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Hi there
Going to Stans this year from Slovenia and one option is
Astrakhan A27 - Atyrau A110 - Beyneu E40 - Nukus, Uzb.- Samarkhand -Pamir
Anyone knows about the roads in this directions
Driving motorcycle.
thanks
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Astrakhan - Atyrau was awful in 2014, huge craters in the asphalt from the border most of the way to Atyrau.
Atyrau - Beyneu is excellent asphalt (2014).
Beyneu to the border is quite rough and unpaved.
Border to Nukus is OK asphalt, not a problem to drive on (2011).
Nukus to Samarkand was recently repaired, but I have not driven the main route (through Bukhara) since 2007, when it was OK. There is an alternative road through Uchquduq and Zerafshan to Navoiy, nice desert drive but the road is OK asphalt (2011).
Samarkand - Dushanbe is fine.
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In 2015 it was ok, some parts in Usbekistan have been under Construction and I think from 2016 on you can expect good road.
Some short parts after Atyrau have been unpaved, but nothing really spectacular for a bike.
Worse for cars and trucks, but ok for bikes.
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Astrkhan it is
Thanks for info, that is the rout I'll take.
departing on end of june...hope it's not to hot then
bibi sasco
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Astrakhan - Atyrau was awful in 2014, huge craters in the asphalt from the border most of the way to Atyrau.
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Same in Oct 2015, especially awful during 60 km after the border.
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Rode Samarkand to Khiva in august 2016 on a motorcycle rented in Almaty.
I can say that the A380's tarmac from Beruniy to about 20 km southeast of Gazli direction Bukhara is in excellent conditions, but take care of fuel consumption, as there's no fuel stations for a very long stretch, I mean about 250-260 km (you can find some places with emergency fuel, anway, it's what saved me because the motorcycle I rented had a small tank not suitable for a long desert ride).
Did not go north of Beruniy, so I can't know how the road conditions of the A380 are in direction of Nukus (but I think they were still extremely good).
If you plan to go to Khiva, the 6-7 km stretch from the exit of A380 to the bridge on Amu-Darya is in terrible conditions, full of potholes as if it was bombed by F-16's, but after the bridge it improves immediately up to Khiva: not in perfect conditions, but you can ride with no problems.
From 20 km southeast of Gazli to Bukhara, the A380 becomes quite bumpy but you can still ride 75-80 km/h with no major problem (don't do it at night like I did, there's many potholes even if not so deep).
Bukhara to Samarkand is again excellent and with fuel stations.
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Hi there
Going to Stans this year from Slovenia and one option is
Astrakhan A27 - Atyrau A110 - Beyneu E40 - Nukus, Uzb.- Samarkhand -Pamir
Anyone knows about the roads in this directions
Driving motorcycle.
thanks
sasco
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Hi Sasco! Planning something similar from Croatia. It would be great to exchange information before the trip. My trip was planned for June as I will have some fixed dates in Kyrgyzstan. As I will have 4-5 weeks for the whole trip, the idea is to come to region as fast as possible and then have more relaxed scehedule mainly focused on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. I have found many useful information about roads in Kazakhstan here
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