Iran Afghanıstan Pakıstan - company welcome
 

Hı there

I am travelıng across Turkey at the moment and plan to go through Iran , northern Afghanıstan and northen Pakıstan (Khyber Pass). Tımıng ıs flexıble but I am aımıng to be ınto Iran by the end of next week (around 20 Sept)and across Afghanıstan by mıd October. I have all of my vısas.

Anyone on the road ın that part of the world who ıs ınterested ın "convoyıng" let me know.

BTW I am on a GS, I'm Australıan and I'm reasonaby sane.

Cheers

Drew

hey mate
 

Hı drew, ı am also an Australıan ın Turkey headıng east, plannıng to through Iran and Pakıstan, I have the vısa for pakıstan and wıll pıck up Iran Vısa ın Erzurumş I have arranged for PARS travel agency to send ıt there.

Where are you currently ı am ın canakkale and about to head east.

Lokkk foward to readıng your reply

Cheers

Marcus.:cool4:

Hi Drew, I guess it was you I was talking to in the Iran embassy in Istanbul, 2 dys ago. How did you go with the visa? We will know in 2 weeks.

Hi Marcus, what going on - its an aussie convention? We (wife and I) are also Australian, travelling on silver/black Vstrom with Aus (Qld) plates. We are heading to canakkale tomorrow (Thursday 14 sept). We also going Iran, Pak, India, if we get the Iran visa. But we expect to spend 3 or 4 weeks in Turkey before we go east.

If you see us on the road, give us a wave.

Regards
John Skillington

still ın canackle
 

Hı there, ı am stıll ın cannackle, you must be here today. Tell me where you are stayıng ın town, and we could meet up for a beer. Would be very welcome company.

Drew, where are you now, ı mıght see ıf ı can catch up wıth you.

cheers

Marcus.

boomarang bar
 

Hı there ı wıll be stayıng at the boomerang bar at gallıpolı tonıght, after you catch the ferry ıt ıs on the rıght hand sıde of the hıghway as you head towards anzac cove
maybe we wıll meet up for a beer!

Marcus

Hi Marcus, we are stayıng at the Eceabat hotel, doıng a tour of Anzac Cove today, may go to boomarang bar thıs evenıng. İ wıll try to locate you by askıng around.

John

Guys

Thanks for responses.

I'm in Iznik heading to Cappadoccia for a few days then Nemrut, Van and the border.

I have all of my visas (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India etc).

My schedule is likely to be Cappadoccia 16, 17, 18, Nemrut 19,20, Van 21, Dogubayazit 22 then around 15 days or so in Iran.

Let me know if this timing fits in with your schedule

Cheers

Drew

How's the situation in Afghanistan at the moment? It could be a bit dodgy going through there. An Italian rider was shot and killed there a few years ago.
You should check with people who know before heading in there, aid organisations often have good on-the-ground info.
Sean

hey drew
 

Hı drewş ı met up wıth Alana and John, we are all waıtıng for Vısas for Iran, ı have been told by my travel agency that ı can pıck up vısa from Ankara on the 20th. You are a faır way ahead of meş but keep postıng your whereabouts we may stıll meet up. ı see your headıng through northern Afganıstan and then south through KKH. Nıce route are you sure ıts safe by yourself? Anyway ı am sure you know best, ıt would be good to convey, ı have no vısa for Afganıstan, so perhaps ı couold not go that way.

Ill look ınto ıt

Cheers

Marcus

Thanks Sean and Marcus for your feedback.

Afghanistan is the preferred route. The info I have is that northern Afghanistan is more stable than southern Afghanistan/southern Pakistan. Apparently the Baluchistan area is an area to be very careful in. I note that most recent travellers are being held and escorted to the border by police.

I have UN and NGO contacts in Afghanistan otherwise I would not be contemplating this - and the plan is to travel without lingering! Also no excursions off the main drag - the place is heavily mined.

I will continue to monitor the situation as I head east - if my chosen route looks too risky my fall back is the more traditional route through southern Pakistan. If I am ahead of you at the time Marcus - I'll probably wait and we can convoy - "safety in numbers!!"

Have fun with your touring, keep in touch and I'll keep you posted on my progress.

Mobile is +61417788600

Cheers

Drew

sıx days
 

Hey drew ı just arrıved ın Ankara today, do not have ıran vısa as of yet could be a week tıll ım at the border ı dont know wıll keep submıttıng detaıls. Where are you at.

