Caravanistan

Hi guys. No activity here for a long time. I have a couple of questions. 1. Went to India this February, a tourist visit for 12 days. Plan to visit Pakistan in July. Will they refuse me? What happened in the past, any experience? 2. I live and work in China. What is the chance they will call me for ...

July 25, 2019 Started from Kungrad early in the morning, 7am. Luckily found a ride directly to border, didn't even pay. :) Was there by 12, noon. Border is chaos, people are all around. :D But crossed quickly. Uzbeks asked me for registration slips, I had 3 nights covered (out of 8). They didn't che...

Traveled there end of July 2019, on the way from Astrakhan to Tbilisi. Stayed one night in Grozny. People in Chechnya are truly fantastic and sooo hospitable! I didn't feel unsafe at all! Even when two radical islamic youngsters approached me and told me to dress properly (I was wearing short sleeve...

That night I arrived to Kashgar, found a hostel. Took a walk around. Really liked the atmosphere so planned to stay for two nights. But after all that hassle in the previous two days I wasn't sure I really wanted. Tomorrow morning visited Kashgar attractions quickly, took my backpack and hitched all...

Traveled there this June on the way to Tajikistan. Planned 6-7 days, but made it in 4. Why? Because of all those things mentioned above. After 33 hours on the train Beijing-Turpan, arrived there 4am. Waited for the sunrise and started my hitching. The plan was to go to Bostan lake to swim, so hitchh...

July 9th 2019. Serbian passport, from Konibodom to Kokand via this border. Uzbekistan visa free. On foot. Very simple and fast, 10min Tajik side, 10min Uzbek side. No Xray, no luggage check, no dumb questions (not any actually :D), nothing. Just stamps and welcome! There is a procedure for cars, it ...

Hi folks. I traveled around Xinjiang province of China for 4 days (hitching, night trains). Practically, it's a war zone, a bunch of guns, police, you really don't enjoy. I departed from Kashgar at 2 pm and managed to get Tashkurgan by 9pm. 7 hours of pure hitching, 300km.There were three checkpoint...

Got it yesterday, applied on 16th. 3 days in total. GBAO + evisa.