Caravanistan

From March 12th, Kazakhstan denies entry for citizens of Germany and other countries with a high number of covid-19 infections, according to German Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/kasachstan-node/kasachstansicherheit/206342 If you hold such a pas...

Apparently Turkmenistan also implemented a similar quarantine already 2 or 3 days ago. https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/aussenpolitik/laender/turkmenistan-node/turkmenistansicherheit/206774 (German MoFA) As for the Kazakh quarantine, I doubt that it will be possible to enforce it for a long time. ...

Thank you, Christian.
I am planning to fly into Dushanbe with Somon Air from Almaty. Since I speak Russian, I am able to explain myself. So I think I´ll give it a try.

Hi there, I am somewhat confused about the requirements for obtaining a visa on arrival at Dushanbe airport. While several websites claim that all you need is a passport (e.g. https://www.ivisa.com/tajikistan-blog/tajikistan-visa-on-arrival), this official Tadjik site mentions an electronic applicat...

Hi, I am considering a flight to Semey for one weekend (Friday afternonn - Sunday afternoon). I mainly want to do the trip because of the the old An-24 aircrafts, which are still in use between Almaty and Semey (Jushnoe Nebo Airlines). However, I´d like to know, wether there is anything special to s...

I don´t know about submitting the application, but I picked up the passport of my girlfriend along with mine without problems.
I´d just try.

So I´ve done the trip with a friend, who is doing business there. While we had our private transport, there should be marshrutkas from Avtovokzal Sayran in Almaty: http://сайран.kz/news/394/ Price is supposed to be 440 tenge and the bus leaves at 11.30 pm. There are trains from Astana and Almaty as ...

Hi there, i am not sure what to think so I´d like to hear your opinion: I visited the Special Economic Zone at Khorgos on the border to China. While I received both an exit and re-entry-stamp from Kazakh customs, the didn´t take away my old migration card and they didn´t give out a new one. Since th...

Hi Steve, if you already booked some accomodation, they might offer to book your train ticket in advance (for a fee, obviously). I know one hostel in Samarkand which did that for us. I prefer platskart when travelling alone, because it´s more interesting and not that less comfortable. If you are ver...

If you are already familiar with these kinds of trains and only looking for scenic views, I would doubt that the journey is very interesting. At least for the part between Almaty and Chu (first 6 hours) there is not much to see. Mainly hills, meadows and occasional cattle grazing there. The big moun...