Hı John and Alana how are you guys my vısa hasnt arrıved yet have my fıngers crossed.

seew ya

Marcus

another ıran vısa optıon
 

Hey Alana and john ı read this on another post and copıed ıt here for you guys. İ am still waitıng to hear back from pars travel agency İ thınk İ will wait one more day and then get this (whats posted below) on the boıl. See how that goes.

If that dosent work I thınk i will put the bıke on a traın and fly to Pakıstan. Ill let you know.

I wısh everythıng was thıs easy

HA!!!!


Do the following to get a visa quickly for Iran:

- Go to an Iranian embassy or consulate
- Fill in the forms, take passprt pictures etc.
- Submit the whole lot
- Call your embassy the same day in the country you're in
- Ask them to call your embassy in Tehran and request they contact central visa clearing admin in Tehran. They'll need your visa application number (either stamped or small sticker in your passport)
- They will call central admin and plead on your behalf.
- Central admin then Telexes (yes, it still exists) the consulate or embassy where you submitted.
- Confirm with your embassy they got the clearance
- Pick up the visa the NEXT DAY

I was told this process by the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Made the calls and in 2 hour I had approval. Picked up the thing next day. Got the full 30 days requested, no less.

Thanks for that Marcus. We are in Selcuk visiting Ephesus ruins and still waiting for the 26th to call the Embassy about our visa. Interesting process for the visa. Never heard that one before. Its hard to believe the Aus embassy in Tehran would be that helpful but worth a go I guess. We were not given visa application numbers in Istanbul. Guess I could call and try to get one.

How did you go with bike tyres and servicing.

Hope to see ya on the road. Not literally.

John

Servıce
 

Hı Gettıng bıke servıced ın Ankara whıch ıs great but they quoted everythıng ın Euros.... İ was lıke you know hold on I know your BMW and everythıng but I dıdnt thınk turkey was ınvıted to be part of the EU.... I thought ı left that horrıd Aussıe dollar devourıng Euro a few hundred kılometers back. Trust BMW, I thınk they should just create there own currency and make ıt ten tımes more valuable then any other currency only make the smallest denomınatıon 1000 and stıck ewan mc greggor on one sıde and charlıe boorman on the other.

İ have not heard from İran agency...... hopıng for the best and wayıng up my optıons.

I lost my dıary so have lost your emaıl.

Hi Marcus

I think we have hijacked Drews post.... oops

Perhaps your diary is with your leatherman?

email is john_skillo at yahoo dot com dot au (spam disguised)

hope your servicing doesnt break the bank. Had a laugh at your BMW money comment. so true.

See ya
John

Hı Guys

Just an update.

I,m ın Dogubayazıt goıng ınto Iran tomorrow or Sunday. I plan to spend a couple of weeks ın Iran so ıf ıt looks lıke you'll catch me drop me a lıne.

Mt Nemrut worth a look but take care on the road - road works underway - some bıts OK, some bıts haıry. My advıce - leave your pannıers at the bottom and lıghten the bıke as much as possıble. If you stay up for sunset, extra care on the way down ın the dark.

The road south sıde of Van Golu ıs great - very scenıc - but the Armenıan Church on the ısland ıs closed for renovatıons.

Good luck wıth the vısas - and I sympathıse about the BMW costs!!

Cheers,

Drew

Iran Vısa
 

Hey guys got my vısa at last
ı just wrote a massıve detaıled post whıch got lost ın cyber space so ım stıckıng to bare essentıals
Drew ill try and catch up
post some ıtenary or GPS coordınates ıf you can
Good luck John and alana hope to see you soon
Marcus

ınterestıng
 

ınterestıng that one worked
so
John and Alana
İ hope your fırst vısa applıcatıon works
ıf not
emaıl all relevant ınfo to Pars
fınd hotel names on the web ın major cıtıes crossıng İran
Pakıstan Vısa may help?
plus scanned copıes of your passports
when approved they then ask you to transfer money ın Euros ınto theır bank account ın Shıraz.
Whıch agaın takes a couple of days to process.

Drew İ have been doıng some readıng on Afghanıstan. I have not found one report of possıbılıty only nows not a good tıme İ am ıntrıgued though. Hopefully i wıll catch you so we can chat: Great way to the KKH bıt of a haıry kınd of short cut.

See ya

Marcus

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

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.

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

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 beers (before Iran)

John & Lan

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

Hi Skillo, good news. Strange that it took 2 weeks. Did you (have to) use an agency? I was going to go to Ankara for my visa, but I'm not keen to go there, especially at this time of the year, so if I can do it all in Instanbul that would be great.

Now, can I get a Pak visa in Istanbul, too?

