Europe - India (and onwards to Aus!) October 2011?
 

Hi,
I've been saving for a while now to ride most or at least part of the way to New Zealand from Europe and should have the funds in place by October/November. Ideally I want to ride to Nepal from Europe (Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-India) then get the bike flown to Bangkok where I'll continue (roughly: Thailand - Malaysia - Indonesia - East Timor - Australia - New Zealand). However me doing the first leg of this (Turkey-India) would probably require me to find someone/some people to ride with (and for the weather in Eastern Turkey and Iran to be rideable at that time of year?). Otherwise I'd consider maybe just shipping the bike direct to Thailand from Europe and just doing that part. I wouldn't have any time restrictions once I've set off but would struggle to leave before the end of Oct this year.

So if there is anyone out there who wants to, or was already planning on heading India way from Europe at roughly that time of year and wouldn't mind some extra company for parts of the way I'd be keen to hear from you!!

opposite direction!
 

Christopher,

sorry I can't ride with you, but looks like we could cross path bier. I am planning on the reverse trip, from Nepal to Europe on the same route. Starting early October.

If you want to keep in touch I'll probably be throuh Pakistan by the time you leave if you need fresh infos...

Take care, ride safe,

Yannick

hi

ur plan sounds brilliant!

i was hoping to do something simular myself but have deceided to stop when i get to turkey. my plan was to catch the ferry across the black sea from istanbull and then a trans siberian train to moskow, then after spending a while ther another train to china...a long journey but thats what creates experiances.

have u ever considered doing this instead of flying your bike across asia?

maybe we could ride through europe together as far as istanbul?

TOM.

West to East or Otherwise
 

Morning Gents- ,

The plan sounds good, if you're interested in either trip-logs, waypoints etc, ping a PM back with an email address.

I did the Oz an Amsterdam ride last year and happy to pass what I learnt on, no probs !...

Cheers n ride safe !
Bergrider :scooter:

Thanks for the offers/advice all!

Tom - Sounds like a good alternative, no doubt that would be a great experience in itself but I'm pretty determined to do this by bike this time and riding through China is probably not an option for me unfortunately due to costs of guides etc.

Yannick - That Pakistan info could be useful, I'll get in touch if I have any queries and good luck with your trip west!

In the mean time if there is anyone planning on heading the other way later this year please get in touch!

Hi Yannick
We will be on the way from europe to Nepal in September. Let's keep in contact I'm sure we will meet up somewhere on the way.

Roland
www.timeoutonbike.com

Meet up and info!
 

Christopher, no sweat I'll try to let you know my blog adress when I'll have one if that can help. PM me if I seem to disapear...

Roland, I don't want to hijack the thread but yes, let's keep in touch as well, always fun to meet up other travellers and share info. Cheers all...

Hi chirstopher, seems you will be going roughly same route as i, and same timing, i shall be in u.k. In august and be touring around europe before heading back to oz, we should hook up at some stage and see how we go keep in touch mate cheers roger.

Hey guys, we are doing the rughly the same trip, 2Up but we will spare India this time (Last time 6 month passed there like a week). We thought for India itself we would need 6 month.

So now we are flying the bike from Germany to Bangkok mid October and then going to New Zealand (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur to NZ and after to Australia. Timeframe: October 2010 till July 2012.

Lets stay in touch, blog to come etc ...bier

Any idea how to fly the bike from Germany to Bangkok????

On the way to Nepal
 

Hello,

in October we are also in Turkey and the first week of November we will go to Iran.Maybe we can meet us on the road.Me i am German my girlfriend comes from Turkey and we want to go to Nepal.

Mike

fly your bike
 

BikerIn: try Smellybiker, they are more into sea freight but can hook you up for air freight as well...

Good luck!

G'day mate, as it happens we're doing the same trip also starting in October, going from London to Australia me on a triumph tiger and me mate on his ktm...the only issue is we've got to get to oz by mid/end december....so if youre keen to hooking up some or part of the way let us know....my post is here re the trip also in any case...
best
tom

Uk-nz
 

Hi Chris,
I am doing the same trip as you at about the same time to New Zealand if all goes well, so if you want to get in touch, be my guest.
Paul.

same trip same time
 

Hi there Christopher I am planning a very similar trip leaving Manchester UK on the 22nd of October and am definetley going as far as India, also hope to take in Nepal and Tibet if possible and if funds allow then I will ship over to Thailand and carry on from there see how far I get. I would like to meet up with you on the way and share a bit of the journey together pm me and I will give you my email address and we can arrange things from there. P.S i think I will be camping along the way as well as Youth Hostels and wherever practical cheapish hotels.
Safe Riding
Regards Billy

So, I got the first quotes in, waiting for some others though. Flying from Germany to BKK from 4700 EUR(Lufthansa, without crate) 1475 EUR all incl, and by sea arround 400 (up to 60 days). But on Friday I go to the airport to check again. Starting mid October. SEA to NZ and AU

I seams there are a lot of people heading the same way at the same time. Funny isnt it? We could all meet up somewhere actually.

dont know if I can post our blog here, is it allowed? anyway its not fully ready ...


cheers, Sascha

Thanks for all the replies!

