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by Christian77 » Tue May 17, 2022 3:34 pm » in Places » Tajikistan

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Yesterday the police and military put down a demonstration violently in Khorugh (the center/capital of the GBAO region).

Vehicles are stopped...

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Something else to note, since the situation across the river changed with the taliban takeover, it is no longer allowed to walk along the border...
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Tajikistan visa-free entry registration

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by tinylittleteacup774 » Fri May 06, 2022 1:05 pm » in Places » Tajikistan

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Hello all,
I am a US citizen who entered Tajikistan visa-free three days ago. If I understand correctly, I must register with OVID within 10 days....

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Hello there,
Some updates on the registration process under the visa free regime.
Please note that registration is required within 10 days of...

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Pakistan tourism visa / on arrival HELP!

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by Moonshine00 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:31 pm » in Visas & embassy reports

hello,

okay so due to an urgent situation with some relative in Pakistan we booked our flight for next Wednesday to Pakistan. We applied for tourism...

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shipping motorcycle to Mongolia

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by kenyon » Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:01 pm » in Places » Mongolia

Hey

because there is no entry to Russia
is there any option to get from Kazakhstan to Mongolia by motorcycle? maybe ship it?

thank you

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Enter Azerbaijan from Georgia by car with e-visa

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by Centralasia2022 » Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:04 pm » in Visas & embassy reports

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Our entry from Georgia to Azerbaijan at the red Bridge border has been rejected, even if we had a valid e-visa and a valid covid vaccination (Swiss...

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We were planning the same in a few weeks. One option that we are contemplating is shipping the car from Georgia to Azerbaijan by truck, and flying in...

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Getting Indian Tourist visa in The Stans/UAE/Oman/Turkey

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by Teddy B » Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:52 am » in Visas & embassy reports

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Hello all,

doing a trip around The Stans , and plan to go onto India afterwards . I need to get a Tourist visa but at present the Indian government...

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Good news, we’ve just got our India tourist visas in Bishkek!

Our process was:
1. We emailed the consular ([email protected]) a week or two...

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Kyrgyzstan- camping gas (not Bishkek/Osh)

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by helivans » Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:14 am » in Places » Kyrgyzstan

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Hello,

Anyone know of any small towns that may sell the Korean gas canisters?

We’re near Jalalabad currently. We know of a place in Osh, but is...

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No. Your only chance is some leftovers from previous tourists

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