Moin Khan, a transcontinental biker who wants to change  perceptions of  his home country Pakistan, made a longer than planned for stop in Romania on his San Francisco to Lahore, Pakistan motorbike adventure. When barely over the Romanian border, he was hit by a car, leaving him in hospital and his motorcycle in pieces. However, Romanians weren't slow to help Moin  Khan get back on his bike.

Moin's adventure started at San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge in July this year, and the epic trip to his home country, Pakistan, was in his own words “totally unplanned.” As well as reaching Lahore, Moin (in picture) wanted to meet people and change perceptions of Pakistan, although the huge public interest in his adventure came as something of a surprise. He says “The bad news about Pakistan kept getting worse and worse,” and describes the news about his nation as “torture” for him. “I started thinking, there has to be at least one person who can do something positive that would make it on the headlines.” Moin was overwhelmed by the response to his adventure and realized that he had become a person who was making positive headlines about Pakistan.

After crossing the US and Europe, Moin's adventure came to a sudden halt on October 20 in Arad, where he was hit by a car. The accident left him with multiple fractures and destroyed his bike. Despite this inauspicious start, Moin found a guardian angel in the form of Romanian Moto Association president, Dan Popescu. Members of the bike club fixed up his bike and transported it to Bucharest, all free of charge. Moin has had nothing but praise for the response of Romanians and says if he ever has a bike crash again he hopes it's in Romania. Now fully recovered after convalescing in Romania for the last month, Moin set off on Saturday (December 3) from Bucharest on the next leg of his journey: Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.

Follow Moin's progress on his Facebook page.

Liam Lever, liam@romania-insider.com