Caravanistan

re british government post : https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advic ... quirements

in short... 15 days until 2017 december 31

you should scroll down the forum to read other posts..... the suspended GBAO permit was only for 2 weeks and only for permits issued in Dushanbe

Tashkent to Shymkent via Chernyaevka border crossing.. from TSUM department store, green bus #97 1000 UZSom to near Yunusobod Bazaar.. then mini marshrutka to the border,walk the last 400m. Other options possible too. On entering immigration hall, fill in another immigration form, like you already h...

Dushanbe to Samarkand border crossing info....(Tursanzade/Denau) 1. Zanisar bazzar in Dushanbe to Tursanzade - marshrutka 70mins, 5 TJS 2. Tursanzade to border - shared taxi, 10 mins, 7 TJS 3. (After clear all immagrations)   limited options, not many people. Border to Denau - shared taxi, 10,000 Uz...

yes, tickets are needed for overland travel, ohne Auto.. they would not budge... even after 45minutes of pleading

hope you get thru in the 4 days they gave u...youll have to drive , day and night

yes, as of end of may 2015... still closed..... for everyone..... though chinese are re building the road near Anyi, on the way to Panjikent......

apparently, the boss of Uzbek and boss of Tajik were like brothers.... now they don't get on , at all....

picked up my visa...... i only got 15 days.... in a 30 day window... (not 30day visit, but got the dates i specified). i queried it but got the usual . Niet....... but only paid 65$ and not 75$.... hope u get lucky too

went to Uzbek visa office today in Dushanbe British passport, NO loi.... small office round the corner where english speaker taps in ur info into the computer..... form only in russian... prints it out, staples 1 photocopy of passport and 1 photo..... 5 somoni.... go to visa office, told to come bac...

khorog to dushanbe .... road conditions..... northern route.... only used when southern route is blocked. big landslide on southern route last week so northern route was used. but northern route is BAD. i came thru on southern route..... may 21.... in a mini van.... 14 hours... 250somoni.... lots of...

I will be cycling from Bishkek, Osh, Dushanbe, Khorog, Sary Tash, Osh, Bishkek. Starting June 1st. Any further information on the roads? Was the Tajikistan embassy easy to find? Can you give directions please? Thanks Matt tajik consulate easy to find in bishkek. the roads are crap. but depends on u...