The year is 1986; no smartphones, no google maps, no internet—the destination is distant and mysterious Istanbul—what could go wrong?

Jump on the back of Andy’s Suzuki GS1000 as we cross Europe and ride through the Iron Curtain to reach the very edge of Asia. Witty, poignant and accidentally informative, the story tells of travel in an era long gone, a time when the USSR was the largest country in the world and the threat of nuclear war seemed inevitable.

Destructive storms, dead horses, Hungarians with Kalashnikovs, scary Slavs, tortoises and Bulgarian austerity are only a few of the obstacles he must overcome to reach the sounds and scents of the ancient heart of the Byzantium empire.