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Dushanbe to Osh on Pamir Highway - Early June 2025

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by Chapito » Sat Jan 11, 2025 11:58 pm » in Travel sharing » Pamir Highway rideshare

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Hi,

I'm Reda, 27M from Spain. I'm looking to do the Dushanbe to Osh trip in June, more exactly starting from the 4th. 3 seats available.

I plan to...

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Hi Matt, it has to be the 4th of June preferably.

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Dushanbe - Bishkek (or Osh) Self-driving rental looking for people to rent opposite direction

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by yosoyyoberdi » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:07 pm » in Travel sharing » Pamir Highway rideshare

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Hi all,

We have a 4x4 rental lined up for Dushanbe to Bishkek on a Kyrgyz car that can cross the border. The rental has a 300$ drop-off fee for the...

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Hey yosoyyoberdi,

Me and my partner are planning to do the parmir from the beginning of May. So we are very interested, and happy if you could share...

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Looking to buy car late-feb

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by 10kmax » Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:18 am » in Travel sharing » Sell/buy a car/motorbike to/from a traveler

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Me and my mate from Australia are looking to buy a car for our Silk Road travels, if anyone is selling. We will be starting somewhere in the...

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Travel insurance for trips with Russia in Itinerary

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by [email protected] » Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:08 pm » in General

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Hi,
I am a British Citizen and would like to do a overland car drive from UK To Nepal/India. The route takes me through Russia and China (I would...

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Please note that my German insurer replied regarding coverage of my world-wide policy as to validity in Russia and Ukraine: yes, except for injuries...

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Terespol-Brest Border Crossing (PL-BY)

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by sketchymarco » Sat Aug 03, 2024 2:59 pm » in Places » Others

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I haven't seen much info about this one around here, so I thought I'd make a new thread. Might be relevant now due to the Belarusian visa-free...

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Experience Jan. 2025, I put put this in a different thread
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Belarus temporarily visa free 2024

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by 123JonathanS » Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:05 pm » in Visas & embassy reports

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It seems Belarus will temporarily become truly visa free for European citizens. I know rejections are quite common at the border, so I would love to...

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Side note: On arrival every foreigner’s mobile phone is checked manually for Ukraine links (delete your messenges/r, clear texts, and limit your...
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Irkeshtam pass report – Kashgar, Xinjiang to Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan

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by Iridium » Mon May 02, 2016 7:28 pm » in Roads, borders and security updates

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This is my detailed chronicle in April 14, 2016. I traveled single. I use Beijing Time all over the journey for sake of simplicity.

07:45 – Arrived...

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Video from about October 24, coming from the Kyrgyz side.
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