Thankyou all very much for the responses..
Perhaps my query was a little unclear.
I was trying to get a drift of the fuel and visa costs only..and possibly shipment back to UK. I gather that baksheesh and crazy fuel costs can add up!!
Not too sure what an 800% carnet is? Some sort of deposit reimbursed when you dont sell the bike in Egypt ?(I used to live in Dahab as a divemaster but only had my trusty pushy).
I lived in India for 4 years so am pretty used to finding a cheap way!! Am also T total and veggie which helps costs..
Thanks for the SEAsia tip but I used to live in Chiang Rai (Thailand) teaching Burmese refugee kids and I ran a little cbr400 all over the Area (great twisty roads up north)..and later cycled through Laos/Viet/Cam/Malaysia and right down to Singapore (took 2 years to do it!! the knees limited me to 100ks a day cause of previous motox racing).
Funnily enough I left San Sebastian this morning (just arrived in Tours)and had a couple of South Africans (Joburg) on the bus. They reckon a bike and papers will be buyable without a local address but crossing borders could be an issue? Or necessitate bribes.
Thanks to all for what is a great web site..couldnt contain myself!! just handed in my notice!!
Matthew
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