To Armenia and back (Retirement Trip)

[waffey]

Hi all,

I have been lurking around here for sometime trying to soak up the amazing information and story's on here.

I'm planning if possible to retire early next year and take off from the UK for 3 months. My plan is to snake my way through France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania (I've missed some out) visiting lots of WWII sites and other areas on interest. I then plan to get into Turkey and work my way through to Georgia and Armenia before heading back to Turkey. From Turkey I'll head into Greece and meander my way back up through Europe and end in Spain.

I've managed to get a route together and worked out some sort of price (staying mostly hotels but with some camping), include tyres and servicing.

What I'm not sure off is the following:-

1. What Jabs and medical stuff I might need to do and how far out do i need to plan this

2. What about travel insurance, do I need a specialist insurance instead of my normal one i usually have?

3. I have a R1250gs but I don't want to take it as its (a) heavy if dropped assuming I'm miles away from help on a dirt road (b) because of the bike its very nickable? or a I being over cautious? I am thinking of Honda CB500x instead or maybe Vstrom or RE Himmy. Thoughts please

I'm sure I have more questions nearer the time. Any helpful comments will be gratefully received.

Regards

Waffey