getting ready!
 

Hi Trackdayrider
Hows the planning going? I had a look at your blog site and you look as if things are moving on pretty well. We are in headless chicken mode, just about to give up work this wk so all steam ahead then and try to pin down these pesky visas!
Looks like we maybe travelling at the same time so would be good to keep in touch and maybe meet up at some point
drop me a pm if you are interested
Suzanne and John

PM sent :thumbup1:

Life is a daring adventure or nothing
 

Hi from Gibraltar.....

We are now on our second trip around the world in the same Hilux and we have crossed Siberia to Vladivostok where we used Maersk to ship to Seattle.

We drive in 3 week stages as vacation overlanders then park up then by a return ticket for home.

Our experience is that the key to happy road trips is in the planning and sorting visas and stuff on the road is difficult, expensive and very time consuming.

Last Friday we reached Istanbul on our current road trip to Australia.....next month we drive onto Kyrgyzstan and with difficulty trying to sort our visa for Turkmenistan.

In September we will transit China and have found a none guide option . to get us to Laos.

With two cars it will cost 2450 euros and more it will be less so we need travelling buddies if you are out there.

I would be happy to help you more and always remember "never ask permission only foregiveness.

paulmoody

Got my passport back yesterday with visas all in place so almost all good to go

:-)

Great news! we have the Russian visa just waiting on the Turkmenistan LOI
2 weeks and we are off!!

www.podd.net
 

Hi have a look at our web site it may be of help to your planning. Plodd - A Trip of a Lifetime

Any questions and I will try to help

Dave