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If you are stuck !
Free camping @ N 24º12.943 E 035º25.503
and the s are always cold
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This offer is for all motor bikes going north or south within Egypt.
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TO THE KIND ATTENTION OF ALL BIKERS WILLING TO RIDE STRAIGHT THROUGH SYRIA
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Situations in this part of the world may change so fast and you may not be the one among %0 1 who has been successfull to complete this trip.

Personally ı know many many bikers and in touch with them who are still stuck in the area.

We will not write any more comments for this thread again.

So its better not to take this risk and keep in touch with us or honest and trustful local people recommended by other bikers..

Wish you all the best and safe trips.

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Maybe get in touch with these guys for information as they seem to have a ferry from Greece to Egypt on their itinerary for next Jan. Could be a charter of course but with about 50 vehicles it's unlikely.
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now feb 29th and stuck in egypt trying to get to Turkey with 4 bikes. Rupert and Fanny have been many weeks. Some people think it is easy to just hop on the nearest fishing boat. Try it!! Not so easy, but any updated news is welcome.
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Check out your thread

For updated news the other thread on this topic is more up to date:-
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...pt-any-62770-2
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Alexandria is a nightmare, as is the paperwork and officialdom to do anything in Egypt. Ships need international permits to go out of local waters - the idea of putting bikes on a fishing boat is more than just fanciful. Customs and immigration will only process an international sailing. Its freight via Grimaldi, and then fly. There are no passenger ro-ro ferries anywhere out of Egypt, after the Venice-Syria-Alexandria sailing went pop last year following the selling off of the ship to work the Spannish islands. It was nearly always sailing empty and inevitable that it will not be able to continue. The London-Cape Town rally with 100 people, and 50 cars, had to charter a ship out of Greece and this was not easy and enormously expensive - (January) and all indications were that a return to anything like a regular sailing for passengers is most unlikely.

Given Syria visas are being issued, is it totally out of the question to make a non-stop crossing of Syria from Jordan to Turkey?

The Egypt border is open into Tunisia - has anyone done this lately?

....Given the cancelling of the ship from Venice to Alex was publicised on this forum last summer, surely nobody has set off from Cape Town expecting to be able to get across the Med out of Egypt easily?
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'The Egypt border is open into Tunisia - has anyone done this lately? '


Dont you mean Egyptian border to Libya??

Yes, I have just got back from UK -Italy - Tunisia-Libya -Egypt - Libya - Tunisia - Italy - UK in my own landcruiser.

Libya wasnt issuing tourist visas, but did it on a business visa,
Also be warned that at Sollum they could not take payment or issue a Visa going into Egypt, they put a stamp in passport & wrote something in arabic but told us that we HAD to get & pay for a visa before we would be allowed to leave the country
The only place we found that we could do this was by going to Cairo airport to get one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Grimaldi used to offer passenger services, also for Alexandria - not anymore?
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Wadi we may take you up on this offer!!! We are leaving UK to go to Dubai via Libya, Egypt and KSA on the 22nd September!!!!

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Free camping @ N 24º12.943 E 035º25.503
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Geoff: how so?

geoff0911; give us a hint as to how you are doing this UK to Dubai connection via Libya on Sept 22.

Libyan visa, tourist or business?

Car or motorbike?
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Wadi we may take you up on this offer!!! We are leaving UK to go to Dubai via Libya, Egypt and KSA on the 22nd September!!!!
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