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12 Sep 2007
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turkmenistan transit visa?
does anyone have any recent information about obtaining one in Dushanbe or Tashkent? I've heard 2nd hand reports of denials due to ferry unreliability
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12 Sep 2007
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ferry unreliability?? the only sea route into TM is from the caspian, nearest Visa office to the west is in Ankara I think, they seemed pretty good when I went there. Of course the great and good born leader of the Turkmen people is now dead, so it all might have changed. In theory his death should make access easier, but I haven't heard a peep from my friends in Ashgabat for ages.
Try asking Stantours.com for info. Dave (berghof) is based in Almaty and knows goings on in the region and visa stuff very well indeed
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StanTours says there have been some problems, nothing specifiic... the problem I heard of (2nd hand report from biker to biker) was in the Westward direction, with people in Turkmenbashi being stuck and overstaying their visas...
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suppose that is a risk, but there are boats running pretty frequently and they are usually mostly empty. Visa running out is not the end of the world - just remember that no-one will detain you for being in their country for too long, they just want rid of you! I cried mechanical failure and they happily extended my visa, and even more happily took 80 bucks for the privelege!
TM was my favourite place in Central Asia, can't wait to go back!
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turkmenistan transit
We have been there in July 2007;
We had a 5 days transit visa and the ferry was 2 days late, so we had only 3 days to cross turkmenistan; I asked the guy in turkmenbashi if I can reset the dates beacause of the ferry - nope, but he told me there is no problem to get a new 5 days transit visa in ashgabat; finally we haven't done this, but was definitely saying its doable in few hours in ashgabat;
those 3 days in turkmenistan were greate, specially Ashgabat and darvaza;
photos from baku->turkmenistan:
MotoSyberia2007
maciek
http://motosyberia.com
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We applied for a Turkmenistan transit visa in Dushanbe about 2 hours ago. Very friendly embassy.
We are told to come back to pick it up in three working days and to bring 31US$ (per person). That is for a 5 day transit visa.
We could also get it in two days for 51US$
That is way faster then we expected and I ever heard from somebody else, so we are a bit curious if this is really true. We'll know for sure in 3 days...
Cheers from Dushanbe
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