Hello folks!

I'm new to this forum so I guess it's advised that I introduce myself. I'm a german motorcycle enthusiasts that lives in Switzerland, riding a Triumph Tiger 800xc. Currently a friend and myself are on a 10 week trip from Switzerland to Capetown. I researched so much out of this forum that I feel obligated to give a little bit back and share the latest up to date infos with you (eventhough they suck).

We took the salamisshipping route from Greece to Israel, all was relatively smooth and easy. We enjoyed a few amazing days in Israel before we ran into the hammer at the Eilat-Taba boarder: They recently (7-10 days ago) changed the rules for motorcycles and currently there is a ban for whole Egypt to enter with your own motorcycle. I talked to several Israelis on the boarder and they stated they'd crossed on their motorcycles last week without problems. We spent 2 hours at the Egypt boarder and the gentleman there were relatively helpful and tried everything they could to get a exception permit for us to continue our journey but without success. Loading the bikes on a truck to bring them through Sinai or trying the nuweiba boarder is according to them also not possible. The only thing that could help would be a letter of a "big boss" (Embassador, General, Minister,...). Phonecalls to embassies, consulates and other organizations brought no progress so currently the only option for us is to ship the bikes southwards Probably to Ethiopia to skip the stress in sudan as well. This can change again as it is common in Egypt but we don't have the time to wait. But let's still hope they change it again really soon!