Globe Gallivanting- motorbiking across the world

When we were looking for information for shipping bikes it was very hard to come by for this route, so we decided to put this on for anyone looking to do a similar thing.  So here’s a shipping report for anyone trying to ship bikes from India to Thailand.  Obviously we didn't actually want to ship at all, and would much prefer to do it all overland, but Burma aren't willing to give motorcycle tourists visas, so that was that.  We went as far as we could, right up to the border in Bangladesh (we even asked the border guys), but then turned back and sent it from Calcutta. We researched various departure points and destinations around the area and this one won in terms of price AND speed. Kathmandu to Bangkok was pricier on flights for us, and based on other peoples reports pricier for shipping too. Chittagong in Bangladesh for sea shipping proved to be far more expensive, far less professional, and much much slower. Chennai, Sth India, to Bangkok looked to be...

That afternoon we discovered 9 British Embassy workers were arrested for allegedly inciting riots.  Britain immediately chucked out some Iranian Embassy workers.   It was impossible to find out what was actually happening.    The average Iranian has this problem all their lives.  The rich families have illegal satellite discs and proxy-servers so they can access world news.    We tried for Indian visas again in Tehran.  Because of the worsening situation with Britain, all the phone lines had been cut.  The Indian official behind the counter was very nice, and tried his hardest for us. Sadly though, Indo-Anglian bureaucracy means that the only way to procure a visa for a Brit is to contact the Indian Embassy in London to request one. Obviously that was unlikely to happen.  The permission needed to be fax, and the E-mail system was aparently down anyway.  We were stuck, without an Indian visa, again.  This meant that on...