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What Natonality?
Will, as you are leaving from the UK, does this mean that you and your friend are UK citizens and therefore will be travelling under cover of British passports .. or other national passports?

This is a very important aspect of your question.
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Will, as you are leaving from the UK, does this mean that you and your friend are UK citizens and therefore will be travelling under cover of British passports .. or other national passports?

This is a very important aspect of your question.
Hi Keith,
Yes we are both uk residents and leaving from the uk and both have uk passports.
Why is it so important?
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Hi Keith,
Yes we are both uk residents and leaving from the uk and both have uk passports.
Why is it so important?
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Visas mate. As UK citizens:
  • For the moment at least, you're not going to be able to travel independently through Iran. You will need to arrange an approved Iranian guide [not cheap] .. and stick to a strict pre-approved itinerary.
  • Although I've never been there, a Turkmenistan visa isn't entirely straightforward; i.e. it's either (a) a time-limited transit visa or, (b) guided tourist visa. But no doubt someone else will chime-in with a definitive answer about this.
  • China is also going to be difficult - if not impossible - unless you are again accompanied by a [very expensive] guide. And even then you need to start applying many weeks or even months in advance.
  • Vietnam is almost certainly a non-starter. Not from a visa point of view, BUT getting over the frontier on a foreign-registered vehicle. This can only happen if you get permission from Hanoi, which is quite rare.
And that's just for starters!
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Carnet de Passages en Douane (CPD)
You’ll also need carnets (CPDs) – which is a sort of passport for the bike(s) – to get through:
  • Iran – definitely
  • Cambodia – not officially, but you might still be asked for one
  • Malaysia – officially, although you might get away with it by crossing over land border
  • Indonesia – definitely
  • Australia – definitely
  • New Zealand - recommended.
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Visas mate. As UK citizens:
  • For the moment at least, you're not going to be able to travel independently through Iran. You will need to arrange an approved Iranian guide [not cheap] .. and stick to a strict pre-approved itinerary.
  • Although I've never been there, a Turkmenistan visa isn't entirely straightforward; i.e. it's either (a) a time-limited transit visa or, (b) guided tourist visa. But no doubt someone else will chime-in with a definitive answer about this.
  • China is also going to be difficult - if not impossible - unless you are again accompanied by a [very expensive] guide. And even then you need to start applying many weeks or even months in advance.
  • Vietnam is almost certainly a non-starter. Not from a visa point of view, BUT getting over the frontier on a foreign-registered vehicle. This can only happen if you get permission from Hanoi, which is quite rare.
And that's just for starters!
Ok thanks for input,

1. So Iran is like china then? Any idea of costs? Could we skip it and go across the Black Sea?

2. Any idea how long the time-limited visa is for?

3. Yeah we know it will be expensive but it's the only way to get accross to Asia and as we want to ride as much as possible we'll just have to pay up. Hopefully join another group to keep costs down.

4. I guess we'll apply and just cross out fingers, if not then we'll sadly have to skip it then
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