Caravanistan

Milad wrote:The passenger train has recently run for the first time on the railway, for testing purposes and without normal passengers however. I have no information when they open the railway for passengers, my guess would be the beginning of summer.

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Mestia is also an amazing place, besides this Mestia I would say the Shemshak is the best for skii that is nearby by the tehran and easy way to reach. It is a very nice slope and you can find different ways for skiing. It offers the most exciting and also most challenging skiing experience. It's pr...

hello! everyone i would say that Iran(Dizin) is a good place for sik but Georgia (Gudauri) is also a best place. These places are too much amazing and enjoyable. But i would say Dizin listed of the best ski resort in the Iran and Dizin is the largest Iranian Sky resort.We can different tricks with ...

I am completely confused about the whole Visa situation for Turkmenistan... I plan to leave France in three weeks for Kirghizistan and be at the Dashoguz border crossing to Turkmenistan in six. Don't have a LOI yet (working on it with a tour agency). Not sure if I still have time to get my visa in ...

There is less than nothing to see in Dashoguz. In fact if you catch site of nothing there you should be happy cos thats more than most people see there.

Thanks Emily, Could you possible share how you made the journey? We are trying to find the most efficient way of getting from Georgia to Cappadocia. The original plan was to get the Tblisi - Kars passanger train then take the "Doğu Express" from Kars to Kayseri near Cappadocia. However I a...

So we were in Central Asia in June-July of 2017 and loved it. It's taken a while but we put together a video of our trip. I thought that this thread could be a place for people to post their videos for others to look at and get an idea of what the region has to offer. https://youtu.be/DcNMJtcZ1QI

This is all very useful information for me and I appreciate it! I used the UK and France as a metric because people still hardly raise an eyebrow about traveling there despite significant and nonsingular terror incidents there in recent years. It illustrates the point well that you made, Steven, re...

Does anyone know if this route is operating properly now (January 2018)? We will be in Tbilisi in March and want to try to traverse across to Cappadocia while we are there. Interested to know if anyone has made the train journey if they have anything to share about it.