Hi there fellow dreamers
This is my very first post and I do apologize if I have missed a thread that have already answered my question.
Since this is my first post let me introduce a bit. I am a 31 years old photographer and videographer from Bosnia which is currently living in Hanoi Vietnam. I have ridden many small bikes and my long term baby is my Vespa 50cc from 1983. Let that not fool you, I have ridden some tough terains and went trough some real trips I always wanted to believe that it is not that much about the bike at all! Just came back from a Ha Giang loop, a trip of 1100 kilometres done on a Honda Blade, a semi automatic with a pillion and luggage at the back So the will and eagerness for stupid things is there, thats the most important part. I am finally ready to move for a serious bike and to make my dreams of travelling the world and doing my loved photography real
As I said I am currently living in Vietnam and since the price of our flights for home would cover half of the journey and since one of my dream trips was Europe-India I thought why wouldnt I do it on two wheels from here back to home, of course I would have to wait for borders to go back to normal again and I would have to go trough a big hustle with paperwork but what am I asking is is this DOABLE? I reckon that it would be expensive, tough, it would take me 2 months and who knows how many kilometres but it would bring a lot of my dreams to reality
Bike that is available to be purchased and that can be purchased with carnet de passage is Royal Enfield Himalayan 400cc. He fits my budget and I believe that with a new one I wouldnt have too many unsolvable problems on my way. I would travel with my girlfriend and some luggage but we are 125 kilos in total with 20 to 25 kilos of luggage at the back so I guess that we would be fine, I am aware of vibrations, limitations of the bike and how GS would do better 2up but thats not the point here. I would really appreciate any kind of advice from people that have done something at least similar to this. My main concern are the papers, I am aware of carnet de passage and international driving license being a must, can you please tell me can I get an international license here in Vietnam and the most important thing is would I be able to import that bike into my country and register it over there after I pay all the taxes and whatever this modern worlds shitty bureaucracy brought too us
There are couple of route options with the one with least visa hustles is CHINA-RUSSIA-EU but China made it all so complicated with their rules that this option is I guess impossible to be done.
What is left is VIETNAM-LAOS-MYANMAR-INDIA-NEPAL-INDIA-PAKISTAN-IRAN-TURKEY-BULGARIA-SERBIA-BOSNIA
As I said any advice would be much appreciated, whatever is on your mind and that could help me out please share it! Border crossings, police and how to deal with them, accommodations, on the road tips... whatever you awesome people know I am ready for it
Well I guess that I missed a lot of details but the most important ones are here, I look forward to hear your thoughts guys, tnx a lot and please accept my apologies if I made a ton of mistakes, English is not my first language and adrenaline is not allowing me to review typos