View like this .. in this time and moment!
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That is same as 2 hours in a titty bar. Steak and lobster for 4 at the Palm in NYC,, din din for two at Maxims in Paris,,, 50 masssages in Bangkok,, getting kicked off Easy Jet ! Or get run over by a Paki trucker. Only once in a life time or two,,,, |
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The post was put up to ensure anyone going through the Ishkashim border was aware of the situation this season. It was our experience at the time and I'm sure this will change again next year. If you want to drop $1000 for shit you posted above then that is fine, I would rather spend it elsewhere! G |
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Our experience was with the consulate in Khorog. I heard it was 200 USD at the consulate and a further 100 USD on entry. Do you have a double entry for Tajikistan incase things go wrong? You may need to re enter.
Check your countries status with Afghanistan. French nationals would get immediately extracted on entry, I guess they are sick of paying for and denying ransom fees to AQIM, haha. Let us know how you get on. G Sent from my GT-N5100 using Tapatalk |
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But it is interesting that the french consular service explicitly names the Wakhan in its travel warnings. |
"Notable incidents in recent months
The increase in incidents involving terrorists infiltrated using police uniforms or military, false diplomatic plates and fake cards of the police; suicide attacks involving an increasing number of suicide bombers covering both Western targets qu'afghanes (institutions, police, army); the seasonal increase in attacks (IEDs, or IED English) explosives; increased risk of kidnappings of Westerners, both in Kabul and in the provinces. Recommendations These events are a reminder that the security situation in the country does not improve, especially for foreigners. Under these conditions, all tourism trip to Afghanistan is prohibited." We were speaking to a Latvian who was there a few weeks prior to us, he only went in for a week but made good friends with a high ranking official on the border. He told him the news. The Afghan border guards will give passport numbers straight to the French Embassy, who will come get you... apparently. G Sent from my GT-N5100 using Tapatalk |
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But, whereas the UK goverment "advises", the French government "prohibits". Unless the Afghan border guards are prepared to apprehend said French nationals I can't see the embassy staff, miles away and safely ensconced behind the high walls in Kabul, doing anything effective, or timely, toward removing their own nationals from Afghan territory. |
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Depending on security I plan to cycle the valley in the next few years aftervour vehicle experience. G Sent from my GT-N5100 using Tapatalk |
That is really strange, I cannot believe, that French citizens are really regularly extracted before entering nogo-areas, there must at least be a notice of that in their travel advices. The French would not have any legitimacy to prevent their citizens traveling abroad (if the country is not under French Sovereignty).
It would be much simpler to enforce the no-visa policy at the remaining consulates (Bishkek, Khorog), that still give hazzle-free visas to tourists. But I heard from a traveller, that he was astonished to meet American officials, when going back to Uzbekistan (he went over the same border to get in). They took his personal data, so he is now on a list of people, that have visited Afghanistan. |
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I actually got my source wrong (speaking to my girlfriend) It was a French couple who we travelled with extensively in Mongolia. They asked the embassy in Dushanbe and that is what they were told. I have no reason to doubt them, but maybe the embassy was trying to put them off... either way, not being French myself I do not know. Take from it what you will. Sent from my GT-N5100 using Tapatalk |
Thank you for the clarification Griff.
BTW here are pictures of a bike trip this year to Sarhad. But having been 3 times in the Tajik Pamir, I would rather recommend to do the touring there, the options are far greater (not only standard Pamir Hwy or the so called Tajik Wakhan), landscape being not less spectacular, and you have no dead end road like to Sarhad. But why not both? Cheers Christian |
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Or maybe this concept is based on the mountain rescue services that charge a person who gets into difficulty and has to be removed from some difficult-to-access location. Quote:
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