Route advise for Central Asia
Hi,
We are planning on a motorbike trip, which we will start in September from the Netherlands with end goal Kuala Lumpur.
We are facing some difficulties with our route from Turkey on. We initially planned to drive through Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand towards Kuala Lumpur (purple route on the picture below). But, since there are a lot of political uncertainties now in Iran, we are looking for alternatives.
We are thinking to travel via Georgia, Azerbaijan and with a ferry to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzjikistan, Pakistan, and so on (black + red route). But taking this route, it seems from Tadzjikistan to Pakistan we either have to pass China or Afghanistan. Afghanistan we definitely would like to avoid and it seems that crossing China for that part comes with a lot of hassle and costs.
We are also not sure of the safety in the northern part of Pakistan (Kashmir region), so as third alternative we thought of the green route. But again, we would like to avoid traveling too long and costly in China.
It would be great is anyone with (recent) experience on these routes could advise us on that.
Thanks a lot
Daan & Rahel
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