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Uk to Oz Planning

Howdy Y'all

A quick introduction, I'm a N00b here and am planning a RTW trip from the UK to Australia, leaving in August 2009 after I graduate from university with a Masters in Engineering hopefully. I have a 2006 KTM Adventure which has already been taken somewhere exotic by the previous owner and after a little TLC is running nicely.

I'm looking for some general advice and information regarding the route, I've found out most information I need regarding Carnets, visas etc from other threads on the HUBB.

I plan on doing the trip in 2 halves, first of all, the UK to India for which I plan on getting all my visas in the UK before I go. My route goes Europe, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan (looking to avoid possibly) and India.

Due to the recent troubles in Pakistan, I am looking at shipping the bike from Chahabar?, Iran to India. Has anyone done this? Is it possible? Of course by shipping I may actually be throwing myself out of the frying pan and into the fire with the recent pirate activities!

I'm also on the look out for a traveling buddy for all or part of the journey. I have a buddy going to Turkey who will be returning after some time in the sun.

Any information or help anyone can provide will be much appreciated.

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Duncan, your trip sounds amazing! I was thinking Mongolia for next summer but Oz equally sounds epic. I'm finishing my degree next year too, and already have a few squids in the bank waiting to be spent.

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Howdy,

Any riding buddies are more than welcome. I expect to probably meet up with someone along the way anyway. So far I have a buddy to Turkey but the more the merrier.

Provisionally it is August 09 that I am departing. Is it this year (09) or next (10) that you are planning on going?

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Hi Duncan, Neil.

Me and my brother are doing the same trip (ish) starting around 01 July 2009. will be going through europe, turkey, iran, pakistan, india then on to aus. I am on KTM640 adv 2003 and my brother is Africa twin

How long are you planning to india, we are thinking along the lines of 3 months. so will be there kind of october november time.

Have you got your visas for Iran and Pakistan? Did you have any problems?

We appear to be having difficulies with both and are considering alternate routes aswell.

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Will keep an eye on the thread but if either of you guys want to get in touch please feel free. I am planning on a similar trip commencing July/August. I have a 1 week camp trip booked beginning July in at Lake Geneve booked for a mates 40th which will be attended by around 10 mates will then be carrying on from there through Turk/Iran/Pak/India.
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Hi Everyone!

I'm trying to keep my traveling itinerary as loose as possible such that I shall be able to deviate and meet up with anyone else along the way. A buddy and I are planning on getting to Turkey in about 2 weeks.

I was then thinking of about 3 weeks across Turkey, maybe less, 3 weeks across Iran, 3 weeks in Pakistan and then as long as possible in India.

Provisionally I have set a date of the 1st of August for departure from UK but would like to go sooner. If I have to I could also delay for a few days.

I have not started applying for visas yet. The main 3 I want to get are Iran, Pakistan and India before I go. I will then get everything else in India. Since the Iranian visa only lasts 3 months I was going to leave it until the end of May/ Middle of June before applying.

Does anyone have any advice on visas? Iranianvisa.com charges about £100 i think. I have also had a quote for £140. Visa world have given me the following quotes which seem a bit expensive.
Iran £ 213.52
Pakistan £147.00
India £ 106.94

Does anyone have any advice for Visas or is it just a case of gritting ones teeth, paying the cash and hoping for the best?

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