After an 18 hour ferry trip we reach the port town of Vanino on mainland Russia.
On the ferry we meet Russian truckers, with whom we drink vodka and eat salted onion stems
From Vanino we ride over 200km’s of gravel road to Lidoga. It’s slow going at an average of 30km/hr, with relatively monotenous views [...]

The ferry from Wakkanai to Korsakov takes just over 5 hours. We travel with a French couple - Fred and Lydia - that we met back in Tokyo. They are riding a BMW F650 Dakar and a Suzuki DR350.
They told us an interesting story of their trip to Iran, during which they spent a week [...]

Unfortunately, during both days spent at Mt.Fuji it was overcast. So we did not have a chance to see it reflecting off the lake we were camped at or get that dream shot of the Africa Twin in its foreground. However, there’s always next time…
From Mt.Fuji it was a quick hop across to Tokyo. As [...]

We spent our last night on the north coast of Honshu (Japan’s largest island) and camped nearby the fishing village of Hamasaka. It is the low season in Japan, so we had the whole beachfront campsite to ourselves. Next stop was Osaka.
We try to avoid visiting large cities, but with an open invitation from one [...]

As expected, Japan is a huge contrast to Thailand (and the rest of the world for that matter). It is unbelievably unique… technologically and culturally so advanced, yet so simple and laid back. It’s a place we’ve come to love and feel at home in.
Due to the delays with shipment of the bike, we were [...]