I'm in Helsinki which is very close to the Russian border... Therefore I had what I thought would be a very cool scheme: rent a motorcycle and ride to St. Petersburg or Moscow even.
I spent awhile researching this and it does not look feasible yet. The rental rates are insanely high: 500Euros for a weekend + gear rental. Also the Russian Visas are also a bit of a scam: 220Euros for a visa (one day processing) or 100Euros for a 6 work-day-processing visa.
I considered doing the 6 work-day option, but the application requires that I surrender my passport which means I cannot leave Finland. So I'd be trapped here. Also the motorcycle rental places have not returned my emails asking about if they would even let me cross the border with their bikes (the travel bureau thought no)
Anyway, two grand (canadian) to ride a motorcycle for a few hundred kms does not make sense. Because I'm so close I'll probably bite the 220Euro bullet for the Visa and take the train there (about 50 Euros). Or steal a motorcycle. After that, I'll probably go to Tallin (in Estonia) before starting back west.
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