Motoride Tomsk-Boriki

Start: Tomsk, Russia. End: boyond Boriki, near Tomsk, Russia.

Photos 1-5: During spring, when the Tom' River (Томь) overflows and the snow begins to melt, water spreads across everything it can reach.

The meadows in these photos are called floodplain meadows (Заливные луга). Once the water goes away, they turn into wide open fields that are surprisingly safe to walk through — taiga ticks usually don’t survive the seasonal flooding, so you don’t have to worry much about them here.

Photos 6-9: old lakes slowly turning into swamps near Boriki village.

Walking there is probably not the best idea.

The road itself is made from old concrete slabs covered with asphalt — cheap, rough.

But little by little, the swamp is starting to eat the road back.

Photos 10-14: in some places, the meltwater has already retreated back into the river.

Parts of the road are finally passable again.

Photo 15: This is where my ride back home began.

I warmed up a burger — if a bun with a patty can really be called one — on the engine, ate it in the silence. And back home.

Total ride time: about 3 hours.

15.05.2026