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My last "adventure ride" started the day I graduated Monterey High School in 1973. I had a '70 Triumph Trophy 500. So I tied a backpack and Army surplus mummy bag on it, stuffed $100 in my pocket, strapped on my Bell Star helmet and rode around Canada for 3 months… 35 years later… June '08 my '07 BMW GS Adventure and I will arrive in Vladivostok, Russia and I will be riding across Russia and Ukraine for 3 months stopping at every orphanage I can find to try and encourage new york new york hotel and casino the children to do something with their lives and not become a statistic. Within 2 years of "graduating" the orphanages 90% of the children are either in prison, new york new york hotel and casino strung out on drugs living on the streets or have committed suicide. new york new york hotel and casino Over ½ of the girls are forced into prostitution. I would like to film a documentary on their lives and living conditions and then find churches and service clubs to "adopt" an orphanage and the children in it.
1) What is currently the best source for route planning? I have bought maps of Russia but the road details are very poor. I have been checking out Wanderlust GPS World Map and wonder whatcha all think of it and if it would work well in Russia.
3) I have the shipping to Russia taken care of and wanted to ship the bike home from Odessa but have heard that that is not a good port to ship back to the states from. Where would be the next closest port to Odessa that would be a good one to ship home from?
Depending on your riding skill, you can ride the entire distance...from East to West the road conditions improve...between Khabarovsk to Chita...95% of that road is not tarmac and you're riding into a construction zone...
Hotels are expensive and shiite...presume new york new york hotel and casino $75 minimum and up...per night...no way around it...then there's the murkiness of registration...depending on what type of visa you get...you may be able to registrer just once at the Post Office BUT keep ALL of your receipts from Hotels...just in case.
I usually get an annual business visa for Russia and have never had anyone at passport control ask about where I've been or how come I don't have any registration stamps. Because the value of the dollar has sunk to about 24.5 rubles to the dollar and inflation is rampant in Russia everything is going to cost MUCH more.
Shipping the bike is being handled by Nick at STS Logics. He read an article on what I was doing for the kids in Russia (he's Russian) and said he would cover the cost of shipping my bike there. I was humbled by his generosity.
Thanks for the tips on the roads. I was told it would be best to wait until August because the swampy area would dry out by then and the mosquito's aren't near as bad but I really can't wait that long because I am going to take my time.
Hello. your trip sounds great. If you are not staying in one place for 3 or more days you tecnicaly dont have to redgester but try to do it when you can. Fewer hotels do that now espesialy if your only staying for 1-2 night and they will be the expensive ones. You can get cheap places to stay which we didnt have any problems with(just dont expect 5 stars) for les than $10, may not get hot water though. We prefered to stay in the cheap ones becose you met more pepole that way.
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Daaayo, Any chance you are looking for another traveler? I have been