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Why did you offer an insecure method for people to submit leaks ("Insecure: DM @Wikileaks"), and why has your .onion site been unreachable since October?

Thanks for taking the time to write this

figuring out myself

Do you think the trip has changed you substantially?

Yeah that is what I had gathered in regard to India, it sounds like you can buy one second hand and get around India/Nepal alright (they don't transfer ownership but the owner will write up a sort of receipt that will do the job in those countries).

Nepal seems to be different, I have found numerous people discussing buying a bike in Nepal and getting it registered in there name (and thus, able to get a carnet as required for Pakistan/Iran). Here is one such thread I just quickly dug up which is very informative, it's from 2008 but I believe I've seen more recent discussions and things are much the same.

It sounds like Nepal is my best bet, although ideally I'd rather avoid the whole carnet issue given the cost. But I guess if I do commit to this trip, it's going to be a costly exercise anyway and might as well go all out and do it proper.

Ah, I take it you're Indian? I didn't realise that! I wish I had the ambition to explore my own country to the extreme you have (I am Australian).

The reason I am thinking about starting in India is really, I'm going to give it a go in SE Asia first - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, but after that I can't keep heading east by land (Burma is, as you say, restrictive, and China is costly to ride through), so my plan was to fly over into India and from there I believe it's possible to travel strictly overland (though Pakistan and Iran could be problematic, so I'm open to ideas anyone!).

Thank you for your info and the inspiration. I've had a quick skim of your blog and it looks very informative, I'll bookmark for the Indian leg of my journey (which is probably going to be a long time, since it seems there is no shortage of things to do!).