Carnet, Registration & Drivers License Question
 

I am currently living and working in South Korea and have a Korean registered Motorcycle (registered in my name). Also I have an Australian drivers license. I am planning a trip from Korea to the UK and noted that a Carnet is required for Iran.

Questions:

1. Has anyone got any experience with obtaining a Carnet in South Korea?

2. My bike registration is Korean, my drivers license is Australian. Could this cause any problems at border crossings?

Thanks for any feedback

Cheers Daz :helpsmilie:

Can't answer qu 1.

Ref qu 2: What driving licence you have is irrelevant at all borders. If your passport is correct (visa etc), immigration will let you in. If your bike papers are correct (registration/carnet etc), customs will let your bike in.

The only people who ever checked my drivers licence were (usually dubious Kazakh) police at the roadside who didn't realise they were looking at scanned copies of my DL/reg docs. Might also be an idea to get an international DL that is easily understandable and "confiscatable" if you meet a dodgy fat Kazakh copper.

Guess which one I'm describing in this picture :smartass:

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...psf0724876.jpg

Hi Chris

Thanks for confirmation of drivers license. Also good idea for the copies on hand to show in the first instance. I have some experience of that region as I worked and lived in Turkmenistan for 18 months. A bit dodgy there too!

Safe riding mate :scooter:

Cheers Daz :smiliex:

ps ... great pic ... you are the one with the cool little hat? :thumbup1:

I'm behind the camera. The fat pig in the middle had the ego to mess with us for over an hour and still think we were his friends for a happy picture. He reckoned we were speeding when we definitely weren't. No money changed hands.

Good to hear it ended well. What do you think about traveling vladivostok to Europe alone? Of course much safer with a companion or 2 for breakdowns, falls etc, but I don't know anyone to travel with.

Lots of people ride this on their own. You'll also meet people including locals on the way. Or put up a message in the Travellers seeking travellers section.

If you stayed north of Iran you wouldn't need a carnet. Just ship the bike to Vladivostok and ride into the sun for 3 months.

There's a wealth of information here. Browse the North Asia forum or use the search function on the top right of every page.

Cheers Chris, thanks for pointers