East to West - Russia to UK
I hope this is the right section to post ...
It appears that the majority of people go West to East from UK and end up at the far side of Russia. I assume there are reasons for this such as carrying on any RTW trips and I think I read somewhere once it was more pleasant not having to ride into the setting sun in the afternoons. But are there any more important reasons?
Only asking because I can't see me ever being able to afford shipping my bike from the far side of Russia to the States or wherever to carry on a trip and of course then there's the time to take off work too.
So, is riding from say Vladivostok back to the UK a bad idea or just not as common? I have only found a handful of trip reports of people going this way, but maybe I'm just not looking hard enough. Cost wise there are a couple of chaps shipping a container over there from the UK/Ireland and it appears to be pretty well priced. I'm tempted to put some thinking into it, ship the bike with them and see if I can get it stored there for a few weeks until I can fly over and then ride home via Mongolia and some of the Stans.
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