We have made a tentative plan for the first part of the trip. Changes had to be made due to some restrictions on the Chinese portion of the trip. Compared to the earlier plan we have also decided to travel through Ukraine rather then Belarus. For Ukraine we don’t need any visa, so live becomes a bit easier.
For Russia we have in the meantime received the visa, and for Kazakhstan we have applied already. If time permits we will try to get the visa for Uzbekistan as well. Since we canot apply fort he Mongolian visa too early we will have to do it ones we are in Russia. And the visa for Kyrgyzstan and China we will try to get in Mongolia.