Last summer, I quit my job and hit the road! I started my journey in Trabzon (TURKEY) and rode through Georgia, Russia, Mongolia and Far Eastern Russia before I made it to Japan. I was riding a Yamaha YBR125. The journey took 85 days, 15.500 kms and I made so many good friends!
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Mongolia didn't always have the best roads.
Georgia
Lunch break in Russia
Few of the Turkish riders I met on the road
Beautiful Russian Altai
I petted an eagle in Mongolia
Desert riding was really difficult
Lunch break in desert
Mongolian kids in the middle of nowhere
Gobi Desert
Coming across other adventurers
The most international camp (1Turkish, 1 Dutch, 2 German, 4 American)
Resting with friends in Orkhon, Mongolia
Camping in Russia
The longest distance between two big cities I have ever seen: Chita-Khabarovsk, Russia
Camping with Turkish riders I met on the road, a car park in Russia
Another amazing camping spot we found
I never knew my skin would react this way to bee sting
Ferry to Japan
Climbing Mt. Asahi, Japan
Hokkaido, Japan had many lakes with cheap camping grounds
Mountain roads always had the better view
Finally arriving in Tokyo
The route I covered
