Kash to Tash and up to the pass is a great ride but 1900£ does sound a crazy price!

3.Is it possible to get a chines visa, and at the border load the bikes on a truck and get the bike to pakistan that way?

I have heard this done and for a quick KYR to PAK hop it makes sense. This is our Plan Y (will be running out of letters soon...).

A quote received today:
crowninntashkorgan. com
truck for the bikes from Irkestam to Kashgar to Khunjerab Pass:*RMB 5,700
4WD for you:***RMB 5,400
Permits (2 motor bikes):*RMB 2,000
Guide (2 days):**RMB 600
Total costs:* RMB 13,700
or about UK£700 per bike

Quite a lot really.

Quote 2 from Tibet-tours.com. to cut a long story short:
Truck for bikes, van for us.
Irk to Kash (hotel),
Kash to Tash - (hotel)
Tash to border
$770 per bike including 2 nights hotel - or UK£550.

A bit more like it. One month required to organise this + full bike VIN details and photos.

[A few weeks later. Never got a final price from TT so I've given up on Tibet fot this year. May try again next year]

Has anyone tried crossing Afganistan via tajiskatan in to pakistan
Thin tho it is, Wakhan is not the way to go unless you're a smuggler. We met a cyclist in Gilgit who did it last summer. Down via Mazar to Kabul was fine - from there he was advised to take transport to the Khyber and so to Peshawar (itself not a tranquil spot at that time - we flew round it). OK for bikes and motos, a bit harder in a car.

btw:
Great place to eat in Kashgar is Altun Orda. Just down from the Seman. Pimped-out Uighur joint - like Turkish food. Cant wait to go back!

Good cheap place to stay in Tashkurgan
Sheng Yu Guest House
On the KKH, east side on a corner, blue sign, just before bus stn/Customs over the road. Cant recall the price (£20 a twin en suite for us?) but is was cheap new clean friendly and not hideous. The meal we had in Tash was...

In Gilgit the Medina GH is still a place if he hasn't closed down yet. Room for motos inside, cars park in the lane (may be room in the yard).

hth

Ch

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