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View first unread post 27 year old Australian looking to do pamir highway from 25th onwards starting in Osh

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by j_moss1992 » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:15 am » in Travel sharing » Pamir Highway rideshare

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Hey guys,
My name is Jesse from Australia. I am currently traveling through kyrgyzstan and looking to do the Pamir highway from the 25th of October...

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Hey I'm 31 year old Australian looking to do the same journey but maybe around the 27th onwards. If your still looking let me know! 😊

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View first unread post Embassy report: Turkmen visa in Tashkent

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by Pubung » Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:27 am » in Visas & embassy reports

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Mon-Thu (also Fri?). 9.00-12.00

Despite of everything we read about it, it was a good embassy experience. Maybe because of mid July is not peak...

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We, two Spanish, applied to the transit visa in the Turkmenistan embassy of Tashkent on 14th October, and they told us to come back to the embassy on...
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View first unread post Pakistan e-visa and VOA Q&A Attachment(s)

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by steven » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:49 am » in Visas & embassy reports

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Please leave all your questions and reports about the Pakistan e-visa and visa on arrival below.

We summarize all info in the Pakistan visa page .

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Hello, dear vagabonds!

I have recently (over a month ago) applied for a e-visa of tourist type, and after a few days I was asked to provide some...
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View first unread post China Transit as Selfdriver - Kashgar New Land Travel Agency

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by Lysistrata » Sat Sep 07, 2019 2:20 am » in Places » China

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We would like to share our experience concerning our China-Transit from Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan (Torugart to Khunjerab) in September 2019.

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Hi thanks a lot for your reports about your China transit experiences. Are these Transit companies you mentioned also organizing caravan trips from...

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View first unread post Crossing China from Mongolia to Laos or Vietnam in 2020 and from Nepal to Kirgisistan in 2021

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by CamperFamily2020 » Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:51 pm » in Places » China

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Hi motorized travellers

We plan to cross China at the end of September or begin of October 2020 from Mongolia (Zamyn-Uud) to the Laotian or...

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Another idea:

Is there something like a car delivering service in China. The idea is that you can have your car delivered from border to border and...

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View first unread post Yaghnob Valley in April?

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by Kvaesa » Wed Oct 23, 2019 1:39 am » in Places » Tajikistan

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Hi all,

I was thinking about doing a trip to Uzbekistan/Tajikistan in late-March, early-April for Nowruz/before Uzbekistan gets really hot. I'd...

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Rain rain rain rain rain. Expect that. And no going over the trekking pass into Romit and onwards to Dushanbe through the back route. There will...

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View first unread post Silk Road with 7 yo looking for other family

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by maubwana » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:37 pm » in Travel sharing » Other destinations

Hi we are a father and daughter planning the silk road route in april/may 2020 from west to east - we have our own land rover camper van, i am 52 and...

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View first unread post Izboskan border crossing UZ-KG

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by Rupert » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:15 am » in Roads, borders and security updates

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The border crossing page states that the Izboskan crossing is open for pedestrians. I'm guessing this would cover cyclists too, but has anyone heard...

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just went today.. i can confirm it's only pedestrian.. so off we continue to the Osh (Dostuk) border, to cross KG to UZ and back to renew car permit
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View first unread post Kakara Valley Border Kyrygyzstan-Kazakhstan

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by Rob-D » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:34 am » in Roads, borders and security updates

Hi,
We are from Australia and have visa free entry to Kyrgyzstan. We will hire motorbikes in Almaty and go to the Kakara Valley border to cross into...

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View first unread post Tips for vehicle storage

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by dalec.si » Mon Oct 21, 2019 2:29 pm » in Transport » Cars and motorbikes

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I am leaving car in Kyrgyzstan for winter, I have valid import permit for 12 months, I found covered space to store it.

What should I be doing to...

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Disconnect the batteries and it should be fine. Of course drain any drinking water systems if you have them.

If your tyres are not that great, they...

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