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

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Beautiful Russian Altai

I petted an eagle in Mongolia

Desert riding was really difficult

Lunch break in desert

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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

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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

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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

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