Hi,

I have a few questions that I was hoping you guys could help me with..
We are currently 'stuck' in the Russian Far East, in Tynda. Two weeks ago, coming back down from the great Yakutsk summer festival we rammed a Kamaz truck that had suddenly stopped for roadworks in a big dustcloud. No injuries but the car needs some repairs. Getting replacement parts (radiator, fan, batteries, hood) took a while so all in all we are in Russia at least three weeks longer than planned.

We have met a lot of really great & warm people here so it has already turned out to be a wonderful experience despite the accident. The Russian Far East has really made a big impression on us so far, friendliest and most hospitable place we have ever been to.

But, now we might run into some timing problems concerning visas for the rest of the trip.
We are on a 90 day double entry business visa, valid until 21-08-2009. Our plan was to visit Mongolia for 4 weeks and then go to Kazakhstan through Russia again. We made a new schedule now where we are looking at a shorter stay in Mongolia, say 20 days maximum. That way we might just make it to the Kazakhstan border on time before 21-08.
However, that would mean a very strict time schedule, a lot of pressure and also a lot of problems should anything unexpected happen again.

Does anyone know if it is possible to extend a double entry 90 day business visa for Russia? And how about the temporary import for the car? The only thing I could find out by Googling was that it might be possible to get a 10 day extension, which would already make it a lot easier for us.

We could of course skip Mongolia altogether and take our time going from Baikal through Russia to Kazakhstan, but I would hate to miss Mongolia..

Thanks a lot for any help or suggestions!
Onno

o yeah, here's a funny clip about us on Tynda local TV if anyone is interested
YouTube - REN GOLANCI klein