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RE: Easiest visa strategy and route: China to Europe (via the stans)

by lizzardking47 18 May 2012

Everbright: stan tours organise the russian visa and tickets for the Almaty office, but is cheeper booking the tickets online yourself.…
Re: Report on Turkmenbashi – Baku ferry May 2012

by tim_killeen 17 May 2012

I agree with most of what you're saying - I'm sure no-one really knows the relative difficulty of these things, not even the guys in charge…
RE: Train ticket reservations

by magyar_musician 08 May 2012

Hi, As long as you buy all of your tickets in Almaty at an agency when you arrive, you should be fine. There are enough trains going…
RE: india to uk overland

by twosnails 04 May 2012

thankyou for the information, I'd be going nowhere without these forums! I'm now much better researched and my route looks possible again…
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…
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…
RE: reliable airline company flying to Aktau

by einzahn 01 May 2012

Reliable airline company wouldn't fly to Aktau :-)
RE: reliable airline company flying to Aktau

by anillos_de_saturno 29 April 2012

Air Astana.
reliable airline company flying to Aktau

by olilux 29 April 2012

Hallo, Which are the reliable western style companies flying to Aktau or Atyrau from Turkey or Azebajdan Thx for answer O
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…
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…
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:…
RE: Urumqi - Ukraine over land: visa Russia, Kazakstan and China etc

by anillos_de_saturno 28 April 2012

+Would it be easier to cross only China and Russia?+ Not from a geographic point of view as you would have to go from Urumqi to Eastern…
RE: Urumqi - Ukraine over land: visa Russia, Kazakstan and China etc

by Justin23 28 April 2012

There are boats across the caspian. search here and you'll fin lots about them. recently there has apparently been some issues regarding…
RE: No more tourists allowed on Baku-Turkmenbashi cargo boat (ferry)?

by anillos_de_saturno 26 April 2012

+You'll have to change trains, but there are lines that will take you from Aktau to Uzbekistan by a (train) border crossing in the far…
RE: No more tourists allowed on Baku-Turkmenbashi cargo boat (ferry)?

by Giora 26 April 2012

Hi, I don't know anything about the new regulations on the Baku-Turkmenbashi ferry, but if the Baku-Aktau ferry will still take tourists,…
RE: No more tourists allowed on Baku-Turkmenbashi cargo boat (ferry)?

by anillos_de_saturno 25 April 2012

+Other than catching a flight from Turkey or Georgia, any other thoughts on how to get to Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan overland?+ You quote…
No more tourists allowed on Baku-Turkmenbashi cargo boat (ferry)?

by tacotuesday 25 April 2012

Hi team, Well i thought i had done my homework on Central Asia (thanks to Thorntree and all of you that contribute your knowledge) and…
Azerbaijan visa in Astana/Aktau?

by jkucera 24 April 2012

Hello. Has anyone recently gotten a visa to Azerbaijan in Astana or Aktau? How long did it take? What was required? Did you need an LOI?…
Re: Transit question about Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan

by trav1970 22 April 2012

@#16: Well, I think the Kazakh railways should really clarify the name of the stations in the timetable, because it's too confusing. The…
Re: Transit question about Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan

by trav1970 20 April 2012

The Aktau on the Bahn website is not the Aktau for which the OP asked but another Aktau near Karaganda. As #5 noted, the station near…
Re: Transit question about Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan

by hopper00 20 April 2012

As an update, you can book trains on the internet in Kazakhstan. The site is called pcentre. It's a bit of a crap website, but the timetable…
RE: Transit question about Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan

by anillos_de_saturno 19 April 2012

+That being said, how did you find that direct train?+ I typed Aktau as departure point and Astana as arrival in the web of the DB Bahn…
RE: Transit question about Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan

by Giora 19 April 2012

I'm not sure if you can book trains in advance on the internet in Kazakhstan, I've personally never done this before. If you're planning…
RE: Transit question about Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan

by Giora 19 April 2012

There are regular trains (at least every 2 days, possibly every day) from Aktau to Atyrau. Note that the train station in Aktau is called…