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Many thanks, will private message you, does it make a huge difference which way you do it, particularly in terms of altitude? The Highway is definitely the focal point of the trip though and so I am intent on maximising time there.
Kyrgyzstan is a country I long to return to however, so the more I think about it the better the prospect of a 'loop' from Bishkek sounds.
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Rent or buy and length of visa?
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Keeping to the same thread but posting a diff question. Hope you don't mind.
Same route, 12 days. Better to buy in Almaty, sell in Dushanbe or rent? Is it even possible to rent 1 way?
And anyone knows how long Tajik visa application will take in Almaty?
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25 Apr 2013
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Originally Posted by Jin Pyn Lee
Hi all
Keeping to the same thread but posting a diff question. Hope you don't mind.
Same route, 12 days. Better to buy in Almaty, sell in Dushanbe or rent? Is it even possible to rent 1 way?
And anyone knows how long Tajik visa application will take in Almaty?
Thanks
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It took half an day from me summer 2012. It took more time to find there (took several hours and we drove with taxi driver few hours around looking for it). I went there in the afternoon just few hours before closing time so they said that come to pick it up tomorrow morning. I suppose if you go there morning you can get it same day.
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Many thanks, will private message you, does it make a huge difference which way you do it, particularly in terms of altitude?
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The ascent from the Dushanbe end is a lot slower. I have heard of people hitting Murghab (3600m) coming from Osh getting quite sick, the only other place to stop before Murghab on the Tadjik side is KaraKul and that is even higher 3900m and I think Karakul is worth stopping at even if it is only 150ks from Murghab - one of most memorable nights spent their. If you go to Murghab wonder around the Markets and eat at the Cafe there (Rahut or something similar).
Coming from the other end you can be Khorog at only 2400m and take the time to acclimatise.
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