Caravanistan

Probably a good idea to look at the front page of caravanistan, which has a link to rental information.

The safest thing is to spoof an entire itinerary with flights into and out of innocuous tourist cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

Get another evisa.

Googling "kokand share taxi" immediately brought up this: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/uzbekistan ... 590/357836

I've never heard this about Mongolia. So far as I know, China is the only place in the region that requires a guide.

Seems like you didn't read the visa article, as requested.

Telling him that you planned to stay with Iranian friends and naming them seems like a great way to get those friends in trouble with the authorities.

Never heard of anyone registering or getting permits for places like Dashogus. If you look at the reports here, nobody has had any problems without them. Read the info here on Turkmenistan: this is what is known here.

Where did you read this stuff?

Yes and yes.