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by nomadichappiness
Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Silk Road with kids: tips and advice
Replies: 12
Views: 10560

Re: Silk Road with kids: tips and advice

Hi Dean, I was on the road back home so no meeting on the road unfortunately. I like also your idea to impulse school kids towards exploration, outer and inner!
I'll PM you :)
by nomadichappiness
Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Cars and motorbikes
Topic: India to Italy by motorbike - summer 2019
Replies: 3
Views: 1565

Re: India to Italy by motorbike - summer 2019

Hi, I know this guy has done it 3 or 4 years ago : https://thescenicroutethroughlife.com/
Scroll through the blog posts and you might find infos on his travel with an Enfield from India to Spain.
by nomadichappiness
Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:20 pm
Forum: Visas & embassy reports
Topic: Embassy Report : Russian Visa in Uralsk
Replies: 10
Views: 3812

Embassy Report : Russian Visa in Uralsk

Hi, I create this Topic after having successfully applied for and obtained a transit visa through Russia, in Uralsk / Oral . The Uralsk consulate webpage is : https://uralsk.mid.ru/ It's in Russian, but don't worry, scroll down to find a section written VISA in english. Click on it to have the instr...
by nomadichappiness
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: Visas & embassy reports
Topic: Embassy report: Russian visa in Almaty
Replies: 66
Views: 42358

Re: Embassy report: Russian visa in Almaty

About my last post, I managed to fill the online form using Chrome on another computer, and still not working with IEor Firefox, despite the russian website advising to use those latter ones. For those interested, I could apply for my russian transit visa in Uralsk instead of Almaty. I'll create a t...
by nomadichappiness
Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Silk Road with kids: tips and advice
Replies: 12
Views: 10560

Re: Silk Road with kids: tips and advice

Hi, we have been travelling in family for 5 months on the silk road. Actually we were slower than planned so we actually arrived from Europe in the stan's in September, and for practical reasons only went until Tashkent. We were travelling Dad 37 French Passport, Mum 34 Chilean Passport and little A...
by nomadichappiness
Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:38 pm
Forum: Other transport
Topic: Caspian sea ferry updates & questions
Replies: 313
Views: 171703

Re: Caspian sea ferry updates & questions

When i checked in september, last dates were from april! It seems they started to update again. Better use it in parallel to calling directly the port.
As far as i understood, only profesor gul and merkury 1 take passengers.
by nomadichappiness
Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:09 pm
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Border crossing Kaplanbek - Tamozhnya (Kaz - Uz)
Replies: 7
Views: 5054

Re: Border crossing Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Kaplanbek Tamozhnya

I crossed from UZ to KZ. Waited 1h at the door, passed through a thorough check of all vehicle including roof tent (1st time in 13 borders!) where the agent left a mess and took out my child's bear to make childish if not mocking gestures... Totally rude. Waited 30min in no man's land with friendly ...
by nomadichappiness
Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: Roads, borders and security updates
Topic: Driving Nukus - Kungrad - Beyneu - Aktau
Replies: 29
Views: 19205

Re: Driving Nukus - Kungrad - Beyneu - Aktau

Hi, Use the iOverlander App for petrol stations, there are now stations in all major towns showed on the app. No more black market needed I think. We found always Ai95 which is Benzine 95. Check the app but I think there is also always a Diesel station in every major town. Only in Urgench we filled ...
by nomadichappiness
Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:47 pm
Forum: Visas & embassy reports
Topic: Uzbekistan new registration system from July 2018
Replies: 58
Views: 24124

Re: Uzbekistan new registration system from July 2018

Registration : we did not use the online system ourselves, but all the hotels we have been ( 4 hotels during 7 nights in 15 days : we camped the other nights) used this system to register us. So they pay a fee where entering our details and that's why they usually charge a little bit more. They can ...
by nomadichappiness
Wed Oct 10, 2018 7:24 pm
Forum: Other transport
Topic: Caspian sea ferry updates & questions
Replies: 313
Views: 171703

Re: Caspian sea ferry updates & questions

Don't think about it. In Merkury 1, there's a little salon where it's written wifi, but It's not working. Actually, it doesn't even exist. Services are VERY basic. If you know the date of your job interview, just hang around Baku, waiting for the ferry. Leave at least 3 full days (72 hours) between ...