of the trip, we have covered today 745km, starting off from Ar'ar at 5:30am, the temperature was 9 degrees Celsius, after 100km of driving I had to stop to change my gloves as I was freezing to the bones, although the Beemer is equipped with heated grips this did not help the situation. The road to Jordan was uneventful, we were just racking up miles and consuming food and petrol.

We cleared Jordanian customs around 16:00 and pushed towards Syria, a 125km drive on a really badly paved road. The customs procedure took us 90 minutes. I had to get a visa for 28$, pay road tax, 500 Syrian pounds, and fill out tons of papers. feels like going through an exam.

Another 170km were needed to get us to Damascus, and the night chill has settled, our body was worn, we hit Damascus 20:00 local time.

Boy Do I look Happy!!!

Ar'ar Day One

This has been a full day 775km of Riding over 12 hours on the road. We started off from Kuwait at 6:30 am, 90 minutes later we were crossing the border at Salmi. First glitch of the day my CB stopped working, hopwever I am still able to listen to the gang. Over the course of the day we made 4 stops for refueling, and two for food. We were stopped 3 times by the Saudi police inquiring about our destination. At the last 50 km before Ar'ar we got a police escort to the city. The scenery was dull, the average cruising speed was 130km/h. We are spending the night at Al Bustan Palace in Ar'ar, and yes they do have wifi. Tomorrow is the second leg to Damascus with a distance of 750km to cover.

The picture is a reflection of the scenery over thewhole day,and 300km more to go tomorrow