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Also very interested in this now .. read about it on Touring Teds blog ... if we don't get our Libyan visas .. then at least another option. We plan to leave Sept 2010 heading for Cape Town down the East coast.
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Also very interested in this now .. read about it on Touring Teds blog ... if we don't get our Libyan visas .. then at least another option. We plan to leave Sept 2010 heading for Cape Town down the East coast.
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Theres always the route through Turkey, Syria and Jordan too.
We're trying to avoid that route due to cost !
See you on the road
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I recently read on an Italian overlanders' message board that the officers of VISEMAR LINE have been flooded by enquiries of 4x4 and Motorcycle owners interested in this route and tickets are rapidly getting sold.
They said that a second weekly departure will most probably be shortly added to schedule in a very short time, just because of this flood of unexpected enquiries.
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We've just asked for 4 tickets and cabin for September
Theres an error on the site that you can book multiple persons but only 1 bike ! A few glitches to be ironed out it seems.
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We've just asked for 4 tickets and cabin for September
Theres an error on the site that you can book multiple persons but only 1 bike ! A few glitches to be ironed out it seems.
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hi Ted
that's good news
i tried to find how much the ticket from alex to venice but cant find the bike section (method of travel )
is MOTION means motorbike???
thanks for help
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hi Ted
that's good news
i tried to find how much the ticket from alex to venice but cant find the bike section (method of travel )
is MOTION means motorbike???
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Don't misunderstand. We havn't booked it. We tried to but the option for only 1 bike meant we couldnt. We mailed them instead.
I say "We" but it was really Neil. His fluent Spanish got him around the site !!
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i tried to find how much the ticket from alex to venice but cant find the bike section (method of travel )
is MOTION means motorbike???
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I think it's fixed now. I just checked Alex to Venice, single, motorbike for late October, and it came back with GBP 302.78. bit pricy, but in comparison to crossing Lybia, and ferry from Tunis, it's a bargain.
Maybe this will make Lybia re-consider their guide / visa regulations to retain this section of tourism (not that they need it).
Have a look here Ferries - Book Cheap ferries to France, Ireland, Holland and other European ferry crossings
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From Camels link,
1 person, 1 bike , 1 bed (4 bed shared cabin) is £372 for 23rd Sept.
4 day cruise by the looks of it.
You can only book one vehicle per booking so if you're in a group with seperate bikes, you all have to book seperately which is a pain in the arse !
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Sorry, please excuse my ignorance, but am curious about "115 southbound or 105 nothbound"....it says MTL after the figure......does this mean per meter length?
Many thanks, hope this is a success.
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And about paperwork in Alexandria...
Does anyone hahe infos about it?
The same nightmare than at Lybian/Egyptian border?
Or does Visemar takes in charge some (like Adriatica in the 80's)?
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Yes, I think so.
"MTL" here in Italy stands for "metro lineare" that should mean per meter length.
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Carnet for Egypt
Can some one advise me please.
I have been looking in the UK RAC website about carnets for Egypt. As I read it they require a deposit or indemnity of 8 times the value of the vehicle to issue a carnet useable in Egypt.
Therefore (as I understand it) travel through Egypt on a £5000 bike (for example) I would need to secure £40,000 from somewhere.
Someone please tell me I have it all wrong !!!!
I collect my new XT1200Z next week and it appears that Egypt is off the list due to the carnet cost.
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Someone please tell me I have it all wrong !!!!
No, not wrong but ...
a. you get the 40k back after, most of it
b. Paul G at RAC may help. (he may be at HU)
c. Check out the HUBB carnet thread
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/trip-paperwork/
Off to check out pix of this new 1200Z...
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[quote=Old Git Ray;291138]Can some one advise me please.
Therefore (as I understand it) travel through Egypt on a £5000 bike (for example) I would need to secure £40,000 from somewhere.
Yup, thats right 40k!!!
Paul G at the RAC may be able to help, undervalue the bike as much as possible, we usually go down the insurance policy route for the bond, again, Paul may be able to help there.
He's a nice bloke!!!
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