thanks everyone for your messages!!!!!
Tomlen: I'd surely love to go north, but my trip is planned to head east from Spain. However, I've been twice in the Scandinavian peninsula, and I agree it's wonderful. I'm afraid I have no time for New Zealand... however, I wonder.... what about leaving the bike in Indonesia and taking a small jump to NZ and doing a 5/10 day train/bus route over there?
Ilya: I did a wonderful trip this summer driving from St. Petersbourg (4 days, LOVED it) to Moscow (4 days) through Tihkvin, Cherepovets, Yaroslav'l and so on (6 days). That's why Moscow isn't in my route. However, people are trying to convince me to avoid the Stans and Russia, and head east directly from Turkey... I'm undecided. I find very appealing the ghostly landscapes that comunism left in the Soviet Union.
QuadsAcrossAfrica: I agree the route WILL change, simply because it gets affectted by the people yo meet on your way. But I surely need to make a planning, specifically for the visas. My original route had a huge 2-month gap in China, and now I know I can't do it, so I think planning is necessary. After closing up the route, I'll need to investigate on borders, countries, language, food, religion... There is soooo much to do!
RobRoy: Thanks for the map. I'm including it in my own road.
Thanks everyone for your messages!!!
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