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Have ridden from India to Uk on my Royal Enfield in June 2013 to Aug 2013. I stay in Gujarat State. If u r in India u all are welcome to stay with me. Any logistics in India or help pl write to me. Shall be glad to help out.

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Hey kayjay thats great! Would lov to hear from u about the trip logistics. ..

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Anyone update their plans?

I've got a company that will go at reasonable rates. Its a 5 day Itinerary through Kashgar.

$1800 for 1 bike
$2500 for 2 bikes
$3300 for 3 bikes

And so on.

Contact me if interested.
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My updated plans

Unfortunatly I think I am opting out of the overland to Kyrgystan. Im on an older model Royal Enfield. Great bike but not the most reliable. I will surely run into some mechanical issues in the 1000k stretch through Pakistan and I'm not too keen on that happening on a lonely stretch of highway on a day I happen not to have no escort. Even with escort its been dodgy lately...not sure if anyone read that some Spanish cyclist who had an armed escort of 12 soldiers got ambushed by Taliban and 6 of his armed escorts were killed. This just happened a few weeks ago. I also just got news from a couple who just passed through a few weeks ago and said they didnt always have an escort.

Anyways, I'd probably be going for it if I was on a more reliable bike. So, along with another rider I am air-freighting the bike from Delhi to Kyrgyzstan. In the end its actually cheaper, albeit less romantic. If anyone is interested in joining in on this option the more we get the cheaper it will be. ETD is mid-May. Message me for details.

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Hello,

My partner and I are currently on our way to Finland from Australia. We're looking to trace a similar route - Nepal, India, Pak, China, Kyrg, etc.

Interested in sharing costs for the China crossing if possible. Looking at our rough itinerary we're aiming to arrive Armritsar/Lahore around the 9th June. Could possibly make it about a week earlier but not much more than that. We're thinking we'd probably have two weeks in Pakistan.

theoverman83, what tour company did you get that quote from?

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Hello,

My partner and I are currently on our way to Finland from Australia. We're looking to trace a similar route - Nepal, India, Pak, China, Kyrg, etc.

Interested in sharing costs for the China crossing if possible. Looking at our rough itinerary we're aiming to arrive Armritsar/Lahore around the 9th June. Could possibly make it about a week earlier but not much more than that. We're thinking we'd probably have two weeks in Pakistan.

theoverman83, what tour company did you get that quote from?

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Silk Road Adventure Travel I believe. Early June may work out of me. Lets see. Lets stay in touch. :-)
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My partner and I are currently on our way to Finland from Australia. We're looking to trace a similar route - Nepal, India, Pak, China, Kyrg, etc.
Hi, me & my GF did roughly the same in reverse direction 6 yrs ago (went south side of Afghanistan, means Iran-west Pakistan-India).. and Burma was realistically not possible back then, right now it looks to be changing, but still probably not easy, and I understand some eastern states in India will also require permits.

Even with no Burma, or eastern India, it was still probably the best trip we´ve ever done! Before that I used to spend my winters in South/southeast Asia, and during that time, I made several riding trips in those regions as well. Wishing you the best of time & good luck on your trip, and please let me know, if I can anyhow be of assistance (..and also, when you´re planning to arrive in Finland!) Pekka
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Hello,
We are actually in Nepal, we booked a travel from Nepal to Kirghzistan for the 21 april with "Chengdu Greatway Tour", actualy we are 3 french car and they charges 7000€, it's possible to find 2 more car. The agence said that it's possible to start the process until the 10 april.
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