Buying a bike abroad - paperwork nightmare?
Hi,
I am currently mid-way through a year and a half plus long world trip (see AdventureProne.com for details,) and I intend for my next travel leg to be motorcycling across Asia. I have a few questions that I haven't been able to find answers for.
I plan on riding from Cairo all the way across Asia (or as far as I can get...no idea what to do about Burma/Myranmar yet.) Since I live in the US, I don't want to ship a bike all the way to Cairo, so I want to buy one there. This seems to have all sorts of unique problems.
- Does anyone have experience with buying a bike abroad in a non-western country?
- Is is possible to arrange a carnet from either the US or UK when I and the bike are in Egypt?
- How do I arrange a carnet if I want to sell/abandon a bike at the end (in SE Asia)?
- And just to eliminate an improbable option, is there a CC limit below which you don't have to deal with the hassles of carnet/insurance/etc?
I am currently in Africa, and email/internet access here is horrible, so I may not be able to check back for a week or so, but any advice would be appreciated.
thanks,
peter
------------------
Peter Birch
peter@adventureprone.com
Check out my travel stories, photos and more at http://adventureprone.com
|