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hombre_aleman 20 Jan 2013 16:29

By Car from Germany via Russia to Vietnam and beyond
 
I've lived in Asia over the past 20 years (Thailand/Laos/Vietnam/Cambodia). I guess what I am saying is that I am well travelled and not looking for novice travel recommendations but rather some pointers into the right direction for my route planning (red tape, war zones, borders, police etc).

My Routes

Route 1: Germany-Ukraine-Russia-Russian Siberia-Russia Far East-China-Vietnam

Route 2: Germany-Turkey-Armenia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China-Vietnam

Route 3: Germany-Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-India-Bangladesh-Myanmar-Laos-Vietnam

Any ideas are welcome. I am open to any route but in fact would prefer to go the norther route (Route 1)

niello8 20 Jan 2013 17:07

#1 China requires guide, temp license & temp plate. it can be pricey, much lower with a group.
#2 no open border between Turkey & Armenia (go thru georgia), no open border between armenia & azerbaijan (go thru georgia). i think the azeri visa is fairly restrictive & then you have to deal with the ferry. alternatively you can go from georgia up into russia then across Kaz. its longer.
#3 iran, pak, india, bangladesh all require carnet. bangladesh was rumored to be requiring some crazy extra deposit. pakistan has lots of police escorts & requires some patience. myanmar is still not possible to cross as far as i know. recently a couple of big bikes made it in for a loop but traversing wasn't permitted. who knows it may change soon...

some people might be organizing groups to go across china from kyrgyzstan to laos...or another route. good luck

MuzToo 24 Jan 2013 11:01

Hi. We did Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan - ferry - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan in 15 days, 1 car, 4 bikes. Straight forward. Kyrgyzstan - China is straight forward with all the paperwork in china.


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