Caravanistan

Woah great catch Ruben! Looking very good! Happy that you found them and cool that you went to both towns. Great additional info too. Happy for you

Thanks for that good advice Currently we are thinking of taking a minibus to Ardahan then hitch or taxi to Akhaltsikhe. From there apparently it's easy to get transport to Tbilisi I wouldn’t count on getting taxis across the border, non-existent to my knowledge. But for a taxi tó the border you mig...

We just bought our Turkish train tickets from Izmir to Ankara and the Dogu Express from Ankara to Kars using https://ebilet.tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr/ The site has an English language option and was easy to use. But, it did go offline for about 24hrs so not 100 % reliable. Tickets don't go on sale unt...

Since I couldn’t find a full list of what Visatronix in Islamabad needs for an Indian paper visa, I went there today and got the info. And luckily AI could translate my photo of the paper to text, so here it is: FOREIGN CHECK LIST FOR INDIA HIGH COMMISSION 1. Original Passport 2. Polio certificate 3...

Not aure if this comment is of any value, but I got so depressed from the aktau hostels that I thought of leaving the same day. But then I coincidentally ran into a couchsurfing host. Try couchsurfing!

"The word pichak means knife in Uzbek. It is alternatively spelled as pichok, pichoq and pchak." Shakhrikhan is also spelled as shahrixon. I just put the above text there so this post will show when someone uses a different name. Great trip report! I might either go to Chust or to both Chust and Sh...

I bought a very nice Honda CG 125 recently in Pakistan, and I’ll drive around for at least a month, before exiting via lahore to amritsar-India. In case it is of use to anyone, my 125cc hotness will available to buy around that time. I’m still editing, but working on a lil video about buying the bik...

Hi, i've been reading this forum and the site and i still have a doubt: Once at Khunjerab pass, going from Xianjian to Pakistan, do i need a tour to continuos cycling the KKH, heading to islamabad? Thanks, in advance Not sure if I’m missing something here, or you’re missing some important info. Fro...

Lil update on my side. The last 2 days I crossed Tajikistan-China-Pakistan with an L visa I obtained back home in The Netherlands. In short: the highways were great but it still feels like a waste of time and money. Next time I’d go through Afghanistan instead of China. Both borders are open now, bu...

I crossed the Kulma/Kalasu border on the 4th. There was a lot of unclarity about when the border would open bc of Golden week. In the end a truck driver took me up to the pass on the 3rd. The border was still closed and I was told by the officer that it would open on the 4th at 8am. I spent the nigh...