Silk Rider

Supporters of 9,000 km of Silk

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Unicef is the world’s leading organisation for children. They work in over 190 countries and supply life-saving food, medicine and clean water. Unicef provides children with safe places to learn and play.

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Unicef is the world’s leading organisation for children. They work in over 190 countries, supply life-saving food, medicine and clean water. They provide children with safe places to learn and play.

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€700 could buy a water pump to provide essential clean, safe drinking water for a village or school/

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Meet the team

How I'm helping

I have been long-distance touring Turkey, the Caucuses and Morocco on a motorcycle and I’m planning on making my longest journey yet to Uzbekistan, rounding the Caspian Sea. I plan on raising awareness of Unicef by riding over land where few dare to go by motorbike.

The route is set to trace the ancient Silk Road from Turkey to Tehran, and through the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. Then, after a week of riding I will reach Tashkent where I plan to show my support for the children at Unicef in Uzbekistan. After seeing the sights of Samarkand, Central Asia’s most ancient city, I will ride back home through Kazakhstan, Russia, and Georgia, rounding the northern part of the Caspian Sea. All while documenting the experience on video and online.

Silk Rider

The Beast

See where the journey takes us

Itinerary

Tehran

6th April 2020

Tehran, the capital of Iran, is a massive city with corresponding traffic and noise. Tehran is one of Iran’s many capitals throughout history as the country has had numerous ones

Isfahan

7th April 2020

Isfahan is Iran’s most popular destination for visitors, thought of as “the St. Petersburg of Iran”, it is rich in culture and history, and used to be the capital of

Turkmenistan

12th April 2020

Probably the most mysterious of the countries on this trip, Turkmenistan has a monumental capital built completely out of marble and a burning crater known as the “Gates of Hell.”

Samarkand

14th April 2020

Like the caravans of ancient times, I will rest and recuperate at the Silk Road crossroads of Samarkand, a city built for travelers and traders.

Aral Sea

19th April 2020

The Aral Sea has shrunk dramatically since it was drained in Soviet times. The ecological costs were high but millions of people have settled in areas that once were deserts.

Caucasus Mountains

21st April 2020

Finally, on the last leg home, Silk Rider will take a couple days to enjoy the Caucasus in Spring, a place he is returning to after visiting on an earlier