Caravanistan

This is a post regarding our experience on travelling from Bandar Abbas, a port city by the Persian Gulf in the southern Iran, to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by ferry in late December 2016. The original post with photos is on 900days.cyaontheroad.com/post/156667059172/iran-to-united-ar...

An update about the train route "Nukus to Aktau via Beyneu". Nukus, a less travelled city in western Uzbekistan, and we paid a visit in early Oct 2016 not for anything but the departure for Kazakhstan from Uzbekistan by the train route below: * Nukus (Нукус, 17:25 local time) - Beyneu (Бейнеу, 06:20...

G'day folks, My partner and I just travelled from Aktau to Baku by ferry on the 16th of Oct and here are some updates from our experience. Azerbaijan Transit Visa and Aktau 5/Oct (Wednesday), we arrived in Aktau in Kazakhstan after a 24-hour trip from Uzbekistan. It’s also our second visit to Kazakh...

G'day folks, We travelled from Dushanbe to Samarkand on 22/9/2016 and here is our experience. * 9am left guesthouse in Dushanbe and took bus #8 to Zarnisar Bazaar (1 TJS per person, 30 mins). * Hired a taxi at Zarnisar Bazaar for 42 TJS for whole car (we were 2) to the border. 1 hour. It was approx ...

Hi there, I like to share our experience about the e-Visa. Since the e-Visa website's FAQ says “E-visa holders can enter to the Republic of Tajikistan through all border points” so I presumed e-Visa is valid at international airports and at land borders. We decided to give it a try when we were in T...