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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…
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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.
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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…
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RE: Visa-free travel for Kazakhstan May-September
by guipfeuti 04 May 2012
Is this finally true? Anybody got some news about this?
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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"…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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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