Hi all,
my name is Ben,i am living in southern Germany.To cut a long story short;
I am in the great position to have one year of free time which i want to spend travelling-mostly on motorcycle.

I am 25 years old,paramedic and have decided to take a gap year.
My plan is to spend at least the half of it riding my bike eastwards.
The roughly planned route this far is

Germany-Turkey-Iran-Turkmenistan....-Kasachstan-Mongolia-Russia

Not sure if i want to ride back via Russia afterwards or continue and ship the bike to Japan or Korea.I think this might be a question of money and feeling comfortable travelling with the machine.

I have already done a few trips of 3-4 weeks,but never something this big and far.I like driving in the dirt and leaving the main roads,getting in touch with people and countries.I would love to do a lot of tenting on the way,also do plan surfing some couches if possible.

I enjoy getting in touch with people but also like travelling through remoteness.I speak german,english,portuguese and try to learn russian at the moment.

As travelling alone is only half the fun,i am looking for someone to join for long and short passages on this trip.Want to share the experience on the road and enjoy good s or bad s whenever possible.

So.Not sure if this text is good or bad advertisement-anyway-

I would be very happy if someone should feel spoken too!Just reply or write me a personal message.

PS: I would like to start around may/april 2017.

Ride safe,
Ben

Hi Ben
Your adventure sound great
My boyfriend and I are doing the mongol rally in June on our C90's
So I'm not sure if our times will match up but we will be in Iran/ Turkmenistan/ Uzbekistan area late June -July planning to be in Ulan Ude around September

It would be great to meet up if we find ourselves in the same area

Heather


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Hello Ben,

I just left my bike in storage last week in Heidelberg after a six week trip throughout Europe and planning to return in the Spring. I too have enough time to devote to such a trip and have a friend in Salzburg who is also interested in traveling to Iran. Please send more info on your plans as they unfold; I'll forward to Dr. Feldkamp in Salzburg and hopefully we can put something solid together.

Thanks,

Dale
dalewalk@dc.rr.com

Thanks Heather and Dale for your fast reaction.

Mongol Rallye sounds awesome.We should stay in touch and compare routes and stuff if the time moves closer and things start to become a little bit clearer!
Would be great to meet up and ride togehter for some days...Sorry for my unawareness but c90 means you will be riding choppers?

Dale I will send you a message!

Cheers,Ben

Hi Ben,

With my friends we are looking forward to see you in Russia. If you will have any questions regarding visa, roads, sights just write me.

Yours,
Alex

Hi
Traveling in July from Slovenia to Kazakhstan Uzbek. Tadjik. Kirgyzia and Rusia and back to Slo
One motor two persons.
Hope to see you somwhere



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Heather, you'll start the rally route about 1,5 months before the event starts?

I'll be doing the "rally route" reverse (did the rally in 2015). Heading towards Magadan and Vladivostok on 1st June. In Central-Asia should be around end of July and August.

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