Caravanistan

British, but have not been in the uk for 9 months

As a British citizen you should be able to enter with just checks over the phone: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advic ... tan/health. I would contact your embassy in Kyrgyzstan.

In The Netherlands all the pubs, restaurants (and coffeeshops 🤣)are closed for the next 3 weeks. A first step to....? I consider my trip starting in Bishkek at may 20th a no go. The world is closing down... I don’t know if you have to know far in advance if you’ll go, but personally I would wait it...

Does anyone have any updates on the current situation around the Caucasus? Was planning to fly into Baku, apply for a Turkmen transit visa, then spend a month or so in Georgia/Armenia while that processes, then transit across the sea to Turkmenistan. Is the ferry to Turkmenistan running these days?...

Kazakhstan extended its list by a couple of new countries (FR, DE, ES) :( https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-kazakhstan-travel/kazakhstan-adds-italy-france-germany-spain-to-travel-ban-list-idINL8N2B32XL In force as of 12/03. Also, (finally some good news) they removed Japan from the ...

Has anyone with a passport form a Schengen country (other than Italy) had any problems at borders because of the travel bans for people who have visited Italy? Since people from Schengen countries don’t get stamps when entering Italy, you can’t exactly proof to the border guards that you haven’t bee...

Kazakhstan has tightened its rules again: http://mfa.gov.kz/en/london/content-view/-3340 People who have been to Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Japan, Macau SAR and Taiwan in the last 30 days can’t enter the country. This was 14 days before. People who have been in China, South Korea or Iran in the last 30 d...

For those travelling with a Japanese stamp in their passport. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has compiled an extensive list of travel bans for people who have visited Japan (recently): https://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/covid19/pdfhistory_world.html It is in Japanese though, so it takes a bit of...

Great source! The British government also posted pretty extensive info for other countries concerning the virus: Kyrgyzstan: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kyrgyzstan/health There is an ongoing outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in China, some other countries in the region and elsewhere. T...

Uzbekistan update: Passport holders entering Uzbekistan from these states must stay in their accommodation & will be subject to medical supervision for 14 days: UK, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, & UAE. Passport holders entering Uzbekistan from these states will be quarantined for 14 days: China, ...

Does anyone know if these measures also affect people with unused Chinese visas in their passport? I have already got a Chinese visa, but I will probably skip it when I go in a few months. I would guess it doesn’t matter because then I wouldn’t have any Chinese stamps in my passport, but it might be...