Caravanistan

We stayed in Guesthouse Roma, as well as a travel group on a booked jeep tour did. It is very easy to find. Follow the main road, direction Langar. Take the first street to the right after crossing the bridge. The guesthouse is located about 50 metres, right side. You can even see it on the pic on t...

Hi there,

The Letter of Invitation (LOI) has to be issued by a Chinese Tourist Agency that is accredited by the Chinese Government.

It contains dates, hotel names, cities to be visited and - most important a red stamp.

Hope that helps

Hi self-drivers ;) I want to add our 'chinese odysee' We are 2 gernans riding two German licensed motorbikes. The agency of our choice was Tibetmoto. It's run by a German guy and apparently (according to their website) official partner of BMW. Before the trip. All questions answered very detailed. H...

Tasha96 wrote:We're driving a UAZ 452 (Buhanka) so our speed is a bit limited, haha

...at least you don't have to be afraid of the potholed stretch around Bukhara & the130 km towards the border

Happy & Safe travelling

Hi there You can easily drive from city to city in one day: Samarkand - Buchara - Nukus. We did so, just the other direction I'd recommend to travel Nukus - Moynaq, then stay at the yurt camp. End of the main road, sign, to the right. From Moynaq you can go to Beyneu. This will be a very long trip o...

Stayed at Pamirextreme this May.
Nice place - great host.
Can confirm everything said.

Hi there, I know some guys who rode their motorbikes Germany - Nepal through Iran in 2017. They started mid April. Took them 4 month, last month India & Nepal. We rode our bikes to Nepal this year, through the stans. Left end of April.. Took us 2 month, 6 weeks til Lahore via Pamir highway &...

Hi Antoine,

Sure you can.

Go to UCP.
Choose Profile, second card from the left.

Everything you are looking for is possible there.

.... Here you go

As EU citizen you can easily get a double entry russian business visa. Much more convenient compared to getting to tourist visa.

A bit more paperwork, that's all

Did it twice, no issue at all

Have a great trip!

I shipped my motorbike from Kathmandu to Munich this June by air. My freight forwarder is Unio Exports, Kathmandu - Thamel. The rate is about 1600€ including everything but cargo handling at Munich airport, that's 25€ extra. Included are: Cleaning, package materials, all fees at KTM airport, the tra...