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uk to iran border and back
hello peoples

i'm considering a RTW next year, and by way of a 'test', i'm planning to ride from London to Turkey and up to the Iranian border and back. Question is, will i do it in two weeks? Or will my boss be sacking me sooner than i'd hoped!!

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BTW - was planning UK - France - Italy - Greece - Turkey, then reverse.

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hi rider
i think you can do it
i made it from turkey ,greece,italy france in 8 days,so you can make it in 2 weeks ,i did it on dr 800,it was hard
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you can go from france ,mont blanc the nthe tunel to aaosta,then all the way to venizia,and take a ferry to patra in greece ,then you can take onother ferry from peries (next to athens to izmir in west turkey,then you go all the way to east,
hope you do it ,you will have alot of fun
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thanks for the reply - yup, i'm booked up now and ready to go - maybe i'll bump into some of you on the road....

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what's the total distance you're hoping to cover? i'm interested in travelling distance maybe next year - i'd be really interested to hear how you get on and what you thought of the trip.

good luck!

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hi zenbiker,

i hadn't got down to the nitty-gritty of mileages just yet, only routes, but i've just realised that i might need a carnet to get into turkey which is a right pain in the arse. anyway, i'm still going to have a crack so i'll report back and let you know how i get on.

thanks for the interest...

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You don't need a carnet to go in Turkey. At least, we italian don't, but I think it's the same for all europeans.
About your plan, maybe you can travel to the Iran border and back in two weeks, but you loose many many wonderful things to see.
We did it with our bikes in 2001 (and carried on to the Caspian Sea in Iran) in one month, leaving from Cesme (ferry from Italy), and it was the minimum time to see something.
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thanks for the information pietro.

your right about it being a tight schedule. it was supposed to be a test-run for a really big trip next year, maybe i will slow down a little....

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Hi

You might be able to save some time if you ride through Austria/Hungary/Romania/Bulgaria and into Turkey. I think I clocked up about 2300 miles to Istanbul from Liverpool that way. The roads were pretty good now thanks to lots of ec money.

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I'm looking at heading to Istanbul from the 18th July... any relevance to your plans Prone?
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hi ellis - problably going to miss you as i'm not leaving til a little later in the year - but good luck! and who knows....

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