Mmmmm, well I guess the prep is going ok, I think I have a ticket to Japan, it also looks like the bike has a ticket to Japan... I spoke to a girl named Nadia about the Carnet de Passage today and is sounds like it should be right, ordered the helmet cam, mounted the pannier bags, went for a ride... In the end I decided that there has been way too much preperation for this trip already, after all its only a quick ride across half the world, what could possibly g...

Woke up this morning thinking about camping in Russia by myself... I'll try not to do that again! A quick idea of where I'm going in the next few months for those of you who don't know. Fly myself and the bike (more on the bike later) to Tokyo around 13th August. Jump on the ferry to Vladivostok somewhere near 17th August. Ride like the wind (!) around to Ulan-Ude. Then head south into Mongolia to eat some horse and catch up on old times with the Mongol's. ...