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Has anybody flown their bikes and themselves from Central Asia to Nepal/India?
I have more or less planned a trip from the UK to Mongolia next summer but was wondering what to do when I get there. I have no interest in carrying on to Vladivostok so the options seem to be turn around and come back via a different route or preferably get to India for the winter. This would involve teaming up to travel through China to Pakistan which would be my first choice but as I am travelling on a Honda XR 125 with a cruising speed of 45-50 mph cannot see anybody wanting me with them. Alternatively flying my bike and myself to Kathmandu or Delhi from a Central Asia airport, does anybody have experience of the latter? I cannot find any direct flights between Central Asian cities and either India or Nepal, any suggestions?
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Hi Mark
There must be direct flights between Almaty and India. Quite a few people ship from Vlad to SE Asia. Or ride Kyrg to Pakistan via Karakorum, or ride from Mongolia to Laos via China (guides and bs).
Whatever you do, it won't be cheap.
I recall hubber "Mika" did India to C Asia by plane a long time ago. He might have some input. send him a PM?
Lets drink some  s soon,
Chris
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Hi Chris and thanks for this I will contact Mika for any information he might have.
I am up for putting my bike on a truck to Pakistan or Nepal if that is possible but don't think it is.
A  sounds good sometime although I am not headed your way anytime soon but might be in UB when you are, know any good bars there?
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TravellingStrom Airfreighted from UB to Thailand. The guy he used ships to a number of places IIRC. Might be worth contacting him.
He did have some hassles but got it all sorted in the end.
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Try these:
- KLM (I know one person, who flew a bike from Alamty to Kathmandu with them)
- International Vehicle Shipping | Nex Worldwide Express (I saved that link, because somebody used them from Kathmandu to Almaty)
- ask Suray ( eagleandsunnepal@gmail.com) at eagle export. He has a real outstanding reputation amongst mc-travellers. He himself only exports OUT OF Nepal, but he might be able to recommend someone for the other direction.
Anyway: from what I took from people`s experiences so far: ship to Nepal not to India! India SUCKS!
I would be happy to hear differing opinions!
Mark: it would be kind to share your experiences, since we might have to airfreight the other way!
Cheers
Panny
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Off topic bickering has been deleted
Keep it relevant please 
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13 Jan 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Panny
Try these:
- KLM (I know one person, who flew a bike from Alamty to Kathmandu with them)
- International Vehicle Shipping | Nex Worldwide Express (I saved that link, because somebody used them from Kathmandu to Almaty)
- ask Suray ( eagleandsunnepal@gmail.com) at eagle export. He has a real outstanding reputation amongst mc-travellers. He himself only exports OUT OF Nepal, but he might be able to recommend someone for the other direction.
Anyway: from what I took from people`s experiences so far: ship to Nepal not to India! India SUCKS!
I would be happy to hear differing opinions!
Mark: it would be kind to share your experiences, since we might have to airfreight the other way!
Cheers
Panny
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Thanks for this Panny,
yes I am aware Kathmandu is better than Delhi, I flew myself and bike from there to Bangkok 16 years ago and it went very smoothly.
If and when I do this I will let you know how it goes, I would like to travel through China to Pakistan but am looking into a plan B and this is it.
Mark
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I want to Ship / Fly my Bike from Nepal to Kyrgyzstan.
No one can do that so far. I have talked to as many as 14 service providers in Nepal. They all say that there is no connection from there. Air Astana flies Nepal via China to Kyrgyzstan but does not take Bikes as the air crafts are too small. I confirmed that with the airlines official cargo service provider in New Delhi.
So India, Mumbai is the best place to fly your bike from Mumbai (India) to Kyrgyzstan. Just got a quote for AIR Cargo fro Mumbai - India to Kyrgyzstan (Osh International Airport) its frightfully expensive, RS 4.50 lakhs ie something like $7820 per bike. Now am looking for the SHIPPING option which shall be cheaper for sure but will take a lot of time too.
Can any one help solve this ?
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Hi Kayjay,
I just contacted approximately 30 airfreight forwarders in Kathmandu.
8 to 10 replied, but none came with a real offer.
Two said it´s impossible.
One gave a very rough offer of about 2.000 EUR for airfreight via Istanbul.
Most likely only pure airfreight without any other fees.
Several said the (price) situation might be different in a few month, when we want to fly. No idea if this is true or if they just want to keep us hooked.
When do you want to transport your bikes to the STANs?
By the way: what do you mean with SHIPPING OPTION to Kyrgyzstan?
If you like to exchange further infos, please sent me an email.
Greetings from Cambodia
Panny
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send bike from australia to astrakhan
Hi guys , i am doing the central asia rally in june and need to fly my bike to astrakhan . Any advice be appreciated. mike
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Hi guys , i am doing the central asia rally in june and need to fly my bike to astrakhan . Any advice be appreciated. mike
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Well, I don't know where you shipping it from, but basically just phone shipping companies in your local area; logistics firms that do this sort of thing. I shipped form Bangkok to New Delhi and thats how I approached it.
The forums were helpful as they gave me a contact in Bangkok who eventually did the shipping. Info everywhere on this site. :-)
Its pretty easy and your probably dont need an agent on the receiving end unless you can afford it/ its cheap/ the "system" is in shambles wherever you shipping to.
GL
Also check the forum about shipping basics.
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