Bikers' Bookshelf

The Russian far east, that most remote of regions on this earth, is also home to the notorious Road of Bones. Few people have travelled there, and those who do usually travel in groups on well-prepared bikes. WikiVoyage says this about the region: The Kolyma Highway is one of the most dangerous roads in the world. Independent travel there is a serious adventure, with the very real possibility of death. The area is essentially lawless, undeveloped, barely populated, and unbelievably remote. Every year dozens of people die in the region from drowning, freezing, car accidents, starvation, tick-borne encephalitis, alcohol poisoning, fires, crime, wild animals, or they just disappear… Lawrence Bransby, award-winning author and motorcycle adventurer, in his latest journey across Russia – the whole way this time – rode the Road of Bones twice, alone, on an old DR350 that had been stored in a shed in Kyrgyzstan for two years. “Two Fingers on the Jugular” is the story of this three-month, 20,000km journey, told in the intimate style that has characterised all his previous adventure travel books.