Costing:
It's hard to know. Figures from people who've done other similar trips can be pretty low, but the price of petrol as well as the cost of living has gone up loads in those areas in the last decade I would have thought.
I figure a 10,000 UKP(£) budget, which includes getting and preparing the bike. But hopefully I would be coming back with a fair sized chunk of that. Hoping the trip can be done for about £6000.
olit:
It's interesting that you're doing such a similar trip at the same time! For me there is a little logic in the route/direction, in that the summer in Sibera is fairly short, but it should stay hotter in the "Stans" and the middle east for much later in the year. Of course I haven't looked at any proper climatic information yet so I maybe wrong. I'm also eager to spend a full 6months on the road - The longer I'm away the less I have to worry or even think about home.
Even if we couldn't come to a mutual route/plan, it would still be more than likely for us to meet up half way round in Russia!
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