Anyone taken bike on Kazakh train lately? (or know any Almaty shippers)
 

Hi,

After trying repeatedly (and failing :hammer:) to find adequate transport for my bike from either Bishkek or Almaty (several of the options I found fell through: bike too big for cargo bay / truck not going any further than Lithuania / $5,500 through HKG / customs will cost €2k, etc) I'm now thinking of going back home the long way.
So... has anyone been on a train from Almaty to Aktau recently? Bribes / prices? Any idea on how I would go about doing this? Any info on Azeri transit visa also welcome!

If anyone happens to know a freight forwarder who has actually dealt with a bike before that would also be a nice alternative!

Thanks :)

Have you spoken to one of the bike shops? I will ask my friend in Alamaty if he knows.

I have PMed you the details of a contact in Almaty that may able to assist.

Cheers,

Craig

Much appreciated - thanks!

Hi

if you have any luck freighting by train could you pass on details and prices to me on here or at yeeeahbuggy@hotmail.co.uk. I have a Volkswagen Buggy that is poorly in Uzbeckistan, we would preferably like to get it home or to a autotrading 'capital' so we can get the best deal for our machine! Any help would be very much appreciated.

Does anyone know if it is possible to train freight a vehicle in Uzbeck for that matter, we have a friend in Dushanbe who could offer us some kind of oasis for a few weeks whilst we rearrange our lives.

Cheers

Yeeeah Buggy!

Try contacting Yuri in Vladivostok. He has contacts in Almaty. My friend is having bike problem, and has arranged to leave his bike with Yuri's contact in Almaty, who will ship his bike to Vladivostok and then onto Australia.

His email address is as follow:

ymelnik {A-T} links-ltd D-O-T} com

He is a very helful guy.