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  1. JakJones avatar

    RE: Advice for Route: UZBEK-Mazar-Herat-IRAN

    by JakJones 24 May 2012

    Termiz-Hayratan was open for foreigners last month for sure. It is also the current supply route for NATO since Pakistan and US relations…

  2. Mjgoali avatar

    RE: Overland in Afghanistan

    by Mjgoali 21 May 2012

    If someone who never made a single step into afghanistan (or was flying in and out of Kabul) gives any advice about the security information…

  3. quetzal avatar

    RE: See the Corniche at Night

    by quetzal 20 May 2012

    It is Doha not Kabul.... ! totally safe and if you go down by the Sheraton end it will be quite busy....

  4. Trota1 avatar

    Re: Unplanned travel

    by Trota1 20 May 2012

    > When did young people become so risk adverse? OP, I truly doubt that percentage-wise young people are more risk adverse today than…

  5. JakJones avatar

    RE: Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan

    by JakJones 19 May 2012

    I agree with Afghan Guy. Bamian itself is fine but all routes to it are currently very dangerous. Illegal checkpoints with robbery on…

  6. afghanguy avatar

    RE: Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan

    by afghanguy 18 May 2012

    It is safe to drive from Mazar to Kabul although these days the journey takes more time than the usual due to lots of NATO oil tankers…

  7. theis avatar

    RE: Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan

    by theis 17 May 2012

    Not safe as in do not go under any circonstances or as in br aware? How about driving from mazar to Kabul? Also not safe?

  8. theis avatar

    Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan

    by theis 16 May 2012

    Hi all Has anybody travelled between Mazar and Bamiyan on the old Mazar Kabul road? How long time will if take if it is possible at all?…

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    RE: Transit visa for Pakistan and on to India via afgan

    by Jeraboa 16 May 2012

    The cheapest flights from Central Asia to India are on Air India Kabul - Delhi £130, Uzbekistan Airways fly Tashkent - Amritsar for £198.…

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    RE: Need advice/help for solo trek through Central Asia

    by emmeff 11 May 2012

    You really need to do a heap more research on visas, borders and travel logistics throughout these regions. What you propose is simply…

  11. JakJones avatar

    RE: Best safe way to Bamiyan from Uzbekistan

    by JakJones 09 May 2012

    The border is open between UZ and AF ate Termiz/Hayratan for foreigners. Currently all the roads between Bamian and the rest of Afghanist…

  12. joaoleitao avatar

    Best safe way to Bamiyan from Uzbekistan

    by joaoleitao 06 May 2012

    greetings, i'm trying to get my trip together and studing all possible best options to get to Bamiyan. My first option would be driving…

  13. joaoleitao avatar

    Best safe way to Bamiyan from Uzbekistan

    by joaoleitao 06 May 2012

    greetings, i'm trying to get my trip together and studing all possible best options to get to Bamiyan. My first option would be driving…

  14. joaoleitao avatar

    Best safe way to Bamiyan from Uzbekistan

    by joaoleitao 06 May 2012

    greetings, i'm trying to get my trip together and studing all possible best options to get to Bamiyan. My first option would be driving…

  15. joaoleitao avatar

    Best safe way to Bamiyan from Uzbekistan

    by joaoleitao 06 May 2012

    greetings, i'm trying to get my trip together and studing all possible best options to get to Bamiyan. My first option would be driving…

  16. JakJones avatar

    RE: Recent advise about Central Route Kabul - Herat?

    by JakJones 06 May 2012

    1. There are minvans on this road. The stretch between Yawkawlang and Panjab may need private transport. It depends on numbers. 2. Depends…

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    Recent advise about Central Route Kabul - Herat?

    by lotospeak 05 May 2012

    Hi everybody, I am thinking about visit in Afganistan this summer/fall (September) and making overland trip from Tajikistan to Iran,…

  18. montyman avatar

    RE: Myanmar by bike?

    by montyman 02 May 2012

    we all dream of overland through Burma but sadly not able to do so you can however cycle down the karakoram from China through Pakistan…

  19. JakJones avatar

    RE: Driving from Faizabad to Bamiyan

    by JakJones 02 May 2012

    Southern Badakhshan is quite lawless. I don't have any recent info on that area since the British medical team were killed in 2010. Upper…

  20. NormC avatar

    RE: For every villain, there is a hero--Waterview GH Travel Agency

    by NormC 29 April 2012

    Did the PP GH Travel Agency organise your visa for Kabul?

  21. RunningDog avatar

    RE: For every villain, there is a hero--Waterview GH Travel Agency

    by RunningDog 28 April 2012

    Good point- go ahead and patronize the PP GH travel agency--you deserve each other. See you in Kabul

  22. JakartaBoy avatar

    RE: Mind blowing destinations in Asia for adventurous couple?

    by JakartaBoy 26 April 2012

    +Also , i wouldn't travel today in Afghanistan , because the swimming pool could be dirty !+ My boss travels to Kabul quite frequently.…

  23. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: How to Get Out!

    by anillos_de_saturno 22 April 2012

    +back track to kyrgyzstan, enter china, go south through nepal into india+ With that option you don't need only the China visa, you need…

  24. kd213 avatar

    How to Get Out!

    by kd213 22 April 2012

    Hello! We are BUDGET travellers trying to get from Tajikistan to SE Asia (India or Thailand) We prefer to need the least amount visas…

  25. JakJones avatar

    RE: Kabul - Peshawar

    by JakJones 22 April 2012

    It has been closed to foreigners since 2008 although I think one man passed through for special reasons in 2009. I think KAM air have…

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