Caravanistan

Hi everyone! I’m Charlotte (25F) and thinking about doing a 3 day hours trekking trip to song kol lake in June 25. Looking for a fellow traveller to...

Has anyone successfully applied for a GBAO permit in Tashkent or Osh at the Tajik Embassy/Consulate?

I'm looking to make a 6 or 7 days independent tour from 19 to 26 of may in the Aktau region, a 4X4 car is around 80-150 euros per day so shared would...

Multiple news pages are reporting that the train from Tbilisi to Baku will be running from May 1st. As they quote high-level politicians, this does...

I would like to share our experience here how we actually managed to cross the border by bicycle at Lagodekhi today.

A good two months ago, I wrote...

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I’m Barnaby, 32M from the UK and looking to travel through Central Asia in May. Hoping to do the Pamir Highway from Dushanbe to Osh from...

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We are two friends (32 years old) from Italy and Germany traveling the Pamir Highway from Dushanbe to Osh for 9 days starting on the 14th of...

Hello,maybe after years and years waiting for relaxing visa rules we could have a new era for the hard to obtain Turkmenistan permit.
Accordingly to...

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I am in need of great tips for a 4 or 5 day hiking route in Uzbekistan. The catch: We would prefer to hike without tents, so ideally we need...

Hi, we are 2 from Taiwan (M, F, both 28) planning to hire a 4WD with driver for around 9–11 days, doing a loop from Dushanbe sometime between May 21...

Hi all, I tried searching and found no satisfying answers. Is there any place in Uzbekistan you'd actually recommend to try camel riding? I saw the...

We just had an excellent experience hiking through Nuratau Mountains in Uzbekistan with an absolutely amazing mountain guide. I thought I would share...

Hi all, I have searched the topics and think this is a new one, but apologies if it has been covered before and under the new 2023 rules.

We will be...

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I am currently traveling through Kazakhstan and will arrive in Almaty soon.
On my way I used the toll road between shymkent and Taraz....

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I've been planning to go to Priozersk for a while - the other day a friend of mine who's been said he met a Kazakh guy who told him...

In June 2018, I could buy a car insurance on the border between Kyrgyzstan (Chon-Kapka) and Kazakhstan (Aisha-Bibi) at the office of Centras...

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I'm currently in Samarkand with plans to travel through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan over the next three weeks. Given my desire to do a fair...

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I am a solo traveler (28M) from the US and looking to split a ride from Osh to Dushanbe mid July from around 13 July to 22 July. Dates are...

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Anyone interested in joining a Fortresses tour from Khiva to Nukus this Tuesday 29?

The total price would be $75 for the group,...