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age of your bike
Does the age of your bike make any difference for needing a carnet? I'm planning to go through Syria and Jordan next year on a 28 year old suzuki wich is only worth a lot to me.
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I entered both Jordan and Syria in Dec 05 without a carnet. I understand that this is still possible, however I did see Maja's post a little earlier on this thread that suggests they may now require a carnet. If anyone has been in recently can you please confirm this?
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Syria, Jordan and Cyprus
Englishman traveling on a Belgium registered bike, 17 year old Honda AT
Just back from Syria, Jordan and Northern Cyprus (Nov 08) and I DIDNT need a carnet, however I did need to pay local customs temporary import tax and buy local insurance. Funny enough Cyprus was the most frustrating and complicated, simply because the customs girl didn’t know what to do…
I can look up the costs if required…
Great countries and I fully recommend them… very bike friendly even though they don’t have a bike culture.
Salut
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Hello Matt,
It sounds like you enjoyed yourself.
I'm interested in what the costs for entering Syria and Jordan without a carnet are.
I'm also curious how you got to and from Cyprus, as I have a hard time accepting to pay €500 getting out of Israel.
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We crossed into Senegal a week ago from Mauritania (Diama Bridge) and Senegal are now not accepting Carnets at all.
We had to buy a local carnet for 2,500 CFA which lasts 10 days and then you can get it renewed at a customs place - for free (yeah right!) - and add another 15 days. Everyone else I have spoken to who has crossed the border in the last week have had to do the same. We're off to the customs tomorrow to try to renew so will post again if I have any more news.
The customs guy said that he thought it was a temporary situation.
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Libya
Great idea for a sticky but Libya only accepts its own version issued at the border - all in Arabic (your guide/tour agent usually organises it in advance for you). I'm doubt the Customs there would even look at a typical FIA CdP.
IME it's common for the motoring organisations who issue FIA carnets to make the list of countries longer than it actually is. Was that the origin of the original list?
The following discussion is very useful. As always the best advice comes from Hubbers on the road!
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Ok, so we keep an eye on developments in Senegal and Libya is a no. Thanks for all your contributions, keep them coming.
The 'original' list was a page on Wikipedia, but I suspect that that in turn is based on the ADAC page, as that is considered published. Anybody can publish anything on the net, that's what we are doing here.
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