Caravanistan

Note that this train has already been cancelled about a year ago.

The direct train from Ankara to Tehran has been reintroduced, leaving once weekly. Source (in turkish, use google translate): http://www.tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr/haber/331/

You'll certainly not be able to exchange Korean Won anywhere in Uzbekistan. USD is most widely accepted, GBP and EUR works as well (the rate is a bit better with USD), sometimes, exchange offices will accept RUB and JPY. Kazakh tenge and Kyrgyz som will be accepted near the respective borders. Excha...

No one will accept Maestro and my impression last year was that options to withdraw money with a Mastercard are extremely limited (only in a few big international hotels in Tashkent and Samarkand, just one Mastercard ATM in Bukhara last year), with visa, there should be a few more options. Card paym...

Alternatively, use Yandex Taxi and pay ~ 2000 tenge.

Uzh wrote: It seems that the booking systems at the stations is not ready for it.

The booking system isn't the problem - the staff either don't know that the train exists or have been advised not to sell it.

They don't add trains. Whatever exists is for sale. If you don't see what you need, you are either not searching correctly, or its already sold out. This is false. The official rule is that tickets can be bought starting 45 days before departure, however in practice sometimes the Afrosiyob trains a...

Hi, It appears that you cannot access the internet in Kazakhstan anymore if you don't have installed a certificate which essentially enables the government to monitor your traffic. Information on the affection on tourists by someone who is/has very recently been there would be highly appreciated. ht...

You should be able to pick it up at any larger Uzbek train station.

Probably not, but as long as it's just a few typos and not a completely different name, no one will care.