I have been planning on doing a ride from Ireland crossing Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, and into Vladistok Russia before shipping the bike back to North America.
But given the war in Ukraine and heavy sanctions on Russia I am wondering if it's even possible to ship anything out because of it or not? I would love to see this part of Eastern Siberia but am also not too keen on supporting the Russian government or the Russian economy by giving them my business, but geographically this is the best route I can think of that would take me through Central Asia and Mongolia and actually being able to ride coast to coast across EurAsia.
I thought as an alternative, from Mongolia go south into and through China down into South East Asia to Singapore and ship the bike home from there. But it looks like logistically getting my bike into China and riding through is very prohibitive costly with having to register the bike in China, getting a Chinese drivers license and then also having to hire a guide to escort me through. The only other alternitatve was possibly having the bike shipped across China whether it's from Mongolia to Laos, or from Russia to Hong Kong to ship home directly. This trip won't happen for a couple more years and hopefully by then the Ukrainian war may be over and relations with Russia could possibly normalize again but with out a crystal ball. There's no telling where we will be then. But if anyone out there have answers, solutions or have done such a ride recently I would be glad to read them.