England to Australia on a DRZ400
Hey there everyone, I'm planning a trip from England to Australia on my DRZ400 (alone) and will be departing in August / September. I have most of the trip planned but there are however some niggly bits that I hope someone can help me with.
Europe should be pretty straight forward as should Turkey and Iran, but I am extremely reluctant to travel through Pakistan given the current situation. Firstly I would like to ask if anyone has travelled through Pakistan to India in the last few months that can shed some light on how realistic riding is as a westerner.
My other option is to hop over to the United Arab Emirates from Iran and ship myself and the bike over to India, however I am having extreme difficulty retrieving quotes on how much this is likely to cost, and I need a rough idea to budget the trip realistically. Does anybody have any experiences with this and if so how much did the journey from UAE to India add up to? Any other ideas are welcome as I'm open to other options.
Once I've made the journey to India I'll be riding to south east Asia and ultimately to Australia. There lies my next problem. Getting the bike from Asia or Malaysia to Australia seems next to impossible without freighting it again. I'm pretty certain this will be out of the question due to my budget, so I was thinking of putting the bike in storage somewhere in s/e Asia or Malaysia whilst I go over to Australia to work. I cant seem to find any information on vehicle storage around this part of the world, so again has anybody had any experiences with this, and would this be possible?
Thanks in advance, George.
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