sydney - japan - vladivostok 2012
 

Hi,

My partner and i are planning to ship our bikes to japan July 2012, hopefully with qantas if they still do the uncrated airfreight thing by then, ride around for a week or so then get the DBS ferry via south korea to Vladivostok. I have read alot of posts on here about riders getting their bikes to South Korea and then taking the DBS ferry from there to Vladivostok, but couldn't really find much on anyone going to japan first. Has anyone had any experience doing it this way??

thanks!

Meg

Many people have gone from Japan to Vladivostok. Not many with DBS, since it started just a year or two ago.
Note that you need a Carnet for Japan (one reason Korea, which does not require a carnet, is so popular now).

I figured it would be worth the carnet to have a bit of a ride around japan first. It's been 20 years since i was last there, i bet a few things have changed :)