Caravanistan

Have you tried calling the Almaty bus station as they recommend here on Carivanistan? (Tel: 230 25 29, 276 26 44, 276 26 77) We are in Bishkek waiting for our Chinese visa and are also trying to plan ahead but our phone can't call to another country. We will probably go to Kazakstan next week and wi...

Does anybody know when the Kazakh-Chinese border in Khorgas is closed in October? We are in Kyrgystan now and are trying to plan ahead..

Cheers Kristian and Isa

We are applying for our transit visa in Tehran and plan on picking it up in Mashhad. Do any of you now if we should write that we are traveling by bicycle on the application under "transportation" or if writing something else is better?

Thanks for the help!
Isa and Kristian

We went to the Chinese embassy the 14. of July and were told that they no longer gave 3+3. ONLY 1+1 IS POSSIBLE NOW. Three other tourist were also told the same. (We have danish passports, two were belgian and one german) We will try and talk to them again on Sunday, but our hopes are low.. Isa and ...

We just picked up our visa for Iran in Erzurum. We had the authorization code, and it was ready at the consulate. Very fast and no hassle, exactly as before: 2 pictures (I wore a scarf) 1 copy of your passport (Ours were in color) 1 application (Is handed out at the consulate) All together 1,5 hour,...