Caravanistan

Just cross Shirvanovka-Novofilya and everything is really smooth. I arrived at Quba bus station at 2pm and couldn't find any shared taxi heading to Samur. Taxi driver were asking for 25-40 manat per car to the border which is quite a lot. Instead I walked to the highway and luckily someone picked me...

We just finished turkmenbashy - alat journey 2 days ago and would like to post some update on this route. Currently in July only 2 Turkmen fast ships are running on this route. Dagestan and professor gul are parking in turkmenbashy and alat respectively. We were on begtiyar and 1 ticket cost 100 dol...

Applied in Bishkek, received a letter 10 days later by email and I decided to get my visa in Dushanbe. Arrived in 17.06.2019 10am, prepare a colored-copy of your passport, a picture and the consulate will give you a form to fill in again. After filling in the form, the friendly consulate will give y...

Best experience I can have in embassy. HKSAR passport holder applying for 30-day single entry tourist visa without GBAO permit. Picked visa up after 1 day and everything is really smooth. I even got a little postcard of Tajikistan for welcoming. According to embassy, tourist visa can only grant a si...

One little note for this border crossing:
It is NOT an e-visa border listed in the 12 international borders in Kyrgyzstan e-visa website.

If you are holding e-visa, do not enter/ exit from this border. I missed that piece of info and got deported back into Kazakhstan.

Can you mention what are the options you have picked in the portal, as a footnote to other travelers?
Especially for City of birth, Country of birth, Country of citizenship and Current country of citizenship, as appears on your passport.

Crossed Kordai several days ago and experienced some issue when entering Ak-zhol border checkpoint in Kyrgyzstan. I am a HKSAR passport holder and holding an single entry electronic visa. Officers in Ak-zhol insisted that they do not process E-visa in Ak-zhol, and asked me to go to another border ch...