Hi everybody,

My name is Boris, from Croatia. This spring/summer me and my wife are going to ride from Zagreb to Vladivostok. As we have travelled before all the way to the Baikal lake, this time we would like to take the more southern route, partially through China. This seems to be a problem. All the agencies that we contacted gave us very expensive prices for such a service. The biggest part of those expenses are for the guide and his car.

I am wondering if I can find a Chinese motorcyclist who would like to travell with us and be our guide (not that we need one, but that seems to be the rule in China)?

We will cover all his/hers travel expenses - hotel, petrol, food, and pay him/her a reasonable amount of money that he/she needs to get back home when we he/she escorts us out of China. It will be a free trip for him/her, and we will be glad to show him/her around Croatia if he/she ever takes a long ride to west...

It would be great if such a person works, or at least have connections in a Travel agency that deals with foreign riders, as we need an agency to do the necessary papaerwork - my Chinese drivers licence, temporary import of the bike and stuff... Of course, he/she should know at least a little bit of English, or Germa, Itelian or any Slavic language. We're too old to learn Chinese now. We hope to learn a few phrases, but not much

We would like to enter China from Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan, and to ride all the way to the Chinese/Russian border near Vladivostok. If that is too long, we can exit into Mongolia at Ehrenhote. So anything between 10 and 30 days is possible.

We have a lot of motorcycle travel experience but we can not afford ridicoulous prices that the agencies are asking for.

If you know someone that is interestd in such a trip, please let us know. Maybe yourself? For you it will be a free of charge ride in China. Not a five star hotel ride, but we definitely shall go to a decent place with a privete bathroom every night.

I hope someone is interested, or we will not see China this June.

And that someone shall miss a nice cost free ride.

Best regards,

Boris