Hi. So I will likely be making a trip somewhere about March time 2011. I'd like some opinions on what trip I should take. I'll likely be re entering education after it and it will be my last good trip for a long time. I'll quickly lay out my potential options.

Ok, firstly, I have read (many times) the AMH and have had a carnet previously so I understand that. Now regards my situation.

I currently have an F650 GS Dakar. It’s been modified already by overland solutions to go most places. (I started a previous trip on it and it failed, long story).

I will be leaving from the UK. My budget will be about £3000.

So, my first idea is to cross Africa, either the East or West coast. But cost is a problem. Last I checked a carnet in Egypt was 800% which is too much. The issue here is the cost of shipping my bike back from South Africa.
The second option is to fly to South or Central America and buy a bike and ride around there.
The third option is to ride India on an Enfield. Is this still a safe bet alone? To be fair though, I’ve been living in East Asia for a while now, and would like to not travel in Asia really.
So these are my options. I’ll be making the trip between March/April and August/September and as I said before, I’ll have about £3000. This will include the cost of carnet (insurance option) if I take my bike. And it will include the cost of buying the bike in either India or the Americas. I could probably add another £500-700 if I was to get it back on the carnet/selling the bought bike.
I haven’t been to any of the above countries so they’re all new to me and really want to see all of them
If you’ve read this far, thanks please throw out your opinions on what you would do.
Cheers