Caravanistan

Can anyone recommend a Scrapyard/s in Mongolia?

Our car won't be worth selling on and the duty would more than likely cost to much to be worth any...

Hey everyone.

I just wrote this piece describing the practicalities of travelling from Xinjiang to Altai Republic through Khovd and Bayan-Olgii...

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I'm planning to enter Burma from China in about one month from now, in the beginning of October, spend a few weeks in Burma and continue to India....

For a tourist visa:

Visa application instructions on the website are pretty clear.* Fee to be paid by bank transfer to the embassy's German bank...

Hi all,
Ill be heading for a few trekks in central asia during the summer (mid July - mid August) and we are now checking our gears. I've thought of...

Hello Expats!! How are you doing in Astana? The end of May, 2015 looks really beautiful in Astana. Temperature hovering around 20 deg. cel. has given...

Hi people, please don't consider this post as an advertisement, rather a suggestion to all the travelling folk. There is now a real hostel in...

Hi all,

I'm planning a 5-week trip to the Stans in mid April, currently flying into Turkmenistan, crossing into Uzbek, which leaves me 2-3 weeks in...

Hi all,

I'm planning a 5-week trip to the Stans in mid April, currently flying into Turkmenistan, crossing into Uzbek, which leaves me 2-3 weeks in...

Hi wonder if anyone give me some information on this train does this train still exist? apparently it leaves at 20.03 in Khujand and arrives in...

ProFoto Centre is a great place to get your photos printed or any other kind of prints made. Great, central location right on Prospekt Chui, west of...

Crossposted from LP's Thorn Tree forum:

Late May/early June, 2014:
Dushanbe: I flew into Dushanbe, Tajikistan from Moscow and stayed at Yeti...

This is just to confirm that the info in the embassy report in the visa section is still valid as of July 2014, except I only paid 675RMB for 1 day...

*I'm traveler holding Taiwanese passport.

Extension Visa in Kabul:
1. This type of visa could be obtained in Mazar-e Sharif,Kabul,and Herat.
2. In...

Hi,

I heard that on 19th August the border at Ishkashim (from Tajikistan to Afghanistan) was closed for 25 days due o a cholera outbreak? Has...