Looking for adventurer to share travel : Silk Road - France to Japan Summer 2016
 

Hello

We are 2 personnes planning for a travel with a car from France to Japan this summer 2016 through the silk road (from mide june to end of august)

We are looking for other crew that plan to travel around this period and route to share part of the road with them


See you !

I plan to leave France around mid June

I will pass south europe, turkey , georgia, armenia , Iran , all the "Stan" countrys , and finally Russia and mongolia (and again russia and finaly japan)

I plan around 65 day of travel

Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia Baïkal April 2016
 

Hello
My start is scheduled for April 5 Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia Baïkal
KTM Adventure - Information on my trip : Baikal

That could be my start too.
I´ll leave Vallon pont d´Arc on 6 or 7th apr.:scooter:
I plan to play it safe and I also will do Aikido wherever it´s possible.
Our shedules are almost the same.
On peut rouler un peu ensemble :thumbup1:

Me I cannot before mid june ^^ :(

Start from Clermont-Ferrand

Ces personnes pensent partir en Avril / Mai pour à peut près la même route

https://biscotteadventures.wordpress.com/


Pour le japon penser à un CPD
ils ne semble pas il y avoir de solution alternative comme pour l'Iran.
donc assez contraignant (même si certaines personnes m'ont raconté être passé sans, en feintant un peut les gardes frontières ^^)

Well, I changed plans anyway, because my wife´s concerns about the route.
She is fine if I do Central Asia on my way back, not at the start.
So I will start in Ardéche, France (where we stay for easter for the last 30 or so years.
Staying in Cadaqués at a friends paradise place, then to Marocco and proceed to Canada to ride parts of the TCAT-flying to Bangkok and riding the old Indochine and through China back home...
So have a nice trip and stay safe!

Post trip
 

Hi Maz,

what were you planning for the bike once you reach Japan? Ship back to France?

Hi. For me it's a car

I will used my CPD (valid one year) (you also need international driving license or a translation of your driving licencing depending of your country)
after i'm planing to import the car as I plan to stay 2 year in japan for work (homologation test fee are really expensive , but less if the car or bike already exist in japan )


otherwise you have to send it back
or you can guive it to japanese autorythies but you loose it

bad news

it's seem's the Ferry between Wakkanai – Korsakov is stop

Japan-Russia ferry routes |

Maybe it wil restart but no guaranty
i will call the company

otherwise to go japan have to passe south korea
but it sucks as you cannot visit japan on the way you arrive directly in the middle

may be interesting to visit korea but didn't plan anything there don't know the rules and possibilities

hi mazmaz,



how long have you been planning your trip ?
where did you get your CDP ?
would you care to share the details of your route please ?

i read a story of a man participating in a rally who got stuck in one of the 'stan' countries, no boat, had to pay corrupt officials to 'wait' for the boat and stay in harbor ! (sorry don't remember which site but was very detailed)




tx !

I start working on that plan since 2 years

I changed the route many times to avoid any probleme and visit maximum

CPD his guiven by the automobile club of your country

you have to register first (200€ i think) after to make a cach deposit (minim 3500€)
you need CPD for Iran and Japan (you can avoid CPD for IranI know agency that deal that but ask 500€ for a bike)

you have to get information about all country you cross for visa
depend of the country you cam from (for some resident like japan it's easy , for some people like marocan you just can't get any visa)
You have to count how many time you want to pass a guiven country. Sometimes it's difficult or inpossible to pass many time


I can guive you info but if you plan to leave this summer I suggest to move the plan to 2017 (I will share info when my facebook page will be finish)
you need to collect info by yourself also ;)