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View first unread post Great Pamir adventure (Early August)

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by JaykeG » Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:29 pm » in Travel sharing » Pamir Highway rideshare

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Hi All,

I'm a 29 year old mountain trekking, camping loving Aussie male who is Looking to rideshare from Osh to Dushanbe in early August. Would...

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Hi Jayke,

I'm sending you a PM

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View first unread post Iran-Azerbaijan Border Crossing in Astara

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by Rapp Scallion » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:57 am » in Roads, borders and security updates

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Didn't find any of this in the forums, so here is a recent update

We (two German passport holders) crossed this border in May 2015 coming from Iran....

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As anyone heard of a fuel surcharge for when you depart Astara to Azerbaijan? We have been told by our agent that there will be a fee on departure to...
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View first unread post Onward tickets needed?

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by Kiwi » Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:04 pm » in Visas & embassy reports

Hello there,
Hope you're all doing great!

I have a not exactly via question (sorry if I posted in the wrong place, I thought this one might be the...

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View first unread post Almaty - Urumqi by train: reports, Q&A

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by Mikael » Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:44 am » in Transport » Trains

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Took the train to Urumqi last week with my bike. The one leaving 00.20 Tuesday... so just after midnight Monday.

Train consisted only of Chinese...

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Tutu quotes about 112 euro. Much cheaper but still expensive. Unfortunately this train seems to be unbookable there, at leasy for 23 june it is.

Not...

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View first unread post Tajikistan eVisa not arriving - stuck in Uzbekistan

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by Baschdl » Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:08 am » in Visas & embassy reports

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First: Sorry if I posted in the wrong thread, please don't delete the post. I have read all the faq on caravanistan.

Hi,

I'm from Germany and...

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I’ll vouch for using the kmuhamadulloev email address. We had applied on 16th June early morning, waiting 3 days, and then within a couple of hours...

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View first unread post China visa in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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by mikey8590 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 1:52 pm » in Visas & embassy reports

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We stopped by the Dushanbe China Embassy this morning. It is currently closed for visas until September 17th. We were told that Americans CAN get a...

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Hello.

Since we could not find any newer information on getting a Chinese visa in Dushanbe, we decided to go and check it out ourselves while we...

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View first unread post Osh to Dushanbe (incl. Wakhan Valley) - around June 24

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by ChristianU » Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:24 pm » in Travel sharing » Pamir Highway rideshare

My name is Christian, 26 from Germany and currently solo-traveling in Kyrgyzstan.

I am looking for ideally 2 more people to join me in hiring a car...

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View first unread post Tajikistan E-visa Q&A

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by emmeff » Sat Jun 04, 2016 9:31 am » in Places » Tajikistan

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I can't see a reference on this site, but it was reported on the Thorn Tree forum yesterday. Some questions remain about reliability and whether it...

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Our e-visa took 5 days. We met a few people in Samarkand who were waiting for their visas as well, for some of them it took 14 days! As the visa is...
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View first unread post Uzbekistan new registration system from July 2018

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by steven » Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:59 am » in Visas & embassy reports

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Uzbekistan is about to implement a new registration system. We have no details yet. We will update the site as we learn more.

**** Uzbek...

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We crossed today through Penjikent and were asked for the registration slips but there was no problem when we said we didn't have any as we sleep in...
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View first unread post 12 Days in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

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by Austin » Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:50 am » in Itineraries & trip reports

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Hey guys!

I have about 12 days total to spend in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and wondering what are the absolute must do/sees! My friend and I are on...

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my recommendations:
- read some caravanistan.com and/or other sites
or:
- earn some more money to hire a guide.

i think this forum is not good place...

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