Caravanistan

Anyone else visiting Nukus at the end of September? Solo traveller here looking for folks to share an Moynaq and Aral Sea tour 2 day/1 night tour....

Hello,
Myself and a friend are currently cycling the Pamir Highway. Today we arrived to Qalai Khumb from the direction of Tavildara and I am still a...

Hello guys,
my family and I are going to Tajikistan next week. We plan visiting the Pamir highway. How far can we drive past the Karakul lake to the...

Could anyone tell me how I get mashrutkas from Kochkor to Karakol? I assume I must first go to Balykchy?
Thanks.

Hi!
We crossed last week the border without any problems at all. It wasn't busy and quite straightforward. If you are planning to cross the border...

Hi, I'm a Russian passport holder living in Indonesia. I do not need a visa for Tajikistan and I'm planning to do the Pamir highway trip from Osh,...

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I would like to apply for an normal TJ visa and also for an e-visa GBAO via the official website but I can't find where I can apply for...

Hey there, I'll be hiking the Fanns sometime next week (15-20?), probably one way (alaudin to artuch) or loop (artuch - artuch) through the lower...

Since 21st march a direct Talgo-train links Almaty and Tashkent in about 16 hrs. The train runs twice weekly.

Timetable:
Almaty-2 dep 22h30 mon,sat...

There are two routes along my planned journey that I’m considering taking; Kulob - Qalai-Khumb / Rushon - Karakul.

My understanding is that the...

Can I buy a sim card at Dushanbe Airport?

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I'm a solo traveler (male, 34) looking to hire a 4x4 and driver to go from Dushanbe to Osh around late September or early October 2022. I am...

I haven't much info about the Turkmenistan embassy in Tbilisi, so thought I would post this:

We applied for a transit visa and picked up in Tbilisi....

Unless mistaken, there is not yet an embassy report on the forum for the Turmken embassy in Brussels.

The website mentions that the consular section...

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It will be two of us travelling from the 2nd of August (Bishkek) to Karakol (and then cross to Saty). Our idea is arriving at Kochkor (and Song...

Happy birthday - but you're about 11000km off (as the crow flies...). This is a travel forum for Central Asia (and surrounding areas). ;-)

Applied for a tourist visa in Irkutsk yesterday and collected it exactly 24 hours later. Express (24 hour) processing is the only option here, when...

Hello all,
I am a US citizen who entered Tajikistan visa-free three days ago. If I understand correctly, I must register with OVID within 10 days....

I will be travelling between 26 and 28 August, but I am reasonably flexible and open to hearing suggestions.

Hi everyone!

I'm departing for Nur Sultan in two weeks and plan to spend three months travelling around Central Asia, visiting Kazakhstan,...

Going to do a trek around the Fann Mountains in September and after much looking think that
Artuch - Alauddin - Chimtarga Pass - Bolshoi Alo would be...

We're 2 people looking to fill a taxi to reach the Karkara border crossing to Kazakhstan from Karakol. Our plan would be to leave Karakol this Friday...