hello mike,

good to know you are heading the same way! i dont really have a tight planning to be in vladivostok, but guessing it will take 2-3 months to get there. about the visa part, i dont have anything arranged prior leaving (i do have a carnet do) but will work out a strategy before leaving (there are some great posts on this forum). im guessing that the embassies in turkye and much more geared for travellers going east, and most important its not a bad thing hanging in istanbul i reckon. for the onward countries, i will get them on the road like you mentioned usually the country before (works fine in afrika).

what are your plans after vlad?

grtz

i will try to give you a ring but its pretty hectic at the moment....

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I have off from first of June till end of September. Everything else is open, my bike needs just to get the CAT off and the rest is fine. Tend, cooking staff and GPS is ready, need just to pack a couple of underwear and i am ready. My Carne is not ready but just a question of 1 week.

Let me say it in this way, I am very busy to clean up my business work to leave. But i have to be back end of September or i will loose my job. Anyway, I guess to send back the bike by train to Moscow or to send it back by ship or plane is just a question of $. Let me know your travel plan to Istanbul. I guess if i rush to Istanbul...what is a shame to rush ...nice region...anyway. We are talking about 2300Km, this can be done in 35h without stops or problems on the boarder. (Zurich, Vienna, Budapest, Beograd, Sofia, Istabul) .....plus minus on the 6/7/8 of June in Istanbul.

Regarding the route....the only thing what i don't like is to freeze my ass of.
just let me know what you think.

Let me know how you are prepared in regards to GPS or maps? I got the info that GPS is in some of the countries not real accepted.

Ok, let me know
thanks Mike

Mr Swaino,

i'm living in Tokyo, looking at doing the same trip , Japan -> Vlad - - > Europe.
When are you planning to depart...??

Thanks
Try me at
C2004_Tokyo@hotmail.com

Big k, e-mail sent, happy riding

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