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Is there a ferry across the Caspian sea at all? Maybe Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan?
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Is there a ferry across the Caspian sea at all? Maybe Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan?
Yes. A good source of Caspian Sea ferry info can be found HERE.

In fact, caravanistan.com provides very useful information covering loads of aspects of the Stans.
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Thanks for the ferry link, I was just about to research it so you've saved me some time there

Now our next issues;
1- Getting from Thailand all the way down to South Indonesia, I have been reading it is very difficult if not impossible, any advise?

2- Anyone have any info on how to get from Indo to Australia, I have read there's no boat servise so how much will air cargo be? Any links to air cargo companies?

Thank again
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Now our next issues;
1- Getting from Thailand all the way down to South Indonesia, I have been reading it is very difficult if not impossible, any advise?
It can be difficult for time-to-time, but right now it's a fairly straightforward['ish], so I understand, on an 'onion boat' coaster passage across the Malacca Strait from Penang (Butterworth Docks), Malaysia -to- Medan (Belawan), northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Contact Mr Lim in Penang at cakrashipping@gmail.com or by calling his handphone (mobile) on: +60 124709717

Office is at: Cakra Enterprise, 2nd Floor, 187 Lebuh Pantai, Georgetown, Penang. Phone: +60 42625879

There might be another option, but Mr Lim's service is by far the most respected .. when it's working. He's an honest bloke too.

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2- Anyone have any info on how to get from Indo to Australia, I have read there's no boat servise so how much will air cargo be? Any links to air cargo companies?
Indonesia to Aussie?

Consider riding all the way across Indonesia to Dili, Timor Leste (East Timor) .. and then organising a sea freight passage with ANL Shipping Co -to- Darwin NT, Aus.

Alternatively you might be able to ship (air or sea) from Bali to Oz, but that would mean you'd miss out on riding through Nusa Tenggara, which is a fab-u-lous section of the Indo archipelago.

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@ Will - consider carrying out thread searches on various forums of this site for the answers you seek. All the info you could ever possibly want is, without doubt, readily available in the HUBB's archives, somewhere.


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Thanks for the ferry link, I was just about to research it so you've saved me some time there

Now our next issues;
1- Getting from Thailand all the way down to South Indonesia, I have been reading it is very difficult if not impossible, any advise?

2- Anyone have any info on how to get from Indo to Australia, I have read there's no boat servise so how much will air cargo be? Any links to air cargo companies?

Thank again
Theres no problem getting from Thailand to south Indonesia. You ride your bike through Thailand into Malaysia. Then you need to ship your bike over to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The most common way to do this for overlanders is to use Mr Lims "onion boat" from Penang to Belawan. Mr Lim has freighted hundred of bikes so you can trust him. His ships were stopped for a while by government but seems to be going as normal now. Another option is a passanger ferry from Port Klang to Dumai - I think it was. Theres a thread about thia option in the "Southern Asia" section.
Between the different islands in Indonesia there are roroferries and transport are easy. Between the last two islands (Flores and Timor) there are only 2 ferries pr week so you need to adjust to that and the standard are not exactly european but its all a part of the adventure. Most overlanders ride to Dili in East Timor and ship their bikes to Darwin in Australia from there. There are heaps of threads about this in either South Asia or Australia/New Zealand sections on this forum.
Indonesia is time consuming but a fantastic country. Probably the highlight of my trip from Norway to Australia - so dont miss it!
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