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road trip from EUROPE TO INDIA
Hey,

I'm going to India via Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. I want to start in summer 08 and my ride is a Yamaha sr 500.
Unfortunately I'm not a loner, so if you want to join me, or you know somebody who wants to do the same wicked trip as me, just tell me.

cheers TINO
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Hello Tino!
I am Greg from Poland and I also plan moto trip to India or maybe even China-Mongolia-Russia and then back home this summer. Hard to talk about details for today but I think it is possible to go together there.
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Hi Tino,

I'm an Englishman living in Rosenheim, Bavaria. I'm planning to ride a similar route leaving in August. I'm basically planning to ride alone, but if it worked out would be open to meeting up with other travellers on the road to ride particular sections (for example: Bam - Quetta). Do you have a definite leaving date in mind? I plan to leave here at the beginning of August, spend a bit of time in Turkey and hopefully arrive in Iran at the beginning of September. Would that fit in with your plans?

Best wishes

Chris
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In the early stages of planning a trip through Europe to Turkey, Iran to Kyrgystan and back, alternatively Russia, Kazakhstan to Kyrgystan and back.

Would be interested to hear from others heading in that general direction.
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İstanbul to Kathmandu
Hi everybody;
I'm Murat from İstanbul. I'm planing Istanbul to Kathmandu route started at first week in august. My plan is shortly; travel in Iran nearly 2 weaks and enter the Pakistan, pass Pakistan as soon as possible that travel Indian Himalayas and Nepal. After Nepal if possible i want to travel Sıkkım. the turn route, visit Varanasi, Agra, Jaipur in India. Pass fastly Pakistan and Iran, first or second week in November arrive Istanbul.

if you have similar route and date we talk the details.

Murat
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Hi Murat,

I'm planning to ride a very similar route to the one that you describe - and also don't plan to hang about in Pakistan. I'll be arriving in Istanbul sometime at the end of the first week in August - I hope to meet my parents in Istanbul and spend a week with them there then will head through Turkey towards Iran. Our planned times are a little different but maybe we could work something out.

As I said in my original post, I would particularly welcome company on the section between Bam and Quetta (the principal being "safety in numbers" - although everything that I've read/heard recently suggests that the stretch is rideable without problems if you use common sense and keep your eyes open).

If you can be flexible with your times perhaps you could let me know. I would be open to "speeding up" my own prospective program in Turkey/Iran to try to catch up with you if it is at all feasible.

I would also be happy to hear from any others who are planning a similar route.

Cheers

Chris
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P.s.
I forgot to mention in my last post that I intend to spend a few months in Nepal and India and probably won't be heading back towards Europe until May or June.

Chris
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Is it straight forward getting aN Iranian visa in Turkey.Its the only visa I'm worried about.I'd be applying on my New Zealand passport.Is it in Ankara or Istanbul you need to apply?The Pakistan and Indian visas are valid for six months after issue, where as the Iranian is only valid for three, and I was hoping to spend 2- 3 months riding round Europe and Turkey before heading east.I have a wedding in the south of France at the end of June, and was going to return to the UK to get my Iranian visa, but if its easy to get in Turkey,I'll carry on east.
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Hi Chris; I didn't take your email. I think that we are going to discuss the route and timing. we have nearly 3 month and thats also short to decide what we will do.

andypettitt62;
Istanbul, Iran embassy telefon number is "00 90 212 513 82 30" u may ask your question...

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Hi Murat,

I tried to mail you on Tuesday - apparently without success. I've sent the mail again to muratcevik_@hotmail.com - is there a "_" after muratcevik?

Cheers

Chris

p.s. if you don't get a mail - my address is topher_germany@hotmail.com the space between "topher" and "germany" is a "_".

p.p.s I've spoken to Graham and meeting up looks like a real possibility
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hey fellers,

how is it going with your plans???
finaly i can give u some more details about my trip
well well, i will reach the turkish-iranian border at mid august (approx. the 11th)and spend about a month in iran befor i cross the iranian-pakistanian border in beluchistan (mir-javeh) must be about the 8th of september.

so, if someone of you is over there just tell me.

chris, above u wrote that u are in Rosenheim, i'm in munich till july.
lets go for a ride trough the alps. may eating a pizza

cheers to all

tino
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Hi Tino,

The preparations for my trip are progressing nicely. If you drop me a line on the email address quoted above we could exchange phone numbers and arrange a time to meet up and ride a bit in the alps - as soon as my bike for the trip is finished (2-3 weeks I hope) I'll be riding as much as possible to identify and solve any problems before leaving at the beginning of August.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Cheers

Chris
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Hey Tino
when do you start your trip?

Tom from Berlin t.m.berlin@email.de
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