Caravanistan

OOHH, yes, i didnt move my ass at all in Islamabad, the only thing i did was applying for my indian visa at the visatronix office. My batteries now almost fully charged again, and tomorrow go on the way to Chinese border, Kunjerab pass. As it takes "up to 15 days", but also somebody received it in 7...

NOO, its all free of charge, sometimes they tried but not anoying at all, you get 3 free nights sleeping on a dirty floor or matrass !!

The Baluchistan crossing is i think worse then ever. It started very well. Left day 1 early in BAM, around 7 am, just had a stop in Zahedan town center to change my rials to ruppees, toke some time to find and get in and out of town, and the change. Getting petrol also is complicated, big cues and e...

i am currently in bandar abbas and crossing taftan border in 2 days and in a couple of weeks going through wagah-border into India, dont had any real problems, the usual paperwork and visa-costs. Depends also a little what pasport you have !! Will keep you updated !!

i was rejected from the e-visa on 30th august. Mailed TAP-persia on 14th septmeber, had some minor issues as the itinirary, and my pasport-foto wasnt as it should be, they applied it on 18th and on 21th i had my e-visain my e-mail. Picked it up in Erzurum on 26th. No problems at all. In Iran now sin...

I had a silimar problem with the governements website, after exact 30 days i was denied the visa, then i contacted TAPersia, and it was done in a week, kosted about 30 euros (plus 75 euros to pay in Erzurum).

And surprisingly i get my evisa today, 6 days waiting, 100 US for the LOI and 90 EURO for Ivisa-service. All by all, not cheap but good service. TRied to do myself, always errors in the system.
Will be at Taftan-border in about a week i think depending how lazy will be my driving next days.

Thanks Rebecca, i also used Lost horizons for the LOI, it was after payement (100 US) done in 36 hours. Now waiting for my visa, i am on day nr 6, curious what time it will take before i can go to TAFTAN border . . .

I used them a month ago for a htoel booking in Tabriz, with an open date, and when i maild them last mo,day that i would be maybe arriving the day after in the hotel, everything was aranged, the hotel knew i was coming. Not really bad service. I ised TAP-persia for the visa (after trying to do it my...

I crossed the border yesterday,it took about 3.5 hours, it was a public holiday, and it was crowded. The insurance for my car was a small problem, the office was closed, but some fixer had contacts and arranged it, ofcourse at "scam-price".Later i went to Maku (first bigger town over the border, abo...