Riding through East Russia Siberia, on a mad dash to catch the ferry to Japan on time!
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EPISODE 17
We're back, the previous episode having been posted back in early 2018! Because of the lock down I can't travel and now I've got the time to continue this series.
The dual sport adventure continues, returning to Russia and finalizing a dash of over 5000km for the border. The fastest way out of the country is to take an old Soviet ferry boat from Vanino to Sakhalin island and from there take the international ferry from Korsakov Russia to Japan. On the way down to Vladivostok and back up I'm putting down 800 to 1100km's daily for six days straight. Now that I'm taking the ferry to Hokkaido this Russian port city has become a massive detour all the while having no time left. But this was originally the final destination of my motorcycle trip and I could not have lived with myself not traveling there in the end. Camping for days on end next to fuel stations and on parking lots, the fatigue accumulating with the long riding days into the night while fighting time zones and the uncertainty always increasing since the ferries turned out to be less straightforward to book. With 10 days left on my Russian visa there is barely any room for mistakes and delays. Russia has a notorious reputation when it comes to overstaying visas and other riders in the past have run into serious complications. These ten days were the least fun and it turned out to be a massive learning experience for this solo traveler. Still, you never fail to meet some great people along the way..
Enjoy this short motorcycle travel documentary in Russia put together with the video footage that I recorded back in 2014.
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My name is Pedro Mota and back in 2014 I left the Netherlands on a Honda Transalp dual sport motorbike on a trip to Vladivostok on the eastern end of Russia. On the way there we took a big detour through the Middle East, Central Asia and Mongolia. Little did I know back then that this would evolve into a years long motorbike travel further taking me through Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the American continent.