A Fast Bike to Byzantium

The year is 1986; communism and the Iron Curtain lie across his path, but Andy is lured on his solo motorcycle journey by the allure of the East and the mystique of distant Istanbul.

Join Andy on his Suzuki GS1000 as he rides across Europe to reach the very edge of Asia. Witty, informative and poignant, 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, when smartphones, GPS and the internet were still a distant dream.

Austrian storms, dead horses, Hungarian border guards, scary Yugoslavians, 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.