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Mongolia · Summer 2026 · Private Expedition

The White Lakes

🇩🇪 Germany  ·  🇨🇱 Chile  ·  Five riders  ·  One steppe  ·  No excuses

Mission Arc

The Route

🇨🇱🇩🇪 Max
Kentucky, USA
🇩🇪 Michael
Germany
🇨🇱🇩🇪 Claudio + Marco
Germany — Father & Son
🇩🇪 Tim
Germany
Jul 15–16
Depart
CVG → MSP → ICN
DL2943 + DL171 · Delta Comfort+
✓ Confirmed
Germany → ICN
Route TBD · via FRA or MUC
⏳ Pending
BER → UBN
TK · Turkish Airlines · Departs 07:00
✓ Confirmed
BER → ICN
Route TBD · via FRA or MUC
⏳ Pending
Jul 17
Seoul → UBN
ICN → UBN
KE2041 · 08:35 → 11:10 · Economy Flex
✓ Confirmed
ICN → UBN
Same departure window · TBD
⏳ Pending
Arriving UBN
Turkish Airlines direct from BER · In UBN Jul 16
✓ Confirmed
ICN → UBN
Same departure window · TBD
⏳ Pending
Jul 17–25
9 Days
🏍️

WHITE LAKES — Mongolia

Husqvarna FE450 · Mongolian steppe · Ger camps under open sky · All five riders together

Jul 25
Post-Tour
UBN → PEK
Coordinating with crew · TBD
📍 To Book
UBN → Home
Flying back Jul 30 · TBD
📍 To Book
UBN → PEK
Coordinating with crew · TBD
📍 To Book
UBN → Home
Flying back Jul 30 · TBD
📍 To Book
~Jul 26
Beijing
PEK → PVG
🚄 G-Train · High Speed Rail · ~5hrs
⏳ Pending
PEK → PVG
🚄 G-Train · High Speed Rail · ~5hrs
✓ Confirmed
Jul 29
Shanghai → Seoul
PVG → ICN
KE888 · 13:40 → 16:45 · Economy Std
✓ Confirmed
Jul 29–31
Seoul 🇰🇷
Seoul — 2 nights
Hotel TBD · ICN area
⏳ Pending
Jul 30
Homebound
— Still in Seoul —
→ Germany
Flying home · TBD
📍 To Book
UBN → BER
MIAT Mongolian Airlines · Departs 07:55
✓ Confirmed
→ Germany
Flying home · TBD
📍 To Book
Jul 31
Home
ICN → MSP → CVG
DL170 + DL1469 · Delta · Home Aug 2
✓ Confirmed
— Home —
— Home —
— Home —
The Riders

The Crew

🐒
Max
🇨🇱 Kentucky, USA
Bucket list owner. GSX-R 600 man. The one who made this happen.
🤙
Michael
🇩🇪 Germany
Best friend. Solid presence. Reliable when the steppe gets serious.
🏍️
Claudio
🇩🇪 Germany
Max's cousin. Enduro soul. Carries something on this ride.
Marco
🇩🇪 Germany
Claudio's son. Next generation on the dirt.
🏔️
Tim
🇩🇪 Germany
Claudio's friend. Fifth rider. Fifth story.
Field Notes

Journal

JUL 17

The first entry hasn't been written yet.
It's waiting somewhere on the Mongolian steppe.

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