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- Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:16 am
- Forum: Itineraries & trip reports
- Topic: More flights from Asia?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5104
Re: More flights from Asia?
Yeah coming from NZ so the options are extremely limited. The best I've seen is Air Astana direct out of Bangkok and Phuket at the moment. Most seem to go via Seol or the middle east. I'm no seeing anything direct out of Vietnam or Indonesia. Bangkok or KL are very similar priced for us to get to so...
- Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:25 am
- Forum: Itineraries & trip reports
- Topic: More flights from Asia?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5104
More flights from Asia?
I'm still hoping to get to Central Asia - but even pre-Pandemic this had got hard with the effective closure of Xinjang, and now of course most Westerners don't want to go via Russia now. Air Asia - a low cost airline based in KL - have announced that they will start flying to Almaty - but I can't f...
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 4:38 am
- Forum: Tajikistan
- Topic: Tajikistan - solo woman
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2616
Tajikistan - solo woman
We had planned to travel the silk road this summer - but my partner collapsed with HAPE (high altitude pulmonary odema) on the way to Xiahe (China) - so we had to come home. He's fine now - but obviously won't ever be travelling the Pamir Highway. I however still want to - I've been to 5000m before ...
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:56 am
- Forum: Tajikistan
- Topic: Tajik somoni black market rates
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14873
Re: Tajik somoni black market rates
I don't think the situation has changed in the last month - see the post above yours
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 3:23 am
- Forum: Uzbekistan
- Topic: Hotel payment only in US dollar?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9366
Re: Hotel payment only in US dollar?
Confirming that all hotels in Uzbek ask for payment in dollars. One place even had the government law on a piece of paper behind the reception just in case you tried to argue. We tried to pay (part of) the rate in som at two places. One used the same black market rate they had used to sell dollars ...
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:55 am
- Forum: Trains
- Topic: New Railway Baku-Tiblisi-Kars (Turkey)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 31309
Re: New Railway Baku-Tiblisi-Kars (Turkey)
I definitely saw talk that it would include passengers - no evidence that its actually running though
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:16 pm
- Forum: Kyrgyzstan
- Topic: US$ Dispensing ATMs Kyrgyzstan or Almaty
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1621
US$ Dispensing ATMs Kyrgyzstan or Almaty
Can anyone confirm that its possible to withdraw US$ in either Krygystan or Almaty? I have to make a decision on how much US$ cash we'll bring with us - and at the moment I'm leaning to topping up along the way. Do the ATMs only dispense $100's? Or smaller notes? Also I've heard rumours that Uzbecki...
- Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:12 am
- Forum: Uzbekistan
- Topic: Uzbek sum exchange rates
- Replies: 107
- Views: 63510
Re: Uzbek sum exchange rates
So is it correct you need to pay accommodation in US$ or at the official rate - darn - that's going to blow the budget
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
- Topic: Qolma/Kulma pass (China-Tajikistan) border crossing reports
- Replies: 99
- Views: 60690
Re: Qolma pass (from China) - report
So just to clarify - once you clear Chinese immigration - you are near the Karakoram or on it? I'm trying to work out the logistics of doing the reverse - Tashtorgan to Mugarb. We were going to do a travel agency tour from Kashgar to Tashtorgan anyways- so it sounds like they could drop us at immigr...
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:13 pm
- Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
- Topic: Qolma/Kulma pass (China-Tajikistan) border crossing reports
- Replies: 99
- Views: 60690
Re: Qolma pass (from China) - report
Oh this is interesting ... That opens up quite a lot of possibiliies - how high is the border?