日本Japan
145°49′E → 130°24′E
I haven’t reached Japan yet.
Tentative stopsSapporoHakodateTokyoKyotoHiroshimaFukuoka
Westbound
From Cape Nosappu, Japan’s easternmost point, to Cabo da Roca, Europe’s westernmost point. By bike.
- Departure
- To be confirmed
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- Status
- Preparing
From Asia’s first sun to where the land ends
Set off by bike from Cape Nosappu, Japan’s easternmost point, and keep riding west all the way to Cabo da Roca, in Portugal. Cross the whole of Asia and Europe chasing the sunset. I’ve been thinking about it for years; this site is how I stop thinking and start. This page is my diary: every day I’ll write and post photos from the road. Posting something every single day will be hard, but the idea is to try.
The itinerary, more or less
14 countries · 4 ferry crossings
- Japan日本145°49′EFerry across the Korea Strait · Fukuoka → Busan
- South Korea대한민국129°05′EFerry across the Yellow Sea · Incheon → Tianjin
- China中国117°12′E
- KazakhstanҚазақстан76°57′E
- KyrgyzstanКыргызстан74°36′E
- UzbekistanOʻzbekiston69°14′E
- Kazakhstan, againҚазақстан55°12′EFerry across the Caspian Sea · Aktau → Baku
- AzerbaijanAzərbaycan49°52′E
- Georgiaსაქართველო44°47′E
- Türkiye39°43′E
- GreeceΕλλάδα22°57′EFerry across the Ionian Sea · Igoumenitsa → Bari
- ItalyItalia16°52′E
- France7°16′E
- SpainEspaña2°10′E
- Portugal7°55′W
A trip this size can’t be planned end to end: visas, seasons and the road itself will keep changing the plan. This is today’s idea.
Who’s riding
I’m Pato, a photographer and videographer, and I love both. I’ll tell this journey the way I know best: in photos and video, here, on Instagram and on YouTube.
Before any of this, my life had the shape of a mechanic’s workshop and the sound of a delivery truck. I fixed cars, then carried water and soda door to door through the streets of my city, in Argentina. It was honest work, predictable, with fixed hours and routines that repeated week after week. And still, something in me kept asking the same question: what is out there?
The places were the setting. The people were the story.
- Years on the road
- 5
- Continents
- 4
- Countries
- ≈20
The route, for now
It isn’t decided yet. This is the draft: 14 countries and 4 ferry crossings. Straight lines between these points add up to about 16,000 km; on the bike it will be a lot more.
納沙布岬
Cape Nosappu
Start43°23′N · 145°49′E
One of Japan’s first sunrises happens here. From here, everything is west.
Ferry across the Korea Strait · Fukuoka → Busan
대한민국South Korea
129°05′E → 126°42′E
I haven’t reached South Korea yet.
Tentative stopsBusanSeoulIncheon
Ferry across the Yellow Sea · Incheon → Tianjin
中国China
117°12′E → 87°37′E
I haven’t reached China yet.
Tentative stopsTianjinBeijingXi’anLanzhouDunhuangÜrümqi
ҚазақстанKazakhstan
76°57′E
I haven’t reached Kazakhstan yet.
Tentative stopsAlmaty
КыргызстанKyrgyzstan
74°36′E → 72°49′E
I haven’t reached Kyrgyzstan yet.
Tentative stopsBishkekOsh
OʻzbekistonUzbekistan
69°14′E → 59°37′E
I haven’t reached Uzbekistan yet.
Tentative stopsTashkentSamarkandBukharaNukus
ҚазақстанKazakhstan, again
55°12′E → 51°12′E
I haven’t reached Kazakhstan, again yet.
Tentative stopsBeyneuAktau
Ferry across the Caspian Sea · Aktau → Baku
AzərbaycanAzerbaijan
49°52′E → 47°10′E
I haven’t reached Azerbaijan yet.
Tentative stopsBakuSheki
საქართველოGeorgia
44°47′E → 41°38′E
I haven’t reached Georgia yet.
Tentative stopsTbilisiBatumi
Türkiye
39°43′E → 28°59′E
I haven’t reached Türkiye yet.
Tentative stopsTrabzonSamsunIstanbul
ΕλλάδαGreece
22°57′E → 20°16′E
I haven’t reached Greece yet.
Tentative stopsThessalonikiIgoumenitsa
Ferry across the Ionian Sea · Igoumenitsa → Bari
ItaliaItaly
16°52′E → 8°57′E
I haven’t reached Italy yet.
Tentative stopsBariRomeFlorenceGenoa
France
7°16′E → 3°53′E
I haven’t reached France yet.
Tentative stopsNiceMarseilleMontpellier
EspañaSpain
2°10′E → 6°22′W
I haven’t reached Spain yet.
Tentative stopsBarcelonaZaragozaMadridCáceres
Portugal
7°55′W → 9°30′W
I haven’t reached Portugal yet.
Tentative stopsÉvoraLisbon
9°30′W
Cabo da Roca
Finish38°47′N · 9°30′W
«Onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa.»
Follow the trip from day one
Instagram for the day to day. YouTube for the long episodes. Follow now and you’re there from before the start.
Help me get there
This trip runs on legs and on help. There are three ways to give it.
Buy a photo
The way to help that already works: every print you buy in the shop is one more kilometre. Shipping across the European Union.
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Every contribution turns into kilometres: gear, visas, food and repairs on the road.
Buy me a tea in Kyrgyzstan, a meal in Georgia, a night in the tent, a puncture fixed or the Caspian ferry.
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