Who is Tigon the honourable travelling dog?
Although Tim has travelled solo for most of the journey, he has not been entirely alone. In late in 2004 he was given a black Kazakh hunting dog as a gift called ‘Tigon’- his name is the Kazakh word for hawk or fast wind. It was owned by a young disabled Kazakh boy, whose father ‘Aset’ accompanied Tim by horse for ten days. Upon departing Aset said ‘Tim, take Tigon. You need a friend, heater, and protection on your long winter nights.’ The very next day Tim phoned home via satelite to Australia to discover that the family pet dog had died. Tim took this as an omen, and ever since Tigon has become an invaluable companion with whom Tim could not do without. Tigon has grown up on the road and parallel adventures include being stolen, resuscitated in a sauna with raw eggs and vodka, being hit by a car, but most importantly accepted as an honoured guest right across Eurasia leaving many friends and memories in his past. Like a true reincarnation of Ghengis Khan he has been marking his terri