It's very encouraging to hear so many others planning something similar - I think i'm gonna have to shelf the 'ship the bike to bangkok' plan, keep in touch with those riding overland and go from there! Hopefully this thread will continue to help a few of us on this route to at least cross paths at some point!

Cheers,

Chris

The excellent plan! And an excellent route! It is not a pity we can join. We go on this route, but in August, 2012. We leave Moscow, further on a route: Ukraina-Moldavija-Rumynija-Bolgarija-Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-Indija-Shri Lanka. In India and Shri Lanke we remain for the winter and we come back to Moscow in the spring of 2013, through Pakistan-Iran-Armenia-Georgia. We go together with the wife on one motorcycle.Honda Africa twin. We will be glad to all joined! Sorry for my english.:)))))))

riding iran pakistan india
 

g,day mate, just in uk london heading to scotland this morning its raining so should be fun i,m keeping in touch so we can hook up at some stage cheers mate roger:scooter:

Hi Roger, if you want a doss/shower/washing machine in St Andrews and you will be passing through before the 25th Aug you're more than welcome, after that I'm off to South America. Ride safe.

Iran , Pakistan ...
 

Hi everybody,
im enter crossing iran in sept and pakistan in oct. heading now to black sea coast. Is somebody else is going the same way bier at the same time

Josef

Hi Josef,

Same route but probably a couple of months behind you. Though I think there should be a few others doing this route nearer the time you are. Still keen to find someone/some people to travel iran to india with mid November this year if anyone interested?

Chris

Meanwhile we changed our plan a bit. We are going now first to NZ and then all the way back over land. It´s better because of the rain seasons. We will start end of Ocotber going arround in NZ for a while, then January going to BKK up North to Laos, Cambodia, going down south again (... Malaysia, Indonesia, etc..) all the way to Dili over land and then to AU, from there maybe to Katmandu and back to Germany, somehow mid / end next year ... would be nice to have a live map where we all are any given time ... but ...

cheers Sascha and Kerstin

Hi folks, I have a similar route. I'll start in Delhi mid Sept., going up North to Kashmir and Ladakh, entering Nepal about end of Oct., flying the bike from Kathmandu to Bangkok, Nothern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, southern Thailand (~end of Dec), Malaysia, Indonesia down to Australia (~ june). Would be fun to meet some of you!
BigTom
www.BigTomsRide.com

No worrys
 

No problem, everything went really well on my tripp so far :Beach:
Im in Georgia right now heading to armenia and enter iran before the first sept. so if anyone is around...

Hi Tom, great jouney. We are doing partly the same trip at the same time. Till you are in Thailand we are in NZ, going from there to BKK (about January) and up north about January and then we drive down to Dili to cross to Darwin, maybe we meet on the road somewhere! Have a safe trip.

Sascha

Hello guys!

i will go same route to india.leaving from vienna latest time in mid of october.
so please for acompany on the route email to

oli@alternative.at

reguards
oli

another one
 

Hi guys,

I see there are lots of you heading a similar route in a similar time. I came down from Berlin, Germany to Instanbul, will stay here for a week or so and then (late sept) continue on through Turkey and Iran. Is there anybody of you around still and interested in a meetup in Istanbul or somewhere down the road?

Wish you all a great trip,
migo

hey guys,

We are currently in Dubai having gone from London to Morocco - to Ukraine - to Iran Via Georgia and we now getting the bike serviced and waiting to get our bike flown to Nepal where we plan to head round India, Nepal maybe try get through burma or round china and continue on to Oz.

We think we will be in Nepal from November for 2 ish months, then India for 3 ish months, we have no real plan or time line. Always open to meet other bikes to ride together or just have a beer and catch up.

We could get Visas for pakistan as we left the UK over 4 months ago and that meant we would not have made it to the pakistan border in time.

more info James And Cat's Motorcycle Travel Diary - Introduction

Stay in touch guys:scooter:

London to Turkey leg
 

Hi I'm Leaving London to go as far as Istanbul, Turkey around 30th Oct !
Any one going around then?

Cheers,
Will