Sorry for my late reply, I was busy reading your blog… ;-)
Thank you for the answers you provided!
Reading your post, buying and registering in Japan or Russia seems to be out. Also leaving a bike there seems to be too costly/difficult.
So I do have two options:
Ship DE->JPN/RUS, Ride back
Ride DE->JPN/RUS, Ship back
Do you have any suggestions about the direction of travel?
I would like to ride the transsiberian railway one way and spend a few days in Beijng and HongKong before/after my trip.
Riding back seems to be attractive as I would have all the pre-booked stuff (shipping, planes, transsib) in the beginning and will thus be more flexible about riding and taking breaks.
Which route did you take through Mongolia? I read that the north route seems to be quite difficult on a heavy bike such as the one you were riding.
If I read it correctly, you took the ferry from Vladivostok to Hiroshima. Is that a RoRo Ferry or did you have to pack your bike?
There is a ferry from Russia mainland to Sacchalin and there is (or at least was) a ferry from Sacchalin to Hokkaido. I will do some further research on that, but I would assume that that could be the cheaper option.
Greetings from Karlsruhe Oststadt ;-)
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