Ciao Cesare, It's nice to see that other italians write on HU
You have lots of questions, I try to answer to some of them:
- I took the transiberian train from Irtkusk to Moscow last year, bikes were not allowed on this train, but it was possible with other trains that take 5 days instead of 3 (we shipped them by plane), I think it's better to book through a travel agency, very few people speak english and russian bureaucracy is well known, so ...
- you don't have problems if you respect rules (vespa doesnt't go too fast..), have patience at customs, don't travel at night and always look for a safe place to sleep and park the vespa, and yes, I also suggest you to learn some words in russian, otherwise even ordering food in a restaurant can be difficult.. if the menu is in cyrillic...
- last but not least, how do you think to go back from Japan to Italy ? If you think to ride all the way back, remember the double visa for Russia, in San Petersburg or Helsinki you can take a ferry boat to Rostock in Germany (to save some road)
- I also think it doesn't make too much sense to cross all Russia on a train, you should make some part of it by road, i.e. from Baikal Lake to Vladivostock... very nice area
Let me know if you need some more info
ciao e .... in bocca al lupo!
H.R.
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