Caravanistan

Hi all, I did this journey yesterday from Urumqi to Xining on the D576 (that has Lanzhou as final destination) departing at 10:13 and arriving at 19:46. We were in a seating compartment (rows of 3 and 2 seats) and booked this through trip.com. The first six hours the landscape was very boring, all ...

the cancellation fee for train ticket is 1 usd.

just book if it causes you sleepless nights.

in terms of driving etiquette, UZ is the worst, followed by KZ, then KG. but once you are outside of cities, the amount of cars taper off

iron horse nomad, but i dont think they allow cars into TJ at the moment, so only KZ+KG+UZ, ie 3 out of 4 stans countries on your map this is what i noticed to be the common trend for car rental cross border privilege: option 1: KZ+KG option 2: KG+TJ option 3: UZ alone, cannot bring car outside UZ K...

i made sure we register everywhere we went. we were not asked for any paper slips or screenshots when exiting via Tashkent Airport i was under the impression that those slips / screenshots are just for insurance purpose. meaning, tourists only hold them in case they get accused (erroneously) of not ...

can confirm ATMs are everywhere and i didnt find any without fees either also, if credit card is accepted, take note there is usually a 1.5% surcharge added to your final charge. the only places i encounter without such surcharge is high end restaurants (and perhaps high end lodging, but i didnt sta...

i will describe the driving experiene and road conditions for common tourist sites, hopefully this will help someone in future planning 1. Southern Issyk Kul road paved and gravel alternating, flat, any sedan can make it 2. Fairy Canyon dirt, flat, any sedan can make it 3. Ak Say Canyon dirt, flat, ...

i will describe the driving experiene and road conditions for common tourist sites, hopefully this will help someone in future planning 1. Charyn Canyon paved, flat, any sedan can make it 2. Lake Kolsai #1 paved except final 500 m uphill section, but any sedan can make it 3. Lake Kaindy dirt / grave...

been here a few days now really enjoyed the opening ceremony. i have nothing to compare against since this is my first WNG. but for all the disorganization and lack of updates prior, i thought the whole ceremony was very well done. excellent choreography. good job kazakhstan. there are still empty s...

Just a head's up: it seems they are selling the tickets in batches. So there are still/again tickets available. Edit to add: we got tickets for the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony (which is right after the Kok-par finale, so if you want to attend the closing ceremony you need to get a tic...