Hi Dougie.
Was that 700 quid for the bike or him, presumably not both!
Matt

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Got a quote from Lufthansa Turkey today - about 800 quid at the moment for Ankara to Delhi....

Dear Mr. Coles,

We thank you very much to contact with Lufthansa Cargo. Pls find
below the approximate
quoatation for your Motorcycle shipment to Delhi.

Rate 4.13 eur p/kg

Fuel surcharge 0.60 eur p/kg ( Subject to change depend on oil index)
Security surcharge 0.15 p/kg ( Untill further notice)

Airwaybill fee 35 eur
Terminal fee 35 eur
Dgr fee 50 eur

Insurance premium 47.25 usd ( will convert to eur on awb issuing date)

In case of shipment packed in wooden crate which is allowed us to
ship the others on top of it,
we will calculate its own dimensions to get the chargeable waight. In
case of to carry on
open pallet the chargeable weight appears as 2500 kgs.

We kindly want to inform you that it is possible to carry the R150GS
from Ankara to Istanbul
by our regular Road Feeder Services and from Istanbul to Delhi by our
Cargo flights via Frankfurt.

As you may be informed about the big fire disaster in ATATURK
Airport`s ( Istanbul) Cargo Area, it is not
allowed to ship any DGR shipments out of Istanbul untill further
notice. So we hope to be lifted this
embargo on the date of to carry on your shipment.

Please do not hesitate to cantact with us to get our IATA Agents list
- which are authorised by Turkish Civil
Aviation Department to accept shipments - to issuing airway bill and
other necessary documents.

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cool.

if you're headed back that way anyway it's well worth just pitching up at the airport (cargo) and asking about for shippers and prices. The shipping process itself is very straight-forward. It's getting a price you can bear that's the hard part, always look blown-away at any figure you're quoted. I suspect shipping forwards will be easier, cheaper and more fun than riding backwards. if you see what I mean.

good luck.

we had no problems when we rode through Iran for the second time in May 2005. The people were as nice as in our visit in 2001.
However, after riding through central America we went to cross back into USA at the Mexico to Douglas, Arizona border crossing and we were held over and questioned for 3 hours because we had an iran visa in our passports. Seems America is a bit paranoid. We were terrorist suspects not just because we had been to iran, but that was the main reason, but also because...and I quote them....visited too many countries on your motorbikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They told us they have a problem with iran.....I told them that that is their problem, we have no problems with Iran.

just received this info from key2persia

Dear Paul Mancktelow,
Hope you are doing well. This is to inform you of the final result of
your visa. We have tried our best and we were to reach a positive
result for your visa, but unfortunately the Foreign Ministry told us
that you are rejected.
I know that it is not a good news for you but believe us we did our
best. It is not our fault.

Please accept our apology for not being able to obtain your visa.


Sincerely yours,
Zahra Vesal
Public Relation Manager
Pars Tourist Agency (P.T.A)
ZAND St., 71358
Shiraz, Iran
www.key2persia.com
www.persien-tourismus.de
www.perse-voyage.com
Tel: +98-711-2223163/2240645
Fax: +98-711-2229693

no other reason has been given, on my application i had to include my cv and declined to put down my time in the armed forces (of course) and i assume they cannot find this out, i assume it is more political and i have only a british passport

so i wont be going to iran sadly, going to have to ship to india from here in istanbul and back track to pakistan, i cant wait as i sadly am time constrained to return to the uk for october.

just spoke wıth the frıeghtıng agents ın ıstanbul to shıp my dakar to ındıa, lufthansa are stıll not sendıng dangerous goods from ıstanbul due to the recent fıre. Turkısh aırlınes are though but they have a mınımum weıght for dangerous goods of 1100kg whıch works out about 4000 euros. Ive been around a few companıes to check ıts correct and sadly ıt ıs. Its crashed my plans but ıll have to work somethıng out ı guess.

The problem is you don't have enough stamps .. to send the old passport to the bin! Any chance of putting a few more in there to ware it out - that way you get a fresh new passport to placate the paranoia of certain people? Or is it just jealousy?


From this info .. I think I’ll get the smaller passport rather than the one with more pages. Fortunalty I should be able to get dual nationality .. meaning two passports.

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