Caravanistan

Hello, I'm Bart-Jan From the Netherlands. Five months ago I left home for a long trip from Istanbul through Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and China towards Xi'an. Wherever possible (I hope everywhere except for Turkmenistan and part of China) I w...

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The blue sign is gone however, in fact it was in a corner in the back of the office, and from the outside nothing marked it as the immigration office. You need the small office just left of the bakcell shop.

My experience was more or less similar to the one from abbytia and thebee As thebee mentioned the embassy is open 10 am to 1 pm only, no afternoon opening after that. I showed up at 10.15 am on tuesday, no one else there. Got the paperwork and bankslip and was told to return in an hour. At that poin...

Crossing the border didn't cause any trouble at all. It's a huge new complex but it was almost deserted when I crossed. On the Georgian side there is a bank but they where short on Lari. It managed to change my excess lira but a 50 euro bill was to much. Even though there where busstops on the Georg...

I passed through Çıldır on my way to the border at Posof today and the locals told me that the border at Çıldır/Aktas reopened on 18-10. On the Internet I found this article in a Turkish newspaper which seems pretty convincing: http://www.zaman.com.tr/gundem_cildir-aktaskartsakhi-sinir-kapisi-acildi...

Hi all, I'm looking for opportunities for spending the winter months (2016) in Almaty. Of course I could just rent an appartment and read loads of books, but that would be rather unsatisfying. I'm looking for options for volunteering and/or studying. Does anyone have any experience doing this or oth...

Hi Tony, I'm actually planning on doing something very similar to what you're describing. In about a month I will be starting on my trip, walking from Istanbul to Xi'an (see also here: http://caravanistan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=554) I cannot answer this specific question, since my planned rou...

Hi Steven, Thanks a lot for your reply. Have you got any idea about the name or anything about this Japanese guy. I think it would be very helpfull for me if I could contact him in some way. My plan involved passing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in spring so this should be about right for the ...

Hi all, For a while I've been planning a long overland trip from Istanbul through Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan all the way to Xi'an in China. This in itself is quite a long trip involving a nice bit of planning with all visa regulations, but the complicating factor i...