Turkey: If you are a British citizen, you can easily get your visa at the border gate for 90 days.If you need more information about Turkey,dont hesitate to ask and visit our club when you are here for welcome drinks,adventure talks and get your maps for turkey and istanbul.
We advice you not to miss meeting good people,exciting routes,cultures, in Turkey,İran,Pakistan and India. You will meet many riders on this route
to change informations,experiences and advices.
The two bad news are;
1- gasoline is 700 now instead of 100 for foreigners in İran.
2-Gasoline very expensive in Turkey. (about 1,80 euros)
A very cheap alternative is there is a train from İstanbul to Tehran which you
can use completely or partly.
There is no security problem as long as you obey the traditions,dont take any photos of the protesting groups (Better keep yourself away from main squares and mosques after FRIDAY MIDDAY prayings in mosques.
Two friends of our club has got some photos with protesting groups but were let free after some hours with a prize.(5 Packets of macaroni.)Police escorts both in İran and Pakistan are both friendly and even share their bread and milky tea with foreigners.(This is the only food they are given by their government.)In Dalbandin ask for escort police Mustafa.Give him the selams of Turkish Search and Rescue team members, İsmail, Burak,Adil,Mehmet (me).
While you are following the Toyota pick up,with escort polices having AK-47 guns,15 km.after Dalbandin you will meet a road sign :
“Sandy Area Ahead, Pass With Your Own Risk”
Is there anything more to say about the adventure you will share?
wish you all the best.
MEHMET Z.AVAR
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