Hi guys,

A friend and I are currently in Sevorobaiskal, Russia about to start riding the BAM road down to Tynda. From there we will ride the highway down to Vladivostock so we expect to be there by 10th July at the latest but quite possibly slightly earlier.

We have two bikes and we need to somehow get them to either Anchorage, Alaska or Vancouver. We are obviously keen to keep the costs as low as possible but on the other hand we can't really afford to be sat waiting for 40 or 50 days for the bikes to arrive should we ship them over.

So my questions are this:

What is the recommended method to use? It sounds like we may need to take the ferry down to South Korea first. I have been quoted around $800 USD for one person and one bike just for that leg of the journey down to S.Korea. This was from a guy called Yuri Melnikov from Links LTD.
Is this the cheapest option we have or should I be looking elswhere?

Will anybody be in the area at that time attempting the same crossing who will be willing to team up to try and reduce the total costs?

I understand Wendy Choi is a good contact to speak to. Does anybody have her most recent contact details?

Thanks in advance for any responses. We may be off the radar for a short while whilst we tackle the BAM road but should hopefully be in Tynda in the next 10 days maximum where I will jump on any responses.

Pete

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$800 for the ferry from Vlad to Sokcho is nuts!

Here is every detail I could remember of how it was when I did it in 2009, including prices etc

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...ancouver-44834

Things may have changed since then.

+1 on Wendy Choi

That ferry doesn't run any more it seems.
DBS Cruise Ferry goes to Donghae, Korea then on to Sakaiminato, Japan.
Their tremendous increase in freight (vehicle transport) fees has made the alternate route via Sakhalin much more popular for Japanese riders this year.
Even some of the road bike crowd is going that way.

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Things change quickly!

The Sokcho ferry seemed so busy it's hard to imagine it stopping. I suppose it has actually been longer than it feels since I was out that way.

$800! Ouch!

Nicole {DDOOTT} Turpie {{AATT}} lei {DDOOTT} ca

earlier this year, i emailed everyone i could find online, trying to find every way to ship my bike from vancouver to vlad. and the only person who was the most helpful, and didnt get mad with my endless stream of questions was Nicole.
she had the best options of ship transport from van. to vlad, via busan. and the price was good. she managed to find a freight ship from korea to Vlad, and a container ship from Van. to busan.
i had contacted wendy choi, about costs for me and the bike from busan to vlad, and thought that us$1500+ was unrealistic. as i remember, nicole said that it was cdn$1700 (sea) from vancouver to vlad (not incuding vlad broker)

give her an email,

i found her email from a previous traveler who posted his experiences of using her company to ship his bike on the same route (found here on this site)

Big thanks. We just made it to Vladivostok. I'm on the case now.

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Hi Pete
please would you keep posting any up date you have on this. there are a few bikers arriving in Vlad in the next 2 weeks that need bikes shipping over to Canada / USA , so any info would be very gratefully received.

Many Thanks

Dazzer and Leigh

Yeah of course. As it stands, sounds like the cheapest option is to head to south Korea first. Will keep you posted though.

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Thanks Pete.