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Australia to Thailand is straight forward via Indonesia/Singapore/Malaysia. Myanmar will be bit expensive as guided tour are mandatory.But there are lot of threads in HUBB where people are trying to form groups and reduce cost for the same.Minimum it might go to 700-800 $ from what i have heard.

I am also planning India to UK from July to September this year,shipping my bike to Iran from Mumbai to Bandar Abbas.Costing me a bomb (1200 $) but there is no other option.

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Hi all this is my first post, hope it works.

Biru, you said that it's straight forward from Aus to Thai. My girlfriend and I are starting to plan Aus to UK and need to get on to it really quickly.

I am struggling to find ferry crossings in to and around Indo. Do you have any information? or could you point us in the right direction?

Thanks, Lee and Veronika.
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Hi all this is my first post, hope it works.

Biru, you said that it's straight forward from Aus to Thai. My girlfriend and I are starting to plan Aus to UK and need to get on to it really quickly.

I am struggling to find ferry crossings in to and around Indo. Do you have any information? or could you point us in the right direction?

Thanks, Lee and Veronika.
There are afaik no ferries into Indo. Your best choice going from Aus to UK is probably to ship your bike from Darwin to Dili in East Timor. And then you ride into West Timor which is Indonesia. And from there its easy peacy. Its ferries between every indonesian island. And it depends also what route youre plan to ride. The most common route is in your direction West Timor - Flores - Sumbawa - Lombok - Bali - Java - Sumatra. Then you will need to ship your bike over to Malaysia from Sumatra. But its no big deal, there are several options. Mr Lims famous/infamous onion boat from Belawan to Penang or on a passanger ferry Port Klang - Dumai.
Another and more adventorous option is to take a ferry from Flores to Sulawesi and then another ferry from Sulawesi to Borneo and then find freight over to mainland/peninsula Malaysia.

There is a guy who posted quite exact ferry information between indonesian islands here. I will try to find it and post it...

Good luck with your trip and dont forget to get a 60 day visa to Indonesia before you go. The normal 30 days are by no means not enough to get through Indonesia.
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This is the guy I mentioned in my other post. He has pretty much nailed the route from Malaysia to Darwin.

I can add that from Timor to Flores there are ferries from Kupang to other destinations on Flores than Larantuka. There are ferries to Ende and to Aimere.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...682#post489338
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This is the guy I mentioned in my other post. He has pretty much nailed the route from Malaysia to Darwin.

I can add that from Timor to Flores there are ferries from Kupang to other destinations on Flores than Larantuka. There are ferries to Ende and to Aimere.

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