Cycling from London to Shangahi

Nice one Mickey. Always wanted to do something special like this myself. Stay safe!

As an aside, how did you actually go about planning the route? I wouldn't know where to begin myself.
 
metachi said:
what will happen if you got your bike stolen during in the middle of your journey and all the travel documents are gone as well?
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All docs are stored in a bag that is removable from the bike, I take this bag everywhere! Also copies of my passport are stored in my Google Drive account. If I lose everything all I can really do is try and reach that countries British consulate and ask for temporary documents to get back to the UK. This will cause a big headache in places like Central Asia and China (And especially Iran as we have no embassy! I believe the Swiss represent our interest there?).

If the bike gets nicked depending on my budget at that point I'd buy another and carry on! Or go home, earn money, and pickup where I left off later on...

Nix said:
Nice one Mickey. Always wanted to do something special like this myself. Stay safe!

As an aside, how did you actually go about planning the route? I wouldn't know where to begin myself.
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My main process was I wanted to go the Southern route (Turkey, Iran). In terms of Europe I didn't want to do the Alps (heavy bike and I'm not athletic) and also wanted to avoid places I'd been before. Didn't want to do Pakistan as the visa is expensive and restrictive so opted for Conetral Asia which has fascinated me for a while and is a favourite for cyclists. Opted to end in Shanghai as I went for three days last and was ill so saw almost none of it and want to go back! Also flights back are fairly cheap (as low as £250 one way).
 
MickeyFinns said:
I've visited Belarus, Russia and Ukraine all before so wanted to focus on the Balkans which I've never visited. Also the Russian Georgian border is a political, and literal, minefield!

The Taklamakan desert is probably my biggest worry. Ultimately if I think it's a really bad idea near the time once I see what the weather's like when I reach Kashgar I'll just grab a bus to other side and then take a longer route in China to make up the miles, I'm not trying to kill myself!
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Just take trans-siberian train which goes throughout whole Russia :D You`d be few miles away from China there.

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Amazing stuff, was the issue with things shut, due to weekend? Always found main land Europe outside the capitals to be anything other than 24/7 and pretty much nothing open on weekends.
 
Ice Rich said:
Really impressed with this,
Just seen the update.

How much did you budget for entire trip?

I've bookmarked this post and and 121degrees.
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I spent about £2k on the bike, luggage, equipment, clothing and injections.

I've got £5.5k for living costs, visas, insurance, the return flight and repairs. Hope to have some of that left for when I get home too.

divaboy said:
Superb keep up the good effort. You should see some awesome sights.

just remember when you have a bad day however bad it is , you will look back one day and laugh your ***s off about it .

Bookmarked your site
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I find a hot meal really helps!

Cheers for following both of you!
 
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