Caravanistan

Hey guys and Steven, the Pamir Hway is on 'lockdown' at the moment, even though the protest issues are long reserved. No-one has been able to get permits for a week, from any of the neighbouring countries. Even overlanders WITH permits have been turned away. We left Khorog the day before riots, ende...

Hi all, just to share our visa waiting times in Baku about 8 weeks ago: Uzbekistan - 7 days Tajikistan - 3 days Kazakhstan - 1 day The Kazakhi visa was the fastest and easiest to get, the Tajik embassy will give you a a 'letter of request' which you basically rewrite on a piece of paper and sign and...

Ok we're back online...so., all went well at the Red Bridge Border, where we (apparently) received a permission slip which states we are allowed to ride around on our motorbikes for the duration of our 15 day visa and NOT just for the first 72 hours. We asked specifically for this and he seemed more...

Hi, just wanted to share some detailed directions to the Uzbek Embassy in Baku for anyone heading out here. Visited this morning, nice & easy process: all you need is a passport & 1 photo, they'll do the photocopying & give you the application forms to fill out. Anyway, to find the embassy, you need...

Hey guys, OK, I've just spent a week in 'deep discussion' with the Azerb. embassy in Tbilisi in regards to this very problem I've also encountered online. Basically, they insisted for 6 and a half days that nooooo, there are no restrictions for motorbikes and that they'd never heard of this '72 hour...