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We are world touring with the bike parked actually in Georgia.
Next stage would be jump to India through Armènia Iran and then follow the old silk route.
Anyone knows if it’s possible to cros to Turkmenistan then Uzbekistan …… enter Pakistan and end the stage in India?
I’ve heard it’s very hard to get a Turkmenistan Visa and also riding with your own bike in Pakistan…
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Anyone knows if it’s possible to cros to Turkmenistan then Uzbekistan

Pre covid, yes it was. Both countries have closed their land borders as fasr as I know

…… enter Pakistan and end the stage in India?

Yes, but you missed out Afghanistan. Not impossible but not the safest of places - Jalalabad seems prone to ISIL attacks since the Taliban takeover. Pre-covid, most people went through Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang (China) to Pakistan and on to India. China is currently closed as far as I know.

I’ve heard it’s very hard to get a Turkmenistan Visa

It's not very hard, but people are sometimes refused, so have a Plan B in mind, e.g. Russia - Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan or Azerbaijan - Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan, though Russia and Kazakhstan are currently closed to overland entry as far as I know.

and also riding with your own bike in Pakistan…

What did you hear was hard about riding a bike in Pakistan? You just need a carnet de passages and visa to enter. I would say it's the most rewarding country to travel in of all in the region.
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Afganistan??
Thank you for the info
Concerning Afganistan if I’m not wrong I can cross Iran then Pakistan then India so I can skip Afganistan…..which make sense with the current things happening there…
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Thank you for the info
Concerning Afganistan if I’m not wrong I can cross Iran then Pakistan then India so I can skip Afganistan…..which make sense with the current things happening there…
That is the usual route from Europe to India. Iran has certainly re-opened its borders, not sure about Pakistan or India.

The situation in Afghanistan is interesting. I drove across in 2009/10. In those days places in the north were often fairly safe, whereas the south was no-go due to the Taliban presence. Now, with the Taliban in power, it seems the south is quite safe and a well-connected friend tells me that journalists are visiting places like Kandahar, Helman, Khost which would have been very risky just a few months ago.

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With incoming new omicron strain x5 times more contagious than delta things are likely to change within days all bets off.

In pre-pandemic you couldn't get Turkmen visa but you could get transit visa and they were giving you a GPS tracker to make sure you wouldn't stray off direct route and don't stop for long time.
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With incoming new omicron strain x5 times more contagious than delta things are likely to change within days all bets off.

In pre-pandemic you couldn't get Turkmen visa but you could get transit visa and they were giving you a GPS tracker to make sure you wouldn't stray off direct route and don't stop for long time.
This is not exactly correct.

You could get a Turkmenistan visa.
And I know that for sure, because I got one.
Actually, we were 5 people, and it was to unsafe to ask for transit visa. If just 1 of a group gets denied, the group must split or cancel.
So we asked for Tourist visa over an agency.
Easy and no problem.

And the year before we tried to get a transit visa and were refused.

And for the thing with the GPS tracker:
I met travellers with cars with this GPS trackers but no motorbike rider got one.
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With incoming new omicron strain x5 times more contagious than delta things are likely to change within days all bets off.

In pre-pandemic you couldn't get Turkmen visa but you could get transit visa and they were giving you a GPS tracker to make sure you wouldn't stray off direct route and don't stop for long time.
Over reaction. Media hype.
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All posters please make an effort to stay on topic, i.e., visas and routing possibilities relevant to the OP's plans. Discussion about the perils (or not) of the new COVID variant can happen elsewhere. Where the two topics intersect--questions about how the new variant may or may not affect the issuing of visas or the closing of borders--it's appropriate to offer your opinions here, but kindly don't try to debate the variant itself.

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This is not exactly correct.

You could get a Turkmenistan visa.
And I know that for sure, because I got one.
Actually, we were 5 people, and it was to unsafe to ask for transit visa. If just 1 of a group gets denied, the group must split or cancel.
So we asked for Tourist visa over an agency.
Easy and no problem.

And the year before we tried to get a transit visa and were refused.

And for the thing with the GPS tracker:
I met travellers with cars with this GPS trackers but no motorbike rider got one.
May I ask you which agency you used for the tourist visa to Turkmenistan?
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Hi Klaus,


how many days you applied for and did you need a guide?


2019 we got a transit visa without problems and had a GPS tracker in the car.



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We applied for 5 days, but just needed 3 days.

2017 we also applied for a transit visa in Vienna and did not get one.
We even tried in Teheran at the Turkmenistan embassy with any others, nobody of us got one.

So 2018 we used the travel agency for a tourist visa.
The guide came with us in a car, but actually this was ok and helpful.

And we got a extra day in Ashgabat with a guide to visit the city.
No gps.

And we met a few travellers who got their fotos erased on camera, laptop and flash storage.
Because the customs ment, with a transit visa you dont need to take pictures.

We could get out without this problem.
But i got all th pictures stored twice on different backups anyway.
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You got the Turkmenistan Visa in Teheran ??
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I forgot to ask if having a Visa of Kazajistán or Uzbekistan is mandatory to get a Turkmenistan Transit Visa. Hi
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I forgot to ask if having a Visa of Kazajistán or Uzbekistan is mandatory to get a Turkmenistan Transit Visa. Hi
Yes, or you need to prove that you are eligible for a visa on arrival.
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