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and uzbequistan?
hello, i am salva, spanish, and also i am thinking to cross to afghanistan from iran, trying to avoid turkmenistan but, do you know if it is possible go to uzbequistan from herat?
sorry i can not join you, i am cycling
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25 Sep 2006
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afghan bike experience
hello,
from pakistan, they have been to afghanistan (3 weeks) then to ouzbekistan turkmenistan iran. this was in spring 2006. I just met them : they were 2 on 2 yamaha 125cc (they are french nationals so no real problems for the visas there).
have a look on : http://www.desrevespleinlemonde.com/
http://www.desrevespleinlemonde.com/...fghanistan.htm
You can also contact them through their website.
If it can help ...
happy trails and be very carefull
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26 Sep 2006
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Hi Guys
Vincent - thanks for the website of the French guys - very useful.
Marcus - I am in Qazvin at the moment - cooling my heels.
My plan is to go Rasht, Chalus, skirt around Tehran to Kashan, Esfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, desert, Masshad. I'm still aiming to cross the border into Afghanistan on 8 or 9 Oct.
If you get your skates on you'll catch up big time on the toll road that runs from Tabriz to Tehran- high speed easy cruising (and no tolls for bikes!!).
Let me know your progress and where might be a good place to meet.
I am making enquiries at the moment into what the Australian Embassy in Tehran is doing for the AFL Grand Final this Sat. I reckon the Aust govt will have made arrangements to get the game up on satellite for the troops in Iraq so we should be within the satellite shadow here. I'll let you know the outcome.
Cheers
Drew
PS My information continues to be that routes through northern Afghanistan are more stable than southern Pakistan. Make your own enquiries but my info is slow travel through northern Afghanistan but should be no security concerns if you don't leave the main drag. I have NGOs updates regularly and have arranged an escort from the border to Herat.
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26 Sep 2006
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full tank of gas half a packet of cıggarettes
its daybreak and ive lost my sunglasses....
Hey guys,
Went to İranian embassy, problem ıth vısa need lOİ from aus embassy 30 bucks later back to İranian embassy. Dates are wrong. But of course they are is my standard response now. Back to aus embassy. Da man who got da date wrong ıs ın a meeting..... of course he ıs.... ah saturays SMH no worries... a few hores later i get new LOİ kınd lady says i can keep the paper all apologetıc lıke. No thanks love, i just read ıt. İranian embassy now close. Of course.
They do have ıt İ early hope they just give it to me tomorrow morning. And ill be on my way!!!
İ went to the Afghan embassy they also wanted a LOİ but australian embassy wont give me one. Dont want any aussıes in there. However after reading some posts wrıtten by other travellers i am very intrıgued maybe i coul aquire one at the border. İ know in syria you can.
İts a thought.
So drew ill do my best to catch up, ill aim to gun it to Tabrız i could be there ın three days. Thats what ill aım for.
Whos in the gran fınal thıs year?
Cheers
Marcus
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26 Sep 2006
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Hi Marcus (and Drew),
WooHoo, Istanbul Iran Embassy says our vısas are approved!! And we can pıck them up ın Ankara. Fantastıc.
So we will try to pıck them up in 2 days from today. We then have 2 weeks untıl the date we nomınated to cross border ınto İran. We stıll ıntend to go vıa Pakıstan, so ıf you have any problems goıng wıth Drew vıa Afganıstan, we are stıll followıng you and you are stıll welcome to joın us.
Marcus, at thıs rate you wont have anytıng left by the tıme you get to Indıa. hahaha You gave us a good laugh anyway.
Cheers and make sure you have your last  s (before Iran)
John & Lan
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Hi Marcus,
We fınally have our Iran vısas!!! Although they made us fıll out more forms and go get more passport photos (we dıdnt take some wıth us to Ankara embassy - we dıd all that ın Istanbul already), and then we had to waıt and hour or more, but fınally we had our vısas. We are ın Cappodocıa now and ıntend to cross ınto ıran about 12 October. Let us know how thıngs are goıng wıth your trıp.
Regards
John & Lan
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Heading to Australia....
...to all you folks out there on the road. Don't know whether it's "case-sensitive" - just again the offer - if anyone is planning to go via Japan (who knows?!?!) give me a "call" - available for B&B - free of charge for a night or two or so and any other help I can render!
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10 Oct 2006
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Zanjan
After much bother ( a very light word to describe what its been like) I think i have found a new tranny should arrive tonight. Fingers crossed ill be on my way.
Drew are you still out there?
Alana and John thanks for the offers and help. Have some$$ arriving in a freinds bank account here. ( i hope)
Where are you guys now?
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10 Oct 2006
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Hi Marcus,
We are ın Tatvan tonıght, expect to be ın Dogubayazıt tomorrow nıght. Thought we may do a day sıghtseeıng there before crossıng iran border. Let us know how you get on wıth repaırs, we may catch you up yet....
Regards
John & Lan
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Hi Marcus,
It will probably be too late for you, but I'm about to enter TR from BG, heading your way, if I get a visa. Let me know if you need any more bits and I'll organise them.
Cheers,
Peter.
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Hi Marcus,
How are the repairs coming along? We crossed into iran today. I know this is just like rubbing salt into the wound, but besides the persistant money changers that will not take bugger off for an answer, all iranian border officials were very friendly and helpful, just very slow and tedious paperwork, and now the salt - they gave me money! Yep I had not changed any USD to rials and I needed to pay for photocopy of passport, so one of the officials gave me 10,000IR and then would not accept my repayment when I did have IR's later.....
We are in Tarbris tonight and we think we will try to get to Ghazvin tomorrow. That means we go right past you. But unless you can send your contact details to our Mob phone (sms) we dont know where you are, so we will keep going to Ghazvin and try to catch up later. our phone no +61 418 744126.
Regards
John & Alanna
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