My Travelling Experiences

Sieam Reap Temple   When I was Denied Land Entry at Mayanmar border from Thailand earlier and then at Laos-Thailand border too, I got frustrated. But since I had Cambodia e-visa,  I thought I should give a try and enter Cambodia from Thailand. (Reason of denial for Myanmar:- No land crossing for foreign passport holder since 15 May 2023 and for Laos:- I can enter but no bike allowed without written permission for less then 350 CC engine capacity. They showed me some permission letter examples to contact for permission, I am sharing below if anyone need) Cambodia visa can be applied online and usually it comes within three days (So was Laos Visa, which came on second day). In Cambodia e-visa, they clearly mention that ports of the entry for the e-visa is valid. So that's a good thing. I checked that Krong Poi Pet entry was on the list. I drove 550 kilometers to Poi pet Land border from Thailand-Laos border (Nong Khai, wonderful town, I will write in Thailand blog) M...

  This is approximate route of my driving in Malaysia about 1500 Km  Google Map For Kualalumpur, here is the Kuala Lumpur Tourist Guide map and Metro system Map guide  Link I started from Kuala Lumpur and stayed first night at Seremban which is around 80 km from Kuala Lumpur. It seemed to me a historical City and like all the other Malaysian cities, there are same typical colonial time buildings that confirm the downtown of the city.  Seremban city street view  I stayed in variety of places like downtown of the big city, small  towns/villages and on Highway motels during my driving in the Malaysia. Only avoiding tourist places because I think Tourist places are mostly artificial. They just want to show what they want to show and you do not see what is the reality as a life of a common man. Anyway the benefit of this also is that normal places are quite cheaper in every terms like food, stay or even any other services. City Entrance or Muar Hotel...

I drove in UAE when I was traveling on my silk route tour in 2017. I reached Sharjah (Near Dubai) by ship from Bandar Abbas, Iran and it took me a full day to get clearance from the Customs for my bike.  In that process, overall I understood that basically I am importing the Bike into the UAE and it costs total 175 Dirham as a custom fee, out of which some value ( About 25 Dirham) is refundable if I take out my bike from country within a certain period of time (and I was sure that I am not going to come to this office again for such a small amount of Refund). I was happy that this port was operated (Workers) mostly by South Indians and I was so relaxed, happy to see 'My people' after landing from the ship and I was not in a hurry to finish the formalities for bike clearance and get out from this port. I told the guy 'Ramanathan' " Sir, I am not in hurry. I need to eat first. Please tell me where to get 'Food' and later we will start again with procedures fo...

My Driving Route through Iran in 2017 I drive around 7000 km in Iran, and it was quite a different experience than driving in Europe. I entered Iran from Azerbaijan ( Bileh Savar بیله‌سوار) border, and we can say that it was only by the grace of god that I got entry inside Iran without having proper documents for my bike ( Carnet De Passages ) or may be due to the ultimate hospitality of Iranian people. At the entry point of Iran border, they took me in a room and my bag was so thoroughly searched that I myself was seeing many of my things after a long long time ( "Oh, so its here. I didn't lose this. Oh, that is also there etc. 😅). Every bit of my bags was on the table and when I said that "I know no liquor allowed in Iran, so don't worry, I didn't buy anything like that" then the young security personnel thanked me for respecting their culture and law and concluded the search.  After the bag search, they took me to a room and I was interviewed like 30-45...