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  1. twosnails avatar

    RE: tibet then urumqi (them kazakhstan) anyone?!

    by twosnails 04 May 2012

    thanks guys. so the lesson is don't believe the first price quoted! current plan: get Kazakhstan visa in Delhi, go up to Nepal and…

  2. richardmorten avatar

    RE: Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by richardmorten 04 May 2012

    Oh ok, thanks for telling me... sounds like Aral Tenizi are the better option, then.

  3. fluffy_bunny avatar

    RE: Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by fluffy_bunny 04 May 2012

    Karakalpak Tourism operates out of Uzbekistan, _not_ Kazakhstan, and goes to the southern part of the sea. Visiting the sea from Uzbekistan…

  4. guipfeuti avatar

    RE: Visa-free travel for Kazakhstan May-September

    by guipfeuti 04 May 2012

    Is this finally true? Anybody got some news about this?

  5. richardmorten avatar

    RE: Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by richardmorten 03 May 2012

    @CentralAsia_traveler, fluffy_bunny & gilded_lil - that sounds like good advice, thank you for replying. I shall get in touch with Aral…

  6. Jb_mm avatar

    Train ticket reservations

    by Jb_mm 03 May 2012

    Hi All, I am going to be touring Kazakhstan at the beginning of June and I am stressing a bit over train tickets running out when I…

  7. gilded_lil avatar

    RE: Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by gilded_lil 03 May 2012

    there is just one hotel in central Aralsk, taxi drivers wait for trains to arrive. you could also walk the distance to the hotel. i do…

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    Re: Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by AltKZ 03 May 2012

    Hi, @ richardmorten - Did you book your train ticket to Aralsk from Almaty? if so how much was it? return? I am also interested in goi…

  9. michaeldunha avatar

    RE: land border crossings from Ukraine to Russia

    by michaeldunha 03 May 2012

    No sorry never even been to Kazakhstan let alone cycled there, but thinking along the idea of an average speed of 10mph only equates to…

  10. Jeraboa avatar

    RE: free Kazakhstan Visa ?

    by Jeraboa 03 May 2012

    bureaucracy can be a very slow process in this part of the world so I wouldn't hold your breath. If you need a visa apply for one rather…

  11. fluffy_bunny avatar

    RE: free Kazakhstan Visa ?

    by fluffy_bunny 03 May 2012

    Visas in the region often change without notice and then change back without notice then change again..... Central Asia isn't exactly…

  12. CentralAsia_traveler avatar

    RE: Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by CentralAsia_traveler 03 May 2012

    The main NGO in town -- the Aral Tenizi society, I think -- which is working on the area's recovery of the northern Aral Sea, has worked…

  13. hhouse avatar

    RE: Visa Questions from an American

    by hhouse 02 May 2012

    I applied for my Kazakh visa in March in Vienna... It's valid from 5th August till 4th September... So "valid for 3 months after issuing"…

  14. richardmorten avatar

    Visit to Aralsk, Kazakhstan

    by richardmorten 02 May 2012

    Hello, I'm planning a trip to Kazakhstan in a few weeks, and I have booked a train ticket to Aralsk - arriving in the evening on Wednesda…

  15. CentralAsia_traveler avatar

    RE: Traveling to Astana, Kazakhstan

    by CentralAsia_traveler 02 May 2012

    In almost every other city in Kazakhstan, groups of landladies hang around train stations with signs saying 'KVATYRA" (apartment), so…

  16. KazMom avatar

    Visa Questions from an American

    by KazMom 02 May 2012

    Does anyone know how far in advance one can get a tourist visa for Kazakhstan? I'm going on an RTW trip with my family and we're planning…

  17. elkidor avatar

    Re: Obtaining a visa in Bishkek for Kazakhstan

    by elkidor 02 May 2012

    I know it's only just May, but is there any news on the visa free regime yet? Cheers!

  18. Justin23 avatar

    RE: Urumqi - Ukraine over land: visa Russia, Kazakstan and China etc

    by Justin23 01 May 2012

    check this page http://www.caravanistan.com/visa/turkmenistan/ It may only apply in the Baku to Turkmenbashi direction though. Also…

  19. lizzardking47 avatar

    Re: Urumqi - Ukraine over land: visa Russia, Kazakstan and China etc

    by lizzardking47 01 May 2012

    Justin, have you got a link or source for you statement "recently there has apparently been some issues regarding the Baku-Turkmenbashi…

  20. jaoto avatar

    RE: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

    by jaoto 29 April 2012

    Volgograd indead has the only Soviet war remember that is really worthwhile (ok Brest and Sevastopol is also kind of nice, but far from…

  21. extragon avatar

    RE: Urumqi - Ukraine over land: visa Russia, Kazakstan and China etc

    by extragon 29 April 2012

    Your easiest option, If you are visiting western China, is to get a Kazakhstan visa in Urumqi and a Russian transit visa in Almaty (or…

  22. Refreshed360 avatar

    RE: Driving to Singapore from Bath, UK

    by Refreshed360 29 April 2012

    @Everbrite - The route chosen avoids countries such as Turkey (Bordering Syria) as well as Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan... In the…

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    RE: Urumqi - Ukraine over land: visa Russia, Kazakstan and China etc

    by Giora 29 April 2012

    Hi, Kazakh visas should be easy to get in Urumqi, though you might wait awhile. There's a boat from Aktau, in Kazakhstan, to Azerbaijan:…

  24. everbrite avatar

    RE: Driving to Singapore from Bath, UK

    by everbrite 29 April 2012

    I can't see a good reason to enter Kazakhstan unless you are simply trying to tick off another country. Getting a double entry visa…

  25. platinumpt90 avatar

    RE: Trasit Visa on Arrival at ALMATY AIRPORT

    by platinumpt90 29 April 2012

    george5, I understand this. However, other TT threads have pointed out that you can only use a Kyrgyz visa to first arrive in Kyrgyzstan…

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