I guess that is what we will get, for completely unrestricted travellling 2023-2024

So planning an RTW Trip will be a mess, as long as you are not willing to airfright (easier as biker), to avoid a stop on land borders or to fly over an country.

So multi-border stuff like a Panamaricana, the Silkroad or Transafrica will not work in the near future. That will be one of those things who are possible after everything else was possible...

But dont panic - you can do other stuff. Flying in a Country, doing stuff with rentals.. I strongly suggest to do stuff, which you cant do easily with your own vehicle.. China or Myanmar with rentals vehicles and no guide - gives you a outstanding experience... Yes yes, it is not possible. Same was to read about Laos - and I had a wonderful selfdrive overlanding trip in laos at a time where every expat laos forum wrote - you cant rent a car So why dont research deeper about?

Alternatives are too around. Plan travelling with your vehicle with crossing less borders. What is about the transsibiria instead of the silkroad? Guess It will be possible sooner than the southern leg! Less Visa, less borders, less quarantaine, less PCR Tests and so on.



Or Flying to brasil, get a rental - or buy locally a car/bike - it is too a huge country and has a lot to see.

As long you "have to go by your own" vehicle, you had some more restrictions I guess.

So all who has their perfect timeframe for an atw trip now: sell too your rig/bike - and the world looks a lot more unrestricted if you are able to fly and buy/rent - also when you would starting today

Maybe it was necessary for us kilometer eaters, that we did detect againg - the way is the target, not the target itself. So this RTW thing (who never was an real rtw thing) gets a new focus.

Surfy

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