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That's a risk though, you can be stuck in a capital for a week. I don't know how much time you have, but if you have one month for example...

You don't go to Central Asia for the capitals ;) I'm not sure how you want to travel? Russian is the lingua franca, speaking some words and...

I've been there in 2009. There are indeed some ships repainted as monuments in the harbour, there are no other big ships in the vicinity...

I will go to Russia on 12/8 by train and leave Russia by train on 16/8. I will stay one night in Moscow, but on all the other days I'll be...

I will spend 5 months in Central Asia, and although I read quite a bit about the region, especially about Kazakhstan, I would like to buy 1...

Sounds totally do-able to me time-wise, but 500$ is not much and I think you need more for 20 days, hotels can be very expensive. Always...

I went to Kazakhstan two years ago: no problems at all. One police man who had nothing to do waved me over and wanted to see my passport...

I would start with the arrangements of the Uzbekistan visa ASAP, the LOI can take up to 2 weeks....

Hi there, I would like to go from Atyrau to Astana by train or bus. Do I avoid Russia if I do that or should I get a transit visum for...

Thanks for the suggestions!

You might want to skip Astana. It's an interesting city because it's so different than other Kazakh cities, it's a pretty weird city...

Where did you get this info from? From the Embassy website (http://www.kazembassy.org.uk/visa_information.html):...

Basically all the information you need is here: http://www.kazakhembus.com/index.php?page=visa-requirements...

Hi there!...