Hi
I am planning a trip in 2019 from UK to NZ. We are planning on 5-6 months and we hope to travel Turkey Iran Stans China Nepal India Myanmar Thailand Malaysia Indonesia East Timor and OZ. My question is how can I time this trip to avoid cold weather in the Stans and the friendship highway and also avoiding the monsoon in Se Asia. Any comments or criticisms welcome.

Without knowledge of the climate of all countries you mentioned I guess it would be best to leave from UK late european summer. August/september or around there. You would by then avoid the intense heat of southern Europe and the Stans. Nepal is probably best in october/november and a little cold in december/january and ok again February to May and then the monsoon starts in June. I dont know exactly but I presume northern India had a similar climate.
Myanmar and Thailand will usually be at their best from november to february. March to May is usually ok too but can be very hot. June to september/october is rainy season for those countries. In southern Thailand it can rain until december.
Malaysia a bit similar but difference of west coast and east coast. Indonesia is mainly south of the equator and thus the picture is reversed a bit. The rainy season is usually from october/november to around april, although with big variations as it is a big country. Northern Australia should probably be avoided from november/december to february/march because of heavy rain and potentially flooded roads etc.

But 5-6 months is in my opinion to little time. You will have to race through the countries. I spent 3,5 months in Indonesia alone and I still regret I didnt spend more time there.
Shipping Dili to Darwin also takes at least 3 weeks and then add one week of cleaning and preparing and another week to get the bike through quarantene and customs clearance - it will be 5 weeks spend on that shipping alone.

Leave UK in August, spend August, September and half of October UK to India. Then India and Nepal October to december. Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia December to January (not going to Laos, Cambodia?) Indonesia february and march, shipping Dili to Darwin one month, riding Australia a couple of months then another cleaning and shipping process - then your in NZ in July/August. I wouldnt do it any faster...and you would probably avoid the worst monsoon along the route except maybe from Indonesia.

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Many thanks for your thoughtful reply. I will take on board what you have said.
Regards
Mark

Hi Mark,
I am planning similiar route in 2018 from Poland to NZ what could give you some tips about time you need for that. We will start in June maybye May but we plan to get there in one year. As Snakeboy wrote, 5-6 months might be possible but you will have to rush.
Cheers,
Lukasz

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Hi i drove in the opposite direction Singapore to Europe it took me 6 Months.45,000 km in a Toyota Landcruiser.
my vehicle is presently parked up in Spain and I plan to continue my travels in April towards Turkey to check out ANZAC day there then onto Iran.

Safe travels
Ray
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Hi Lukasz,
I am planning to leave this summer (Aug/Sep) from the UK - would you mind you route? My does not include China (too much hassle to cross it and very expensive) but through Pakistan (no sure if its any better)
Thanks
Doug

Hi Doug,

You can find my planned route here Planowana trasa - Dream Catchers' Journey
Website is in Polish but map is a map
We are planning to leave Poland in early June. Will be entering China on September 3rd. Cost per person for 5days crosing is around 850usd.

I am also trying to find people for crossing of Myanmar and Thailand in December.

Cheers,
Lukasz

your route looks pretty good. China is not on my plans so the looks of it I might meet you for the crossing from India to Myanmar then Thailand in December. I have not found much about Thailand crossing yet (anything you can share is welcome) Thanks Doug