"A 1000 miles journey begins with first small step." 

We choose Russia due to the closest point in East with good port –Vladivostok.
We had heard there was a section of eastern Siberia where there was no road. The distance varied from 900 Miles to 1200 miles, depending on whom you listened to. This put it into the same category as every other subject concerning Russian travel. Finding up-to-date, accurate information about anything to do with traveling in Russia had proved an elusive task, so the "no road" question simply joined a long list of things we were not clear about.

Apart from psychological scarring major problem with Russia is the road from Vladivostok to Ulan-Ude. This road is 1600 Miles long nothing but hard packed gravel, DUSTY!.. DUSTY!. There are small villages along the way thus we have to camp out in Siberian wilderness full of mosquitoes and other biting insects. People tell me to have at least two tires and ready for minimum 5 punctures. The fastest you can drive is 10-20MPH. This will really test our stamina and patience.

Now need to learn how to read Cyrillic signs.
From Ulan-Ude we will drive to Mongolia- day drive to south.
Time to book a ship to Vladivostok and get the visas. Russian Visas system is weird. For One month tourist visa with double entry cost around $300.00 each. With tourist visa you can only stay there for 30 days. One cannot extend the visa while in Russia. You will have to go out of the country and start again. Despite this you need LOI (Letter of Invitation) from some Russian tourist agency. A the road is bad and not knowing what can happen in custom we decided to upgrade our visa to business visa with double entries –cost $450.00 each. Ouch.

Siberian road :