Well, preparations for “EAST_2017” are progressing…

The plan: In June-August 2017 approximately 14500 km to Magadan…

Stage 1 “The Transit”: Home – Karlshamn – Ferry to Klaipeda (Lithuania) – Zilupe (Latvia) – eastwards through Russia to Novosibirsk – Barnaul – Manzherok – Mongolian Border.

Stage 2 “Mongolia”: Border (Tsagaannuur) – Ulgij – Khovd – Urgamal – Erdenekhairkhan – Khar Nuur lake – Uliastaj – Tosontsengel – Tsetserleg – Kharkhorin – Ulaan Bataar.

Stage 3 “Baikal”: Ulaan Bataar – Gusinoozyorsk – Babushkin (directly or via Ulan-Ude) – Irkutsk – Olkhon Island.

Stage 4 “The BAM”: Olkhon Island – Zhigalovo – onto the Baikal-Amur mainline (BAM) at Okunaiskii – Severobaikalsk – Taksimo – Vitim River Bridge – Kuanda – Novaya Chara – Chara Sands – Tynda.

Stage 5 “The Road of Bones”: Tynda – Aldan – Yakutsk – Khandyga – Kyubyume – Old Summer Road (OSR) – Tomtor – Ghost town Kadykchan – Susuman – Magadan.

Stage 6 “The Return”: Shipping the bike by plane to Moscow and driving home from Moscow…

EAST_2017 starts 3rd of June… :o)