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by Tobbe
Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: Cycling
Topic: Best cycle touring hostel in Bishkek
Replies: 4
Views: 6328

Re: Best cycle touring hostel in Bishkek

we stayed at friends guest house, 300 m from OSH bazaar and it is an amazing place. lots of other cyclist/travelers, you can camp for small money. awesome spot!
by Tobbe
Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:37 am
Forum: Others
Topic: Work Georgia
Replies: 2
Views: 1244

Work Georgia

Hey Friends, iam on a biketrip, currently in kyrgiztan and thinking about work. I was thinking about georgia and ask you guys if anybody here has experience about working there. I have a german passport and am super keen on finding something.

please if you have any advise contact me. thanks
by Tobbe
Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:51 pm
Forum: Visas & embassy reports
Topic: Turkmenistan transit visa in Bishkek
Replies: 25
Views: 28895

Re: Turkmenistan transit visa in Bishkek

Hey "roamingcanuck".. we're about to cycle to bishkek today and first i will then get my iranian Visa there. in the meanwhile i hope that my uzbek e visa will be confirmed so that i can hooefully apply for the turkmen Visa beginning of next week. i would like to go tashkent-Samarkand-bukhara-mary -a...
by Tobbe
Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:34 am
Forum: Trains
Topic: Train with Bicycle Bishkek to Moskow
Replies: 2
Views: 2490

Train with Bicycle Bishkek to Moskow

Hey to all Cyclist,

Does somebody know how are the Train-Bicycle condition from BIS to MOS?
Is there a Cargo transport or you can take the Bike into the train?
And maybe if somebody did it already, how much does it cost?

Thanks a LOT !!!
by Tobbe
Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Visas & embassy reports
Topic: Turkmenistan transit visa in Bishkek
Replies: 25
Views: 28895

Re: Turkmenistan transit visa in Bishkek

Hey guys. Happy to read this and super interested too. Want to apply in about a week there too. So in case you have any updates and further information I'd be glad if you share it here. Thanks guys
by Tobbe
Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:41 am
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Iran sanctions 2018 Q&A
Replies: 9
Views: 1771

Re: Iran sanctions 2018 Q&A

Iam going there probably in September. so is it better to take Euro there and change to local currency??
by Tobbe
Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:24 am
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?
Replies: 8
Views: 1599

Re: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?

they asked me for my religion, and definetely thought i was not for tourism purposes there but for something that is spelled similiar to Tourism but way different. finally i could convince then that iam just a peaceful cyclist
by Tobbe
Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:22 am
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?
Replies: 8
Views: 1599

Re: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?

the road from kurya to the border mikhaikovka was ok, definitely not good but ok compared to what we were riding on before. Not much traffic. The process at the border seems easy except in the case you have a massive beard. i did so and the Took my passport, disappeaered, made we wait for a while no...
by Tobbe
Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:39 pm
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?
Replies: 8
Views: 1599

Re: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?

and yeah again, the shortcut that i described above (altayskoye-petropavlovskoye-krasnoshekovo-kurya) is not really something i would recommend. its some faceless villages, agricultural fields around..nothing mindblowing ;-)
by Tobbe
Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:36 pm
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?
Replies: 8
Views: 1599

Re: Kazakhstan to Mongolia, any way around Barnaul?

we did taschanta--->mikhailovka(kasakh border) on a 10 day Transit Visa wich was super tight to ride as it was ~1000 Kilometers. But the part on the chuysky Trakt (wich is the Highway from Mongolian border taschanta to novosibirsk) was amazing. So beautifull. We didnt have a choice but with a car i ...