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Updated
Sorry I haven't updated the first post for a few moths, been rather busy trying wind to up projects at work and organise my trip.
I have just added the following routs to the first post (74 routs now!!)
Diekooi
monnomania
dazcarts
Dave Nunns
louiekiwi
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Atta
klausmong1
TourTube
paulmoody
DrWolle
Declan
JoaoPCF
BeeeeJ
dublin2delhi
As I am off in a few weeks I'm not going to have any time to update the first post any further.
I hope this thread was of some use to people.
Hope to see some of you on the road.
Thanks
Kim
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I missed going thro Ukraine as Indians travelling single are not given visa. Nx time.
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Originally Posted by Dave Nunns
Start / Finish: UK / India
User: Dave Nunns
Route: UK, Western Europe, Dalmatian Coast, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Indian Himalayas
Main Dates: Depart Manchester April 20th 2015. Aim to reach India by May 23rd to meet family. Himalayan loop 2 weeks to end around June 20th.
Vehicle: BMW f800gs
Notes: Currently juggling visa applications. Interested to hear from people with experience of Iran and Pakistan, also travellers (UK / USA / Canadians) interested in sharing guide costs for Iran (early May)
Links: Here's a rough route outline https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer...k.k37wvZE_vmO4
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Well, I made it to far eastern Turkey before a stupid accident scuppered my plans. Preparing to fly home with a smashed up bike. Plan to fly to India in a few weeks and rent a bike to ride Srinagar, Leh, Manali and, of course, Khardungla.
Far Off Places | A motorcycle adventure from Manchester to Manali
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Sorry to hear that Dave. Hope you're okay.
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I'm fine thanks Wildman. Battered and bruised rather than broken - could have been a lot worse. Bike needs a whole new front end, it's not practical to fix in Turkey, so it's flying home today / tomorrow. With me following as soon as I know it's left.
Garage in Manchester is ready to receive it.
Dave
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Sorry to hear as long as your ok that's the main thing
Best of luck
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Hi guys,
Also soon heading east...
Start / Finish: Poland / Kyrgyzstan
User: vVagary (Bartek&Laura)
Rout: From Poland south (CZ, AT) through Balkans (HR, MNE, AL, GR), Turkey, Georgia, Armenia (parking bikes for a while), Iran of feet, back to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbeksitan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
Main Dates: Departure from PL on June 7th, arrival in Kyrgyzstan in late September
Vehicle: BMW F650 '00 + Honda NX 250 '90
Notes: Considering joining a group entering China depending on a price or going to trade or swap bikes in Kyrgyzstan to continue the trip and get new bikes in SE Asia.
Links: http://ev.vvagary.pl
Hope to meet you on the way,
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Dave, I feel your pain. My husband (Roynie) and I were due to ride from Inagh (in the West of Ireland) to China. We left on 26th April, but I had a really innocuous accident on a gravel road, just inside the Russian border and broke my left fibula on 4th May.
Roynie is carrying on and is now in Almaty, due join up with GlobeBusters' Ace to Ace Expedition next week in Kyrgyzstan to ride to Beijing, while I am 'resting' at home with my elderly mother in the Isle of Wight!
However - and the reason I am posting here - I need to go back and collect my bike from Moscow next month, and I plan to ride east via the Trans-Siberian Hwy to Ulanbaatar and meet Roynie for the ride home. As most here will know, that's over 6,000 km, so I wouldn't be averse to some complany ...
Start / Finish: Moscow / Ulanbaatar
User: mrsroynie
Route: Trans-Siberian Hwy: Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan, Izhevsk, Ekaterinburg, Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Mariinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tulun, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Ulanbaatar
Main Dates: 6th - 23rd July approx
Vehicle: BMW R1150 GS
Notes:Deliberately taking it easy and sticking to tarmac ...
Links:www.inaghtochina.com or follow us on Facebook. NB If you are kind enough to think of following us on Facebook, I would be grateful if you don't mention this plan as, following the earlier disappointment, Roynie and I are keeping this one up our sleeves as a bit of a surprise for our supporters at home. 
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Heading east 2016
Hi Kim,
as I think, this is a great thread, I just subscribed - even if we will
start not 2015, but next spring...
Cheers,
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Mrs Royale
I've managed to break my leg the femur as well ,before I even left so just really interested on your break and your recovery time and your plans for riding ?
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Originally Posted by start of this thread
Start / Finish: UK / Australia > RTW
User: trackdayrider (Mark)
Route: <EDIT>UK -> France > Italy > Greece > Turkey > Georgia > Azerbaijan > Kazakhstan > Russian > South Korea > Philippines > Australia > (onto NZ and USA)
Main Dates: April 2015 - > for 12 months
Vehicle: Kawasaki KLE650 (Ad)Versys
Notes: Delayed from 2014 depart following emergency eye surgery. not planning on any more bits dropping off !
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As per my original entry quoted above .....
I'm Currently in Baku going back to the ticket office tomorrow to try to get the boat to Kazakhstan asap.
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2016?
Just curious if anyone is going to pick this thread up or start a new one for the same West-East travel plans for the 2016 season? I'm hoping to be in position to do that portion of my RTW trip beginning around May/June 2016.
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I'm out this Saturday the 22nd
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I post this here, even if it is not in 2015 but in 2017. Still its a great thread and maybe somone will be on the road then as well 
Well we are not 100% sure about the route and there will be 3 parts (first to SEA then Oceania then Africa) but it is still some time before we leave...
Start / Finish: Switzerland - SEA (depends from where we can ship our bikes to NZ)
User: XTAdventure (Xenia & Tinu)
Rout: Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Usbekistan, Tadjikistan, Kyrigstan, Kasachstan, Russia, Mongolia, China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia...
2nd part would be NZ and AUS (or vise versa depends on shipping and weather) and then South Africa back to Europe for the 3rd part.
Main Dates: Start in March 2017, end is open
Vehicle: XT 660 R & XT 660 Z
Notes: still working on the exact route...and everything else...
Links: www.facebook.com/xtadventures, XT Adventures | Motorbike Travel Blog (not finish yet)
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Hi buddy
Since you have India on your list our place is open for u guys. Keep me in the loop.
My e mail is (kumar jayantiilal shah at the rate gmail dot com) The first three words of the email address are one word.
I hav driven my Enfield from India to Uk a year ago.
All the best.
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Well we are not 100% sure about the route and there will be 3 parts (first to SEA then Oceania then Africa) but it is still some time before we leave...
Start / Finish: Switzerland - SEA (depends from where we can ship our bikes to NZ)
User: XTAdventure (Xenia & Tinu)
Rout: Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Usbekistan, Tadjikistan, Kyrigstan, Kasachstan, Russia, Mongolia, China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia...
2nd part would be NZ and AUS (or vise versa depends on shipping and weather) and then South Africa back to Europe for the 3rd part.
Main Dates: Start in March 2017, end is open
Vehicle: XT 660 R & XT 660 Z
Notes: still working on the exact route...and everything else...
Links: www.facebook.com/xtadventures, XT Adventures | Motorbike Travel Blog (not finish yet) |
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