Overland uk to Malaysia
 

Three friends and I are in the early stages of planing a fully overland driving trip in a Land Rover discovery 1 Full Camel trophy spec, the route how ever does seem to be quite dangerous as it passes through Northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and india. The full list of countries is uk to continental Europe – Belarus- Russia – Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan – Tajikistan – Afghanistan (wakhen corridor) – Pakistan – india – Nepal – india – Burma – Thailand – Malaysia then get the Land rover shipped back to the Uk
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the reason that we are not going through china is due to cost at around £5000.

is this the best route to take or are there any suggestions on what to change and what to look out for and so on.

also does any one know what are the most common faults of a disco 1 200/300tdi?

And in what countries is car insurance mandatory?

All is possible except the Afghanistan part, you will have to cut the corner of China between Kyrgystan and Pakistan, not sure of the cost but teaming up with other vehicles brings it down, you could also go Iran to Pakistan but Brits are required to have a guide there now as well.
Insurance at least in theory compulsory in every country and usually available on the border when entering.
Most or all of your questions will have been answered here somewhere but the best place to get it all at once is to go the the HUBB meeting in Wales where there will be people who have already done this trip and will be happy to tell you everything you need to know.

Overland
 

Hi
I resently drove from Singapore – Malaysia – Thailand – Cambodia - Vietnam – Laos - Myanmar – China – Mongolia – Russia – Latvia - Lithuania – Poland - Czech Republic - Hungary – Slovakia – Austria – Slovenia – France – Spain

In my Toyota Landcruiser and are presently in Spain and planning where to from here.
Happy to discuss any parts of my trip with you.

Did you do this trip in the end? Looking to do something very similar in 2019!