I’ll be doing this April-July next year, and I’m planning to do it on my DesertX. In all honesty my Africa Twin is probably the better long-distance travel bike, but the idea of visiting WDW on the way home swung it
Can’t afford the time … I need to be back in Blighty for 10th July … my Birthday!! Plus I’ve done the Adriatic coast before and can do Austria anytime … but the ferry from Split to Ancona will likely be a one-off
This will be an amazing trip. I may have missed something but how are you intending to get the bike over to Bangkok?
Fabulous, you’ll have some fantastic memories from such an adventure You will need to keep us back here up to date
My son did it the other way in a very cheap car to Mongolia…. alone. Dodgy fuel, uniforms asking for bribes and wild animals were his main threats. The upside? A lifetime of memories, unbelievable stories and a slightly different outlook on life .
Holy crap.....Im well jealous lol As I've now ticked off 13 countries in Asia,on my personal quest for food,and albeit by plane..... But absolutely love Asia,and now makes my ride down to Albania in June look like a walk in the park lol..... As previously mentioned,im so jealous !! Enjoy,and I look forward to updates......
Fabulous! Keep us posted. Are you going as an independent small group or an organised group? No doubt, you will have researched political/visa requirements to negotiate through those countries. In the early 80's myself and a mate started a 3 month trip from the UK to Cape Town on XT550's. We had naively just divided the distance by about 200 or so miles a day and it all seemed do-able. Frankly our timescale was widely over-optimistic. Waits for visas, and a coup in Niger meant we never got further than Tamanrasset, which took about a month to reach. We successfully completed the trip 6 years later in a Land Rover, but it took us 8 months. We could probably have done it in six without sightseeing, but frankly, with African roads and bureaucracy at that time we would not have done it quicker than that. 4 months for your trip seems quite short, but maybe roads, infrastructure and getting through borders are better through your route today, than they were on ours in the 80's and 90's.
Ive just done a little digging on cost and it highlights how expensive and problematic it can be with Carnets and such. Like others have said i would love to know all about the trip setting up and during.
