Bike on the Orient Express?
 

Hi All
I am planning on doing a trip from Valdivostok to the Uk and down to South Africa. I plan to start on the 1 September 2009 and because winter is coming I though of riding from Vlad to Ulan Ude or Irkutsk (to experience the Russian countryside and local people) then to put my bike on the train to Moscow.
Does any-one know if this is possible
Regards
Donald

Check the weather
 

Just come this route and I would check to see weather at this time as the roads??? are crap to say the least.

Hi mcinally
How was the weather further west?
I could not find a report from you on where you went, but I plan to do Vladivostok to Ulan Ude into Mongolia back into Russia to Ukrane, Romania Croatia and then as fast as possible to London.
Was yours similar and any tips/suggestions

Regards
Donald

Hey Duck,

It's the northern hemisphere so the warmest and best months are July/August. At either end of this June and September are typically nice, but the risk of cooler/crappier weather increases as you move away from the peak months.

Not sure why you picked September 1 as a start date, but if you can you would be better off aiming for something like July 1 and that would give you enough time to get across and ride in the best weather window. This of course does not gurantee that the weather will be good, but it does increase your odds of it being decent. Have fun, it's a great ride.