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Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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the stanleys !

hi phil.

in answer to 'is it worth?' - YES
we really liked Kyrgyzstan, fabulous.
Kazak - big ! with the capital of Almaty - expensive!
Uzbek - absolute must if you want the 'silk route' classic cities.
Turkmen - mmmmm interesting, i would say well worth experience but my advice would be do enter under a 'transit visa' and NOT book a 'tour'.

check my website and the download pages for some details. : www.travel.uklinux.net

loi's ???? changes regular, my advice here would be cotact David at StanTours, he's the 'man on the ground' he will be best to advise and help i think.

'ferry' on the caspian - this really is an optimistic description ! there's a regular boat and they take vehicles but you can't really call it a ferry!!!!! we crossed from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan on one of the 'daily' boats for the '15' hour crossing. Of course we ACTUALLY waited 2 days for the 'daily' ferry and it took 36 hours to make the '15' hour crossing !!!
Not a complaint, in fact fabulous experience !

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Of course we ACTUALLY waited 2 days for the 'daily' ferry and it took 36 hours to make the '15' hour crossing !!!
Brilliant, just what I'm looking for. If it starts sinking the coastguard helicopter will only be a few minutes away!!

I'll review the Stans situation when I get nearer. For some reason I'm going the opposite way to you which makes getting visas a bit more difficult. Can't remember why I'm doing that. They say old people forget, but I can't remember being forgetful.

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Can anyone help with the Stans.
Start a new thread with this topic.
You will probably get more answers that way.
And we can keep things more organizied!
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RoRo to USA from Russia

Is there any more up to date information on getting to USA or Canada with a car from Vladivostok or do you still have to ship to either South Korea or Japan.
I have been with a vehicle to Russia many times so know what the Russian formality's of getting a car into and out of the country
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