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Nepal, China Tibet, Laos Tour ongoing ?
Hi,
is somebody doing the nepal-laos tour soon ? i would like to joy`n...
How much time i need in advances to get the paperwork done ?
Can anyone recommend a agencies ?
thanks a lot
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Hi Joe,

We would like to go from Nepal to Laos as well. Preferably in june 2012. Contacted some touroperators on behalfe of ourselves (2up) and a rtw truck, but that one has left the idea recently. So if you are seriuous we could team up may to find more people interested. Paperwork can be done in two months by the agencies.

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Hi Joe,

We would like to go from Nepal to Laos as well. Preferably in june 2012. Contacted some touroperators on behalfe of ourselves (2up) and a rtw truck, but that one has left the idea recently. So if you are seriuous we could team up may to find more people interested. Paperwork can be done in two months by the agencies.

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I would be keen to do this leg as well but I wont arrive in Nepal till October. Plan was to fly across to BKK instead. Would roads to Laos be passable at this time?

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If you mean the route inside China, I think the chinese guides need 2 months to organise papers.

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If you mean the route inside China, I think the chinese guides need 2 months to organise papers.

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Hi fern
For the normal route, they can do the paperwork in 2 months but if you are travelling Via the 219 Tibet the Guide has asked for min 3 months because of the extra paper work involved.

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My guess is that's already pretty cold in the summer at those heights, so Oct is too late for me/us ;-) Who's in for the June-July time frame?
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My guess is that's already pretty cold in the summer at those heights, so Oct is too late for me/us ;-) Who's in for the June-July time frame?
Think you will find that is the wet season, this is why we planned September and into Laos the end of the wet season i hope!

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Anyone else?
Is anyone else interested in this itinerary?

We have received some quotes from different agencies, didn't bargain just yet. First there needs to be an interest from fellow travellers (maybe you?). More people and vehicles means a better price for all of us.

From Nepal road G318 will take you to Lhasa (Tibet) - on to Shangri-La, down to Laos. Pretty amazing but only feasable if you have too much cash or when you team up with others. The highest mountain passage will be 4329m so not so difficult for those who have conquered the Kardung-La (North-India) already...
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I would be keen to do this leg as well but I wont arrive in Nepal till October. Plan was to fly across to BKK instead. Would roads to Laos be passable at this time?

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Yes Steven the roads will be dry then the rain has been ending the last week in Sept for the last 4 years for some strange reason, the trouble with the majority of Laos roads are a dirty clay and stick to everything, but a few days of sun then like concrete.
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I'm a bit late picking up on this thread, but can somebody explain to me how you intend to enter Tibet/China with foreign vehicles ? I looked at trying to enter China from Pak and was told you cannot bring a foreign bike into China ( you cannot get a Carnet de passage for China), nor can a foreigner ride/drive in China unless they have a valid Chinese driving license ( only available to residents). Curious as to how you intend to overcome these ' minor' problems ???
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Tibet, June 5th
HI all, still looking for others to join Rob plus two others heading in on the above date. He had a large group organised but they have pushed the date out to July. ...alternatively is there any other group heading in around this date that he could join. Time is ticking on.

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you cannot bring a foreign bike into China ( you cannot get a Carnet de passage for China), nor can a foreigner ride/drive in China unless they have a valid Chinese driving license ( only available to residents).
No carnet required for China. But you need a Chinese travel agent to arrange everything for you. A guide will meet you up at the border and travel with you in China. And you will pay big time for all this; possibly a little less, if you´re part of a group, but still not cheap. There´s like a hundred threads about it here these days.
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