From France to Mongolia & return
 

Hello everybody!
I am riding a GS R 1200 Adv with no time limit (within reasonable))
I am planning to depart from France (Annecy) by the end of April for a long trip with final destination Mongolia throughout Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece (stop over to rest a bit) Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.
I am shortly starting the preparation process including to seek for visas wherever necessary, thus I would appreciate any suggestion or sharing of experience over the above mentioned journey.
If anyone wants to join, I shall be delighted to share such a great challenging trip.
Thank you.
Pierre Pietro de RUVO
pierrederuvo@gmail.com

Salut Pierre
Sais tu à peu près quand tu arriveras à la frontière mongole ? J'y passerai aussi au début de l'été, sans doute en juin
Bonne préparation

Bonjour Nicolas,
Je ne sais pas encore car un voyage comme ça comporte beaucoup d'aléas en terme de timing. Quel est ton plan dans son ensemble, tu pars d'où et pour quelle destination?
Bonne journée
Pierre
pierrederuvo@hotmail.com

Hi
I'm considering the same trip this year, hopefully leaving in the Spring. I'm from Ireland which would be y starting point. Lets discuss mutual plans

Hello Brian
Happy to hear that you are considering a similar round trip.
It would be great if we can arrange to travel together.
My ideal departure date would be the first week of may even though I am flexible.
What kind of motorbike do you ride?
Kind regards,
Pierre
pierrederuvo@hotmail.com

Pierre, I've emailed you. Brian

Brian, I've replied your email.

itinéraire
 

salut,
je ne sais pas si tu as déjà fini ton itinéraire mais la frontière entre la turquie et l'arménie est fermée, et pour aller du kazakhstan en mongolie tu dois passer par la russie, attention aussi au visa pour le turkménistan une chance sur 2 de l'obtenir , nous on a choisi de passer par l'azerbaidjan
bonne préparation
Mickael

Bonjour Mickael,
Mon itinéraire est toujours en cours et peut encore être modifié suivant les aléas liées à ce type d'aventure. Merci beaucoup pour les informations que tu m'a donné, je vais en conséquence étudier fou ça en sachant qu'elles peuvent être aussi utile à Nicolas qui envisage d'emprunter le même trajet.
Et toi? As-tu des projets de voyages en cours? Quand et vers où?
Amicalement
Pierre

Bonsoir,

You really need to talk to Thierry Floreck ( Tiger3 here on the HUBB), he has ridden to Mongolia probably every year for the last 3-4 years on his 1200GS.

He has made several excellent presentations of his trips at the HU france meeting, and organised last years event after spending 3 months on the road riding from the Dordogne to Mongolia and back.!

Good luck.

Many thanks Pongo.
Will follow your recommendation.
Cheers
Pierre

Hallo Pierre
pasing Slovenia you can stop my place , I can give you some instractions on the tour, because I did it last year, not all the way to Mongolia but all other countris yes.
bi Saso


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Hi Saso,
Many thanks for your kind offer which I will gladly accept.
I am forecasting to be in Slovenia sometime between 26 April and 5 May.
Cheers
Pierre

pierre ton mail ne fonctionne pas !

Hi Saso,
Many thanks for your kind offer which I will gladly accept.
Where do you live in Slovenia?
I am forecasting to be in Slovenia sometime between 26 April and 5 May.
The following is my email address: pierrederuvo@hotmail.com
Cellphone number: +33642222218
Cheers
Pierre

Hi Brian,
I have started preparing for the subjected trip and I am considering to leave the first week of April. Are you still interested to join?
Regards,
Pierre

I'm doing Amsterdam > Australia this year. Starting in the beginning of May and will be driving through Turkey, Iran, etc. etc as well.

Just replying so I can find this thread later on so maybe we can meet up :-)

If you need someone returning a bike from Mongolia to Europa just drop me an Email: http://schoene-motorradtouren.de/?report=en_job

Hi Bento,
Travelling from Europe to Australia was actually my initial plan however I had to re-dimension my plan and decided to reach Mongolia taking off from Annecy.
Yet, along the way, I might change my plan (eventually) and keep going to Australia via ???
Can you please inform the route you have chosen, the length of time of your trip, the provisional budget and the bike & equipment you have selected?
Thanks and regards,
Pierre

I'm still planning a lot of stuff. I invited you to the FB group, send me a message on FB if you want to ask me something :-)

My rough plan is to start in May in The Netherlands and go to Turkey, maybe a small detour to Baku, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirgizstan, China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, (maybe Vietnam?), Malaysia, Indonesia, East-Timor and then ship to Australia.

I don't have a set timeframe but I'm expecting to travel for about a year or so. Maybe if I'm still up for it at the end I'll ship to South Africa and back to Europe from there haha.

Anyway. Route through Europe is still unknown but I think I will drive south as fast as I can to get to nicer weather. Maybe via Lyon > Italy so that's close to Annecy. Thinking of Annecy makes me want to go on a skiing trip :-D

Via (shipping from) Vladivostok and/or Japan ?

That is probably the easiest in terms of all the countries and visas.

I hope you have an enjoyable trip. Whatever you do don't navigate by Garmin as it will most likely send you via Capetown. :)

Awesome trip how many are there now on this trip ?
Have you set a date?


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Actually 3 however there is some disagreement over the departing date from EU Countries.
I personally intend to tentatively leave on the 2nd of April from France, moreover I am considering to change a bit my trip as I learned that entering Iran requires a deposit of 1.5 the nominal price of the Motorbike which in my case is a substantial amount, the bike being new! Therefore, as a matter of principle I might shortcut Iran and Turkmenistan and catch a ferryboat in Azerbaijan going to Kazakstan.

Thankyou how long is the trip ish pls


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I have no time constraint thus I am flexible to adjust with the other riders

We forecast about 3 months

Alors ce voyage?
 

Bonjour, Pierre,

où en es tu? parti? seul? ça se passe bien?

je demande car je prépare un voyage Lyon vladivostok AR pour mai à juillet 2019 et je voulais échanger avec toi...

A++
Luc
lucgoldwing03@gmail.com

mongolie
 

salut,
je suis de Lyon, j'ai fait un voyage similaire cette année pas jusque vladivostok, mais oulanbator en passant par l'asie centrale et retour par la russie.
onn est dans la même ville contactes moi !
Mickael