hi all,

after reading most treads here, i became a bit confused, so i hope i can get some clear answers...

i have an invitation for a wedding in nahariya, israel this summer and 'm looking at the possibility to fly/ship a bike into israel and ride back home to europe in 3/4 weeks afterwards - the route i was thinking of was maybe jordan, syria, turkey then take the boat in izmir.

-does anyone have experience with flying a bike to israel/syria/jordan? how much hassle is it to get out of customs and what would it cost?
-do i need a carnet in any of those countries?
-visas at the border, i hope?
-crossing syria/turkey: i suppose only through aleppo-gaziantep crossing? or is the one in the east open as well?
-is the ferry ancona/athens-haifa still running or not? at what price and how long does it take?

more importantly: i got the impression that there are border problems. can you go through syria when coming out of israel? yes/no/only via jordan? or is the only way to fly the bike to syria, leave it there, go to the wedding and then come back for the bike? or is it impossible full stop to get into syria from israel/with an israeli stamp in your passport?

if so, would it be a sollution to do it the other way round? and fly/ship the bike home from syria or israel before the wedding?

thx!
g