Caravanistan

When you get your approval letter from Bishkek embassy by email, you can either: - go to the border (59usd) but only if you stated urgent on your applicationi was told - go to an embassy to pick it up which is a bit cheaper (35?) and give you more certainty also, on the approval letter there is no e...

same as bocekm’s post, smooth border crossing in Oct 18. but want to add that: - i exchanged dollars in konye urgench. rate was 18 manat for 1 usd. But it could be more (it was almost night and bazaar was close so i found only one person keen to exchange. dont change at the bank (rate is 3,5)) - the...

i crossed border from China to Kaz beg. of August. i was cycling. Infamous side door was locked and guy refused to open it. guy is not police, he works for bus company. i asked Customs, military and police to intervene but they told ne they have no authority there. after 1h yelling at everybody i we...