Well folks, trying to plan my first long trip beginning in April 2025 and would love the input of some more experienced riders. Solo male in early 30s if this is relevant. I will be leaving in April 2025 and have 6/7 months set aside for the trip.

The route from Ireland to Turkey is fairly straightforward but its the next part I keep hitting walls with and finding closed borders etc.

My current itinerary is as follows (mind you this changes daily):

Turkey - Georgia - Armenia - Iran - Afghanistan (?) - Pakistan - India

The intention is to finish the last 4-6 weeks doing a counterclockwise trip around India before flying out of Delhi and shipping the bike back to Ireland.

I would love to visit Afghanistan, have read official recommendations is not to visit but have also seen other travellers still visiting. Had removed this from my trip but putting it back in as its on the bucket list.

The second issue is Turkmenistan. Again, I had planned trying to get the transit visa and crossing through to Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Then continuing into Afghanistan to Pakistan etc. I know it is quite difficult to secure the Turkmenistan transit visa so this is still undecided but wondering if others think this could be worth pursuing.

I don't want to overdo riding days but also want to see a lot so would love input from people who have completed a trip like this previously.

Set me straight. New to all this so might be living in the clouds

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hu...577#post643458

Saw this earlier alright, no mention of Afghanistan or Turkmenistan unfortunately.