Can it be done?

[flyred]

I have vacation from the last week of April through the first week of June. In those 6 weeks can I navigate from Japan or Korea through Mongolia, Russia, and the Stans? My plan is to get at least to Istanbul-ideally Frankfurt-so I can ship my bike home.
I know this is a tight schedule, but my job wont let me take more time and Im getting too old to delay more.

[klausalz]

Hi flyred,
I am not sure if that would work weather-wise in April, with Mongolia and Russia, but there will surely be other people who can tell you more about that. I guess you already checked climate tables.

This being said, six weeks are a very tight schedule, and even if you could somehow make it, what would be the gain?
You would hardly see anything off the highways and have no time to meet people or explore. Sure, everyone has to find their own way of traveling, but if it was me, I would take six weeks to ride one or maybe two countries and really make an experience out of it.

Also, keep in mind, if anything goes wrong, you might not be able to keep to you schedule and all and be stuck somewhere in a not so easy-going place with a broken bike or such.

I have spent a month in Iran earlier this year and would not want to miss a day - high speed transit is surely nothing I would recommend.

[flyred]

I threw a Hail Mary pass and asked for 2 more months off making it 3 months Yes my 6 weeks is stupid tight, but it's a matter of completing a lifelong dream while I'm still young enough to ride the route. I will never be the tour bus type of person.

[Walkabout]

Originally Posted by jnk_

This being said, six weeks are a very tight schedule, and even if you could somehow make it, what would be the gain?

I would add, what has age got to do with it? (assuming that you are in reasonable all round health); do it over more than one trip if 6 weeks off is the limiting factor.

Folks have made "dashes" East to West at the good times of year/weather, but the more international borders that you include, the more complex it becomes for the paperwork alone.
Also, the more twisty roads you include, at altitude, the slower it all becomes.

[grumpy geezer]

Not having traveled that route, I would say 6 weeks would be tight. On my way to S America, I went down the west coast of Mexico and thought "I'll see the Maya sights on the way back". It was hard to see them from the jet plane. To each their own, but I now wish I had taken more time. Eric

[natashakelly]

hey this is the best time for you to travel to visit different countries you may need to hire a business travel agency to manage you vacation travel for those vaccations that you got from your work. Enjoy your travel.