Vladivostok to Europe - mid 2010 - seeking travel buddies :)
 

Hello all :)

My name is Chris. I live in Melbourne Australia, and have a great love of adventure travelling.

Im currently planning a motorcycle adventure tour of Russia for 2010. The plan is to ride from Vladivostok to Europe, incorporating Mongolia and Scandinavia. The ride would take no longer than 6 months stopping to smell the flowers (could be done easily in half that time), and 25,000km to complete.

If you are reading this, and you are interested in completing part, or all of the trip, please contact me! Also if you are planning a similar trip, please contact me, perhaps we could complete part of our trips together.

Some preliminary details:
Leaving mid 2010 (target of mid May for planning purposes)
6 month multiple entry business visas to be acquired for Russia
Shipping quotes for a single motorcycle, Melbourne to Vladivostok obtained <$3000AUS (no return bike transport arranged so far)
Not much else! And all is open to change

Please contact me here (I may be slower to respond), or email me russia2010<at>easypc.net.au

Chris

Russia
 

Hi Chris,

We are in very early stage planing our trip through the Stans,Russia-down east to lake Baikal,Mongolia and back not yet decided to where.So we'd like to start around mid/end May 2010 from Bulgaria for about three months duration including in reverse.Would be nice to stay in touch and to meet up somewhere for a beer,chat whatever.

Good luck!


Regards,

Simon

Hello Simon,

Thankyou :) I will update this post with where I will be and when. I think our paths will cross at some point!

Chris

North Asia next year
 

Hi Chris / Simon,

Planning for a 2-up ride from NSW to Darwin, then S/E Asia ( Singapore or Malaysia entry ) , Vietnam, China then Mongolia. Decide which way then... soo many options !.. but looks like being back into China and the Old Silk road, Tibet and Nepal, then pickup Alexanders path.

Leaving early March to catch the end of the Wet season, then be in Mongolia early Summer ?.

Keen to find other travellers going in either direction so please keep in touch and a beer anywhere would be great !

Cheers !
Frank.

Hello Frank,

Seems doable to meet up for a beer somewhere in Mongolia or Baikal:thumbup1:.
Just for interest stake,please how you plan to enter to China?Any new information about the regulations like number plates,driving licence etc.?


Regards,

Simon

Into China from Vietnam
 

Hi,
I'm keen to travel North through the rough-centre of China, by entry from Northern Vietnam heading for Kumming ( quite spectacular I'm told ). I understand this border point is now open, but unsure of vehicle entries.

To clarify this I have an agent I have used on a few visits to China looking into it for me, including other issues regards riding / insurances / access to Tibet etc. From feedback I'm quietly confident.

I'll keep in touch and look forward to the beer !

Frank :)

G'Day Chris,

Three or four of us are looking to ship our bikes from Sydney to Vladivostok and head west to Europe via the Stans. We plan to leave Vlad about the first week in May 2010. We can fit about 6 to 8 bikes in a 20 foot container, by far the cheapest way to get them to Vladivostok. We are interested in getting hold of anyone wanting to ship at the same time to share costs. Last year a friend shipped 4 bikes from Australia to Vlad for about $AUD5,000. I think we can do it a little cheaper.

Last year I rode from the UK to Vladivostok via Norway, Finland, Russia, Kazikstan and Mongolia, so sort of know the lay of the land.

Regards,
Chris.

Chris, I am interested in finding out more about the shipping costs to Valdivostok.

G'Day Mike,

We are still thinking about putting our bikes in a container from Sydney to Vladivostok. If you are interested e-mail me please:
farcombehall 'AT' hotmail 'DOT' com
We are still hoping depart Vlad around 1st June 2010.

Chris.

Interested in riding from Vlad beginning of June 2010
 

Hi all. I just finished 7 1/2 months solo around South America, but by next year I'll definitely be ready for another bike adventure.

I'm off in 2 weeks to work in South Korea (teaching business at a university). I've heard it's actually quite easy to get self and bike to Vladivostok from there. I'll be working in Seoul until the end of May, then would be very interested in the ride (or at least part of it). I'm particularly interested in Mongolia.

Let's keep in touch.

Vlad to Europe
 

Hey Chris,

I made the ride from Inuvik to Ushuaia solo 2 Decembers ago, and last December I was invited to test ride an F800 gs, crisscrossing the Andes to Punta Arenas from Santiago, which I did. I would like to make the ride from Siberia to Europe but I would like to make it in 2 or 3 months as I still have a family at home. From what I hear, May might be early and June could be better. I just returned from the Horizons meeting in Nakusp B.C. where I talked with riders who had come from Europe to Siberia. When I went south, I rode a BMW 650 gs. For this ride, I have a new 2007 KLR650. What about you?

Erik

Russia 2010
 

Hi Chris
I m planning the same trip. Originally I m from Lithuania (can speak Russian) and I m living in Sydney at the moment. It would be nice to join jour team on this trip. My visa ends about June 2010 so it would be perfect time for me. Anyway this weekend I m going to pick up my bike in Melbourne,it would be good to meet u and have a chat.

