Tipi and Chae are ther names and wow- what can I say...they enthralled us during their stay in Cornwall.
As Paul mentioned, I had to undergo an immigration interview by telphone before they were allowed in and it then took them tw days to get to my house at Lands End, they'd barely settled in when they were whisked off to my parents' house for a multi-day Christmas celebration crammed into the three-bedroom house with 16 other people. I think it says a lot about their resilience that they managed to put up with my extended family and friends who are all extremey noisy

They have now moved on up to London and are seeing the sights there, they've got a Korean contact whom they're staying with, although they have left their scooters with me as they realised it can be pretty hard getting secure parking for bikes such as theirs.
and what bikes they are- such tiny wheels, it seems inconceivable when I think about where they have been

I'll post up a picture of the bikes (and T&C) when I get a chance to. Thank you all for your help, questions and offers of help, keep them coming, I'm forwarding them on and in fact will be visiting them at the end of the month.

In the meantime here is a photo of Tipi and Chae at Lands End itself - damn, wrong computer.

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Sounds great, thanks for the update on them. See if you can get them to post on the Ride Tales Forum!

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Thanks for the update. We never managed a photo of them with the bikes as it was after dark when they were allowed out of customs and we had to go to work the following morning before they left. I hope we'll see them again before they leave the country.

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Girls are fine ,, they are indeed in London,, with Neo ,, a young Korean boy,,,who also made the trip over Pakistan and India, on an Indian Enfield and doing odd jobs currently,,, to save money for the Spring run over to Mid-East.
Here are pics.

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This is the young kid ,, who did solo over some amazing terrain last year to get to London, from Korea.
He says after selling his bike, (old one blew up) he has about USD 3,000 left but needs to make some money in UK,, will do anything legal. He needs to save so he can buy another bike ,,to get back to Korea,, May be some one has a spare bike or camping equipment to share / sell cheap?
This picture is on the night he took two girls out...
Let me know if any UK Hubbers can help.
kid is working 13 hours a day currently at a restaurant,, and he thinks by April he will have about USD 4,500 after the living expenses (London terribly expensive),,

A Korean rider has left a scooter for him in Madrid and flew back to Korea,, but the title on the bike ,, Europe is OK but he doesn't think he can enter Middle East countries or Russia. He would like your advise,,, Can some one with visitor's visa buy and register a bike in UK or in EEC?

If you can help,, kindly send EM to me,,,seouljoe(at)seouljoe.com

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In the UK you don't have to be a resident to buy a vehicle, you'll just need a postal address, and I know from experience it's the same in France. I would imagine (but don't quote me on this) that European harmonisation, and free-market rules mean that it is much the same throughout the EU.

Perhaps the only problem of the scooter in Madrid would be lack of address?

As for the UK United Kingdom jobs, cars, property, free classifieds and more - Gumtree.com had plenty of cheap and cheerful bikes, might be worth a look. I'm in London too, so if I can give any help let me know.

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