KTMphil
Senior member
It is possible to ride from the UK to Thailand without a carnet de passage
Phil Evans with his Chinese guides for entering a 3 week crossing of China.
I was talking with Phil Evans this morning who has just ridden a Triumph Tiger Adventure XC from the UK to Thailand, link to his website below.
http://london-bangkok-by-motorcycle.com/
We got into the discussion about carnet de passage costs and deposits and he looked at me all puzzled. Every "ride the world" rider we have had come through here up to now has had a carnet de passage. This is a legal financial guarantee issued by a licensed guarantor (the RAC in the UK is one body that can issue one for instance), underwriting that your foreign registered vehicle is temporarily in "their" country and will exit in a pre-defined time. More here on carnet de passage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnet_de_Passage.
Phil Evans has told me that he hasn't had or needed a carnet de passage in the whole 14,000km trip from the UK to Thailand, including crossing China. Details of his route are below:
The Route
This is the rough route I’ll be taking. Traveling through:
France
Belgium
Germany
Slovakia
Ukraine
Russia
Kazakhstan
China
Laos
Thailand
Phil Evans with his Chinese guides for entering a 3 week crossing of China.
I was talking with Phil Evans this morning who has just ridden a Triumph Tiger Adventure XC from the UK to Thailand, link to his website below.
http://london-bangkok-by-motorcycle.com/
We got into the discussion about carnet de passage costs and deposits and he looked at me all puzzled. Every "ride the world" rider we have had come through here up to now has had a carnet de passage. This is a legal financial guarantee issued by a licensed guarantor (the RAC in the UK is one body that can issue one for instance), underwriting that your foreign registered vehicle is temporarily in "their" country and will exit in a pre-defined time. More here on carnet de passage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnet_de_Passage.
Phil Evans has told me that he hasn't had or needed a carnet de passage in the whole 14,000km trip from the UK to Thailand, including crossing China. Details of his route are below:
The Route
This is the rough route I’ll be taking. Traveling through:
France
Belgium
Germany
Slovakia
Ukraine
Russia
Kazakhstan
China
Laos
Thailand