Caravanistan

netllama wrote:Thanks for sharing this trip report. Do you have any photos from the trip that you could share?

Sorry for my late reply, been busy processing my photo's from this trip. You can find some from Afghanistan on my website: https://thijsbroekkamp.com/afghanistan/

I did get a double entry visa, no problem. You can apply for your second as soon as your first visa is scanned upon entering the country. I received mine without problem. Mazar is probably the safest place in Afghanistan to go now

Just thought I’d share some information about travelling in Afghanstan as there is not so much reliable info on Afghanistan. I visited from 23 september 2018 for a week. We flew from Tashkent to Kabul with Kam Airlines. There are regular direct flights, the only thing was that we were not able to bu...

Thanks so much for the extensive information! Will go for a 4wd then

Hi guys, In the first week of november we want to rent a car to in Almaty to go to singing dune, Aktai, Charyn and Kolsai. I’ve been reading up on the information here and I gather that everywhere the season ends around end of october. The tourism office in Almaty couldn’t provide me with a clear an...

Crossed this border from Afghanistan to uzbekistan two weeks ago and was not as bad as I expected. Afghan side quick and easy, Uzbek side took some longer as they are checking your bags. Unpacked some items from my bag, They flipped through a few photos on one of my dslr camera’s and did not check m...

After 2 weeks of in Uzbekistan now so far the registration has been far less of an issue as we thought. Just hand in your passport and the hotel manages the rest, you don’t even have to have the slips anymore as it is all online in the system anyways. We spoke with the owner of the responsible trave...

When we left Tajikistan the end of august, locals told us it would be around 20 - 25 usd.

We crossed a week ago from Tajik to Kyrgz and it was a very easy process. They did not search our car or anything, we had to pay 10 usd for the car and in Kyrgyz side 15 usd. No bribes and no eco tax of 1000 somoni. Quite an easy process.

Ahh, so then the only option would have been that I applied for a visa for the 22 september and upon arriving another one for the second date...