Irkutsk - Laptev Sea by seasonal winter roads

Kolja, harald, michael, ben and harri ARE HAPPY to be the first foreigners to reach the village of YURUNG-KHAYA in north-west Yakutia (73 degrees north) by road.

DATES: February 25 - March 14, 2016

ITINERARY: Irkutsk - Bratsk - Ust-Kut - Mirny (Sakha Yakutia) - Udachny - Olenek - Saskylakh - Yurung-Khaya - Saskylakh - Olenek - Udachny - Mirny - Vilyuisk - Yakutsk - Tynda - Chita - Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk.

Participants: Kolja Spoeri (Germany- Monaco), Harald Buben (Austria), Michael von Hassel (Germany), Ben Dowson (UK - Indonesia), Harri Tuomola (Finland), Mikhail Rybochkin (Russia).

VLADIVOSTOK - ULYANOVSK road TRIP WITH DON MOES (USA)

DATES: July 02 - August 01, 2016

ITINERARY: Vladivostok - Khabarovsk – Birobidzhan (Siberian Promised Land) – Blagoveshchensk – Skovorodino – Aginskoe (former Buryat autonomy) – Chita – Ulan-Ude (Republic of Buryatia) – Irkutsk - Lake Baikal – Krasnoyarsk – Askiz (Republic of Khakassia) – Kyzyl (Republic of Tuva) – Abakan – Tomsk- Kemerovo – Gorno-Altaisk (Republic of Altai) – Kosh-Agach – Biysk – Novosibirsk – Omsk – Tobolsk – Tyumen – Yekaterinburg – Perm – Izhevsk (Republic of Udmurtia) – Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan) – Ulyanovsk.

FAMILY ROAD TRIP

DATES: August 14 - August 21, 2016

ITINERARY: Ulyanovsk - Suzdal - Yuriev-Polsky - Staritsa - Tver - Murom - Diveevo - Ulyanovsk.

family ROAD TRIP SCOTLAND - IRELAND

DATES: September 16 - October 07, 2016

ITINERARY: Ulyanovsk - Domodedovo - (Scotland) Edinburgh - Glasgow - Stonehaven - Aberdeen - Cruden Bay - Crovie - Elgin - Tain - Dornoch - Thorso - Dunnet Head - John O'Groats - Kirkwall (Orkney Islands) - Castletown - Durness - Ulapool - Dundonnell - Applecross - Dornie - Invergarry - Roybridge - Fort Williams - Lochwinnoch - (Northern Ireland) Belfast - Carrickfergus - Giants Causeway - Bushmills - Londonderry - (Ireland) Slieve League Cliffs - Donegal - Westport - Murrisk - Burren - Moher Cliffs - Shannon - Baltimore - Dublin - Bru na Boinne - (Northern Ireland) Belfast - (Scotland) - Lochwinnoch - Earlstone - Edinburgh - Domodedovo - Ulyanovsk.

south american TRIP with larry leventhal (USA)

ITINERARY: Argentina: Buenos Aires - Tigre - La Plata - Mar del Plata - Nechochea - Punta Alta - Viedma - Puerto Madryn - Trelew - Comodoro Rivadavia - Puerto San Julian - Rio Gallegos - El Calafate - Parque National Glaciares - El Chalten - Perito Moreno - Esquel - Llao Llao - San Martin de los Andes - Neuquen - Santa Rosa - San Rafael - Maipu - San Luis - San Juan - La Rioja - Cordoba - San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca - San Miguel de Tucuman - San Salvador de Jujuy - Salta - Termas de Rio Hondo - Resistencia - Formosa - Posadas - Puerto Iguazu - Leandro Alem - Corrientes - Mercedes (Argentina)

Uruguay: Salto - Artigas - Rivera - Tacuarembo - Melo - Durazno - Trinidad - Punta del Diablo - Garzon - Punta del Este - Santiago Vazquez - Colonia Suiza - Mercedes (Uruguay) - Fray Bentos

Argentina: Gualeguaychu - Santa Fe - Rosario - Capilla del Senor - Buenos Aires;

Chile: Santiago - Quintero - Valparaiso - Rancagua - Santiago;

Peru: Lima - Iquitos- Lima;

Ecuador: Guayaquil;

Colombia: Bogota - Leticia - Bogota;

FAMILY TRIP TO BAKU (AZERBAIJAN)

DATES: January 04 - January 08, 2016

ITINERARY: Baku