Caravanistan

Just an update on Turkmenistan transit visa applications... We applied in Almaty on Monday 17th August and collected our 'application code' the next morning (Tues 18th). They would only issue Farab to Sarahs and told us it would take 10 working days (maybe less). It was fine to request to collect th...

Tajik embassy in Bishkek still issuing GBAO permits- we picked ours up this morning (June 5th), fast and friendly- no problems (British Passports)

Emma x

Hi Philippe
Thanks for the information- did you apply at the embassy in Bishkek?

Thanks Trevor and bwv- heading there soon with a British passport for same thing, very useful info

Steve is right- I submitted our Kazakh tourist visa application with a print-out of a hotel reservation from www.booking.com which they accepted
You just cancel it afterwards, no problem

Hi Rapp, We were also plannnig to get a Russian transit visa in Armenia but same story, you have to be resident (a Russian speaker called the embassy in Gyumri and this is the case here also) We did manage to get a transit visa in Tbilisi, Georgia though which was relatively straightforward, here's ...

The diesel in Kazakhstan is good quality and plenty of modern fuel stations along major roads/large towns (plan ahead on the more remote roads as large distances between towns- we filled up every time there was a fuel station just in case)
Emma

Hi Paula, We crossed into Kazakhstan from Russia a few weeks ago by car- we were told to keep the temporary importation/customs form we had filled out when we entered Russia as this would be valid until we exited Kazkhstan (a helpful Russian speaker found this out for us). I don't know about other c...

Thankyou andyoxus! corrected link

We recently got a Russian transit visa from the embassy in Tbilisi and crossed Georgia to Russia through the Verkhny Lars crossing (we're travelling overland in our car to Kazakhstan). There's a report on both the visa application process and the border on our website; http://www.aroundtheworldin800...