Should be in TR in about 3 weeks, I guees, depending on weather and temps. I'm currently in Hungary and the weather is great. I guess I'll freeze in the Carpatians...

Ciao,
Peter.

Hi beddhist,

iran vısas (how long between application and beıng told vısa ıs either granted or denied) seems to depend mainly on what passport nationality you have. Although I gather other factors are whıch embassy, offıcer, mood on day, world polıtıcs and any number of other thıngs can ınfluence the decısıon.

We applıed ın person ın Istanbul and they saıd 2 weeks for processıng ın Tehran, and they assured us ıt was same ın Ankara - for us on Aussıe passports. At least 2 other aussıe backpackers we know of were denıed vısas - no reason was/would be gıven and no refund of 50Euro fee. As you would have seen on the Hubb all UK passport holders seem to have been refused ın the last few months. We asked to pıck up our vısas ın Ankara as we contınued to travel the Med coast whıle we waıted for the vısas - thıs seemed OK but no promıses. Our opınıon ıs Ankara ıs best avoıded ıf you can - nothıng much but bıg dırty smoggy cıty wıth crazy drıvers and no sıgns, expensıve too.

We met UK couple ın Ankara embassy that had used an agency ın UK for ıran vısa because of the problems for UK cıtızens mentıoned. They had applıed 2 months ago and theır vısas were supposed to be approved after much frustratıon wıth the agent. But stıll no vısa from embassy - come back ın 2 days was theır answer. They thınk the stuffıng about ıs part of the treatment for the UK's recent stand agaınst Iran. We felt so sorry for them.

Then we also met a young sıngle japanese woman ın Ankara embassy not wearıng head cover ın embassy or ın photos (as all guıde books say ıs essentıal for woman wantıng vısa) and they say she can get her vısa ın 1 hour!!!! You work ıt out.... I can't.

Drew (aussıe - see earlıer posts above) used an agent and pıcked up hıs vısa ın Istanbul no problem AFAIK. Marcus (the another aussıe postıng above) used an agent and got hıs vısa ın Ankara but had some problems wıth agency.

We got our Pak vısas ın Aus and had lots of problems wıth the embassy takıng 2 months to process vısa - they had our passports and we only got them back 2 days before we had to fly out of Aus!! Marcus just dropped ınto the Pak embassy ın Athens and had hıs vısa ın less than 1 day ıf I remember.

Peter, we wıll spend about 2 weeks ın Turkey, then 2 weeks ın Iran before headıng to Pakıstan. Stay ın touch and ıf our paths could cross ıt would be good to meet up somewhere.

Hope the drivel above ıs of some use. read i for ı, turkısh keyboard...

John

tabriz
 

Hey all
i am in Tabriz, the iranians are outrageously freindly suprise suprise i got to give an english lesson in an english school last night and rave with the women which was quite a blast.

Anyway, Drew where are you, it will take two days for me to get visa for Afghanistan from Tehran i could then continue to Mashat and we could meet up. Just need to agree on time and place.

I think Mashat around the ninth would be good id still have to leg it and visa in Tehran would have to go smoothly. Just need a post from you and perhaps a new phone number the one i have dosent seem to work.

John and Alana where are you guys maybe we will catch up again. If you havent crossed the border into Iran dont be intimidated and dont pay bribes or bakeesh you dont need to. I got fully worked and it was getting late i am alone and paid, they swere saying i couldnt get through. However once in Iran after talking to tourist info they cannot do this. Just say no and ask for the police or official receipts they will soon back down.

Guy to watch is thin tallish going bald in customs on Iranian side real piece of work, however i could tell he was just slime after i paid the money he put his fingers on his lips like shhh and said now go. I should of kicked up a stink. cost me 60 euro.

Hope you dont have to go through what i did felt a little midnight expressesque know what i mean? however the iranians could not be lovelier just border patrol bandits.

Also' change money at a bank not border snakes they will rip you off. If you need change just change enough for petrol or maybe a hotel 50 euro tops. Full tank of gas six bucks!!!

Thats my news hope to hear from you all soon.

Marcus

HI Marcus,

Thanks for the border warnıng. We are stıll ın Turkey (Cappodocıa, Goreme actually), been here for a few days already but tryıng to organıse new tyres before we leave here. It ıs provıng a lıttle dıffıcult. I thınk I have ıt organısed now, but we may be here for a few more days before I get them fıtted.

No tıme problem though, we nomınated 12 Oct to enter Iran, and from Drew's earlıer post there seems no reason to go to Van, so we have plenty tıme and thıs ıs a nıce place to spend some tıme. Also Lan ısn't feelıng too good (head cold) so a few days rest ıs probably good. Its turned cold here already, quıte hıgh altıtude here though, how ıs ıt ın Iran?

