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RE: Train from India to Russia (Moscow) -Yes or No?

by Jeraboa 31 May 2012

This route is mostly Doable, if I were to travel Delhi to Moscow using trains as much as possible I'd take the following route. Delhi…
Turkmenistan borders and transport on Sunday ?

by possopo 15 May 2012

hi everyone, just like many others, I'm planning to visit Turkmenistan on a transit visa on my way from Iran to Uzbekistan. apparently,…
RE: Budget Travel in Uzbekistan - Khiva, Bukhara & Samarkand

by fluffy_bunny 27 April 2012

Firstly, are you sure you'll be using the Knye-Urgench crossing? Are you on a tour? Do you already have your visa listing K-U as your…
Re: Turkmenistan Tour

by toscanafoto 05 April 2012

I have visited Ashgabat Mary Merv Nisa Kunya Urgench Turkmenabat Dasoguz All very interesting places To see photos of my trip click…
Re: Ashgabat to Bukhara via Mary, Merv and Turkmenabat - latest

by atomgirl23 13 March 2012

Thank you for this very helpful update. I will be visiting Turkmenistan in October and this information is invaluable. Cheers
RE: Kaz - Kyrg - Uzb - Turkmenistan - Iran Overland

by BeccaS7 12 March 2012

Not sure many people go from Kazakhstan to Turkmenistan so don't know the logistics of this, most people go from Uzbekistan into Turkmenista…
RE: Ashgabat to Bukhara via Mary, Merv and Turkmenabat - latest

by flipside1971 29 February 2012

All I can say is you must now have no teeth and the driver of that car must have no axles!
RE: Ashgabat to Bukhara via Mary, Merv and Turkmenabat - latest

by Justin23 27 February 2012

As a rule, I never use the prices in any guide book. They are usually at least a year out of date. Of course the prices you posted here…
Ashgabat to Bukhara via Mary, Merv and Turkmenabat - latest

by flipside1971 26 February 2012

Again, as below, this is the latest info, which may help people who come after. It is not exclusive. It is subjective. It underlines that…
Mashhad to Ashgabat via Bajgiran- latest

by flipside1971 26 February 2012

As the book is slightly out of date, I thought it may be worth posting my experience of Mashhad to Ashgabat. From the Istagah Sarakhs…
Turkmenistan Transit Visa: London and Ankara

by flipside1971 26 February 2012

Hello I don't know if this will help, but I thought I'd post it anyway in case it helps someone. It is my experience of getting a Turkmen…
RE: No-itinerary trip from Azerbaijan to China

by regancannon 13 February 2012

Excellent, that clears up a lot. Yeah I could just foresee arriving back at Turkmenabat and giving a sheepish grin to the exact same…
No-itinerary trip from Azerbaijan to China

by regancannon 12 February 2012

I've been poring through topics in the Central Asia category before posting this; my questions are a bit trip-specific and thus not all…
RE: Two journeys to see them all

by malterno 26 January 2012

@CentralAsia_traveler: Thanks for the link! Still, I wonder what kind of cost I will have to expect if we go to Turkmenistan on a tour…
RE: Boat from Turkmenistan to Baku

by fluffy_bunny 25 January 2012

When i did the trip in 2008, there hadn't been a boat for about a week, meaning there were more passengers than spaces. Luckily, the boat…
Two journeys to see them all

by malterno 09 January 2012

Hi everybody! Me and my girlfriend (German passport holders) want to visit all five of the Central Asian ex-Soviet states and are tossing…
RE: Opinions on Itinerary

by Inahdi 20 December 2011

Thanks everyone for your replies (and apologies for not getting back sooner - broken laptop dramas!). I am keen to do the Davarza / Konye…
Re: Turkmenistan withouth à guide

by OGUICH 28 November 2011

Please check with Uzbekistan Airlines, they have one flight a week from Ashgabat to Tashkent (I think on Wednesday). yyou can also…
Opinions on Itinerary

by Inahdi 24 November 2011

Hi all, We are planning a quick trip through Turkmenistan on the way to Uzebekistan and, given our limited time, have decided to head…
RE: Turkmen transit visa - entry and exit points

by fluffy_bunny 12 November 2011

There is a place on the application listing intended entry/exit points. My entry/exit was clearly listed on the visa, other traveller…
RE: Darvaza craters 3rd - 4th Nov - updated info needed and anyone want to join

by jpyrek 21 October 2011

Interesting, yeah I knew many that were barred from heading up to Konye-Urgench. When we applied for our visas we SPECIFICALLY listed…
RE: Darvaza craters 3rd - 4th Nov - updated info needed and anyone want to join

by jpyrek 18 October 2011

So when we had our visas in Turkmenistan...we had a piece of paper with a map of the country and the roads we were allowed to drive on.…
Two Transit Visas to go to Uzbek. and back to Iran

by cecarsan 31 August 2011

Hi My plan is in next October-November visit Iran, cross Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan (via Mashad-Turkmenabat) and after ten days return…
Train Journey Across Central Asia

by sololo 30 August 2011

Hi all, I am interested in traveling on trains from Iran, across Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan) to China in November…
RE: latest news on transit visa for Turkmenistan (from/to Iran or Uzbekistan)

by CentralAsia_traveler 29 July 2011

I had a tourist visa, not a transit visa. I had guides arranged via the excellent folks at [StanTours|stantours.com]. My main points…