How would you travel to Bishkek from Penjikent? I understand that I can take a shared taxi to Batken and fly to Bishkek from Batken (with Tez Airways? Is that the only airline?), but I thought of asking if there were other ways to get to Bishkek by air/road/train.
Thank you :)
Do you want to reach Bishkek as soon as possible or do you want to visit on the way ?
Do you want a "direct road" or not ?
Do you want to leave Tajikistan by the Sughd or not ?
Pamirs or not ?
Michel
Hey Michel, I'd like to reach Bishkek as soon as possible, preferably by land, but I could take a flight. I'm going to get an evisa to Uzbekistan (Indian passport). I'll have to see if a multiple entry Evisa is easy to get. What are my options in either case?
Is there a direct road? I don't really want to visit any other place on the way. Pamirs some other time. I want to go hiking in Kyrgyzstan :)
I have doubts about flights from Penjikent without passing through Dushanbe.
The best option is to use a shared taxi to Khojand where you will use another one (or a marshrutka) to Isfara.
There, you have Kyrgyz shared taxis (mainly Audi 100) to Batken and finally Osh. I think you need to change at Batken but from Isfara, you have many cars to Batken. I haven't seen any car labelled to Osh.
The Kyrgyz drivers will avoid the Uzbek enclaves on the way to Batken-Osh.
Michel
As soon as you reach Osh, you have two options.
Shared taxis to Bishkek, one full day of travel or flying to Bishkek.
You can't reach Bishkek in one day from Penjikent.
Michel