Regards Val

Russia 2010
 

Hey Val (& others),
It looks like this thread has possibly developed into a couple of groups leaving sometime in the first two weeks of June 2010. I am also in Sydney and have been talking to Chris C. about sharing a container and also to Erik about riding West. One party is talking about 6 weeks and the other more like 3 or 4 months.


Have you got a route in mind?

Regards,
Mark

Vladivostok to Europe - mid 2010
 

Hello Chris!

My name is Torgrim ( Tom ) and I'm from Norway. I traveled around Australia with my partner on two bikes in 07-08. Our plan was to go back to Europe through Russia and Mongolia. But just as we got to NZ we got the call from home with the with the message that my dad was very sick. We went home the same day!
Since then I have ben thinking about completing the trip. My partner has a good job now, and a dog, so I'll have to do the trip alone or with some one else.

So, I whould love to stay in touch and find out if we can do this trip together.

Cheers Tom

Russia
 

Hey Chris,

I am up on the gold coast, this sounds like a trip i would be interested in!!!

How long do you plan to take to travel from Russia to Europe?

Adam

G'Day Ari,
It looks like we have 4 bikes to go in the container. You would make 5. It is all about getting the bikes and gear to Vladivostok in one piece by 1st June, and doing it as cheaply as possible. We have a good shipping agent lined up in Sydney and another in Vladivostok, as well as accomodation in Vladivostok. It should take about 6 days to clear the bikes in Vlad. Easy to spend a few days relaxing there. It would be great to ride together, we will take about 4 months to get to Europe, via the "Stans"

How you get to Magadan
 

How are you thinking to get to Siberia? A Friend and I are planning a trip (May 2010) from México to North America and then flight to Russia. If we don’t found the way to get directly to Magadan, are going to star in Vladivostok (we have found already the correct airline), pass thru Mongolia and Kazajstan, and get finally to Europe, via Finland, in September 2010 (is the first part of our RWT).

Chris,
Looking good for 4 - lets hope for a few more to keep costs down.

Mark

G'day all

I am also lookign at a trip across Europe around the Caspian Sea in starting in May 2010.

My mate bob in London is the ideas man, but we are looking at starting in London, my R1200GSA is booked to London and return (just over $3k).

Plan is pick up bike - leave London 8 May head east around the caspian and be back in London around 8 weeks later. Journey is calculated at around 400k per day so things can be seen as well. May have some issue getting into Iran as lots of stories about tourists being turned away at the border.

Originally there was six or so of us travelling. Me the only one from Aus. All Bob's UK mates have withdrawn.

If any of you are up for it, happy for you to join along. We start the Stans visa process in the next month.

I'll put up a separate post called Caspian 2010 and will use that for advice seeking and planning updates.

cheers fellas
Dave

Steve,
Are you still going to be in Korea until May 2010 and then head over to Russia? I have been planning the same RTW route and expect to be in Korea and take the ferry to Russia. From what I have found it is the best way to get the bike to Russia, ship it to Korea and take the ferry to Russia. I am looking for someone to ride with through Siberia.

Lance

Hi Bergrider,
I am interested to know how you manage this. I was looking to come from EU through Stans into China, Tibet and Nepal. China seems to be very difficult to get into on your own (ie without a guide) and is expensive to bring your own bike in ($2000). [If this is true then I will fly to Nepal instead and do Tibet as a foot tour!] However, if you find out different then I might resurrect the bike trip

Cheers
W!

I'm new to this thread - but am also hoping to go RTW leaving London in May - ship bike to New York (I need to be in Colorado for the first week of June) then perhaps up to Alaska and ship the bike over to Jpan(iuf I can afford it), then ferry to Vladivostock (perhaps via South Korea) then Monglia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Finalnd, etc. back to the UK.

I ride a KTM 990 Adventure and have some off-road experience (mostly in the Libyan Sahara but on a much smaller/lighter bike). I've also ridden in Siberia before a couple of years ago - but only around Ekaterinburg (on a URAL with a sidecar!). I don't speak any Russian though...

Would be good to meet up with anyone else on the road at the same time - for a beer, and maybe ride part of the route together...?

Eryl

would like to glean some intel on Vladivostok
 

Hi Lance
I'm considering tracking along your route at about the same time if I can get over that way from SE Asia...would also like to consdier link up and riding if possible.(I'm on RTW trip, with R1150GS ADV,currently touring in OZ) Can you help me with some of these questions
- temporary import/driving regs for motorcycle in SKorea(ie can you drive on the highways?)
- what ferry line...and how much to Vlad..and from what SKorean port
- cost of ferry to Vlad from S korea (are you sailing with bike or flying?
- recommended shipping agent in S Korea
- are you in Korea as of now?
- best way to contact you?