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Hi the Celt,

what route your planning to take? Me&my girlfriend, on 1 bike, will be headed the same way at the end of September. Plan to get to Turkey first, then Iran, Pakistan, and from near Lahore to India.

Wouldnt mind to have some company along the way, especially in Pakistan as the news havent been all good, but surely why not elsewhere, too. Were not very tight on our schedule, I figure we might be crossing the border to Turkey about 5th or 6th of October, then spend at least a week crossing Turkey, so roughly mid-October when crossing into Iran.. but thats hopefully flexible both ways.

If Iran turns out to be nice, we might spend 1-2 weeks there. With the elections coming up in November and all, we´ll then have to see how the situation is in Pakistan, at the moment we plan to take the quickest route possible, and there might be police escorts in some areas.
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Hi Pecha,
Yeah sounds good,
I should be hitting Turkey around
those dates, will keep you posted.
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Hey Chris
My Name is steve I'm 32 ,South African (living in uk)and ride a super tenere ,planning the same trip as you and at the same time but am going all the way to new zealand.Could you give me some details of your route as I'm keen for some company especially Iran , Pakistan and India.If your up for some company get in touch.

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Hey Chris
My Name is steve I'm 32 ,South African (living in uk)and ride a super tenere ,planning the same trip as you and at the same time but am going all the way to new zealand.Could you give me some details of your route as I'm keen for some company especially Iran , Pakistan and India.If your up for some company get in touch.

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Hi Steve,

I see that this is a fairly old thread but I am also in the planning stages of a similar trip leaving the uk in Aug or Sep this year. My plans so far include spending some time in Eastern Europe, Iran, Pakistan, India, getting the bike shipped to Bangkok and spending some time in Thailand before checking if my funds will allow me to get the bike shipped from Singapore to Cairns then down the east coast of Australia.

Traded the gsxr1000 for a Transalp (never thought that would happen) and am pretty much on track for leaving sometime between Aug and Sep. Not posted on the site but have not been off it for a few months getting as much info as possible. I have got some basic route plans for each of the countries but would be good to hear some of the plans that you have in place, what length of time you are thinking about travelling over etc.

Would be good to get some company along the way

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I'll be in India in July for an unknown period of time. I'll either be going to SE Asia afterwards or make an attempt at getting to Europe. I only have a USA passport so that might make it difficult for me. I wish California had its own passport. I hope to see you there and I might ride part of your trip with you. Although I'll be on a much slower bike.

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Carnets needed for Europe?
Hi, just wanted to double check something.

KevOK wrote about carnets which included these countries:
"Europe (4)
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey."

However the info on this site and on the video (in which Grant talks about it) says you do not need a carnet for Europe:
"USA, Canada, Mexico and European countries do not require duty, Customs bond or Carnet to import personally-owned 'tourist' vehicles as long as they are re-exported within liberal time frames, usually 6-12 months."

This is of some importance to me as I am starting a trip round Europe in July, which begins with a ferry trip from the UK to Denmark and includes Finland, & possibly Italy. I had no intention of getting a carnet for this trip.

Can anyone clear up this discrepancy? I would hate the trip to end in Denmark on day 2!

Chris,
In regard to the trip my mate and I should be in Eastern Europe August-Sept and further south late Sept-Oct. Our trip is intentionally not detailed as regards route but we are intending to head south from Scandinavia Via The Baltic states (and hopefully Russia depending on visas), Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and back through Serbia, B&H, Croatia, Slovenia, (maybe Italy), and back through France and wherever else depending on time. Would be keen to catch up on the road somewhere if we can organise it. Will keep in touch.

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Nope you won't need a carnet. That segment you mentioned only applies to commercial vehicles.
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Cheers Kenny
Yeah, that's what I thought. Thanks for your contributions to my various questions!

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