Caravanistan

look here: https://rail.cc/train/bangkok-to-warsaw From Bangkok to Warsaw ( you can try another option ), but maybe it's not so actually.... and it's via Russia. Most trains in this link have not run since the pandemic started, and it includes borders closed to third-country nationals. A great jour...

At Nahyahkeht.

This place does not exist. Did you try reading Cyrillic as Latin and mean Panjakent? Yes, it's open.

Did you check https://caravanistan.com/border-crossings/ ?

There is no such ferry, but you can cross the Russian-Kazakh border between Astrakhan and Atyrau.

Geez, +22 hours? Are the passengers pushing it?

It goes the long way around the mountains and through Uzbekistan (meaning 4 border checks; forget it if you need a visa for Tajikistan or Uzbekistan).

Ok, I now looked up Bekobod and have to admit I underestimated the place (did not assume that there are any hotels/guesthouses)

No idea if they'll let you off the train there, but the elektrishka to Tashkent leaves Bekobod in the early morning only (6:19), while the Tajik train crosses the border in the afternoon...

So we are talking about technical issues with their app (which may be due to incompetence), but still no scam...

Wait, am I missing something or are you making such an argument about 10 cent? This is not a scam. They do this to check your card is legit. It's negligence by them to not automatically refund it, but considering the minimal amount of money it looks like you were actively searching for something to ...

No. This train has no electronic registration so you need a paper ticket to board.

You can buy tickets at the ticket counter in Tashkent (or at any railway ticket counter in Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan). You can check available berths at pass.rw.by if you understand basic Russian (but do not book there as you'd get a voucher which you need to ...