🇷🇺 Россия (Russia)

A Kremlin, a most lively border with a soldier who has the soul of a psychologist, and two brave souls on motorbikes bound for New Zealand. We leave Russia behind to set foot in the seventh country of the expedition and the 40th in my canine count.

A rowdy pub brawl on all fours, the River Volga overflowing, and a GPS that decided to take a holiday. The trip through Russia turned into a digital obstacle course where communicating with the outside world required spy techniques from the last century.

Waking up with the Chechen police, skyscrapers that rose from the ashes of war, and a triumphal procession where I was the undisputed star. Grozny opened its doors to us on a day of brutal contrasts and chasing a signal.