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by dnurick » Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:05 pm » in General

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Wondering if people have thoughts/suggestions. I have a big trip planned to the area, and am leaving in around a week. I also have a chronic knee...

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The main challenge will be rougher terrain, some areas in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan might not be great for wheeled luggage, but as long as you have a...

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any overland routes West to East in the Caucasus?

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by boreas » Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:49 am » in Itineraries & trip reports

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Hi all - I'm in the early stages of planning (what I wanted to be) an overland trip from Istanbul to Xi'an. My plan was to go Georgia -> Azerbaijan...

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Russia is your only other option. Many people report no issues but I'm still choosing to take a short flight from Tbilisi to Baku instead of going...

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Europe to India Overland

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by ElliotB » Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:36 pm » in Itineraries & trip reports

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Hey everyone! I have done a fair amount of research, particular on this great site, about the logistics of getting from Europe to India overland via...

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I'm an American doing option 2 this summer, except from Kazakhstan I'll go to Uzbekistan > Tajikistan > Kyrgyzstan.

A few points:
- You didn't...

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by yangni » Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:55 pm » in Places » Turkmenistan

Dear fellow travellers,

I am planning to get a transit visa for stay in Turkmenistan for 4 days, of which 2 days (12-13th May 25) i will use to do...

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Problems on how to pay the toll road and consequences

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by Joramun » Wed Jun 19, 2024 3:57 am » in Places » Kazakhstan

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Hey 👋🏼

I am currently traveling through Kazakhstan and will arrive in Almaty soon.
On my way I used the toll road between shymkent and Taraz....

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There is an input field on the left side where you enter your plate number. Then you press the button right to the input field ( Balance )....
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Crossing TO Azerbaijan FROM Georgia

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by aizhuval » Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:16 pm » in Roads, borders and security updates

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Hello everyone. I’ve seen multiple threads on this topic and even one the border with testimonies of crossing to georgia from Azerbaijan.

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The latest new's is that at least untill 01st of April the land border to enter AZ is closed. What comes after 01st April: Nobody knows.

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flight options with a stop-over lay-over in ALA or NQZ or even TAS?

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by manulike » Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:05 pm » in Places » Kazakhstan

Hi.
Hoping to pick your brains about my flight options.
Putting it in Kazakhstan thread, as I want to get to Almaty - but happy to fly into Astana /...

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