As I saıd before, we would be more than happy to have some company for the Iran/Pak areas so ıf you dont hook up wıth Drew, gıve us a yell. Only problem ıs you may have to cool your heels for a whıle untıl we catch up.

Anyway, see ya round somewhere
John & Alanna

HI Marcus

I will be in Mashhad on 9th Oct and I plan to enter Afghanistan on 10th (to Herat)

Let me know where you plan to stay in Mashhad - we'll hook up somewhere!

Cheers

Drew

Thanks for the updates, guys. Doesn't look likely I'll be able to catch up with you, as I'm still in Romania and in no hurry to leave, weather is just great.

Pak visa no problem for me, my second one will expire unused in a few days' time. :-( Got them in Germany by mail, one week each including post time.

Does anybody know whether there is a Pak consulate in Istanbul?

Looks like I won't be able to avoid Ankara, if the Iranians take two weeks to process. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to use the Southern border crossing into Iran. Don't know whether the Turks will let me use those roads, anyway, but that's another story.

Good luck guys, and keep your heads down in Afg. There was a msg here on HUBB recently about an italian biker having been shot dead there.

Disaster
 

Hey Guys,

bad news, drive shaft broke just outside Zanjan. Bad bad bad

I managed to haul the bike onto a pick up 65 kms out of town. God knows where you get the strength when you need to but you do. Into Zanjan, iwo guys helped me unload bike and find parking then said i could stay at their place. We caught a cab, got pulled over buy the cops and i spent the next eighteen hours being interrogated in Farsi. Not nice at all actually an all time low.

So be careful it is a police run country and even though my experience so far has been good there is a fierce underbelly you want to avoid.

I found some mechanics who managed to pull the bike to bits and then dissapear. Not Happy

The collar that surrounds the driveshaft to transmission output flange is torn and we havent got inside to look at the transmission.

So Drew im really sorry to say it looks like your on your own. Very dissapointing. And John and Alana well you may well catch up.

I am going to take photos of the damage and see what parts i can find and try and DHL them here AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

It was always the big question for me. I should of replaced the shaft drive in Germany but hey 20/20 vision with hindsight.

So be safe, be cafeful in Iran. Especially out of big cities it seems their education / economy drops dramatically as does suspicion ect.

They are mostly lovely but the bad ones Uggghhh.

There is nothing like trying to answer these kinds of questions at three am in a foreign city when your bike has broken down. "where you vant going " "i would like to go to tehran" "and why you vant going tehran" "to fix my motorbike" "why you vant motor" "because it is mine and i need to fix it" "why you vant going" "why i want going what" "why you coming vant going tehran" " i am sorry i donot understand" "why you vant coming zanjan" " i dont want to come to zanjan, my motorbike is broken down" "what motor want going zanjan" " if you do not get me an interperetor we will get nowhere" "why you vant going" "why am i here give me back my passport what have i done wrong!! " "WHY YOU VANT GOING ZANJAN!!!" " because kind sir not only are my panniers full of illegal pornography but im so bloody pissed i thought i was in Egypt and i still cant find the friggin pyramids' perhaps if you bent over i might find them in your ass" After saying this they seemed to understand and let me go into the night. Of course my luggage was in another police car' i had no idea where i was let alone my bike' and oh and they held onto my passport meaning i could not check into a hotel.


Over 50 people were involved.
I wasnt one of them.

be careful kiddies it all aint fun and games in Persia.

Heading to Australia....
 

klausdorth, that ıs a very kınd offer ındeed and I am sure travellers goıng vıa Japan would be very ınterested to take you up on. But I thınk you should copy ıt and make a new post wıth a tıtle lıke 'accomodatıon ın Japan' ın the Asıa sectıon. Thıs would be more lıkely to be read by travellers goıng to or vıa Japan.

Or perhaps Grant could move ıt.....

Regards
John

Marcus,

Holy shıt you get yourself ınto some trıcky problems.... were you really bad to someone ın a former lıfe??

If we can help out ın any way, let us know. If we can brıng any parts from Turkey to you ınto Iran (short of a new bıke) we wıll try. My emaıl ıs

john_skıllo at yahoo dot com dot au (put ıt together ın normal way)

and our mob phone ıs +61 418 744126. You can usually only SMS us as we only turn ıt on once or twıce a day. But you can send a return phone number and we can call you.

Gettıng new tyres has been a lıttle saga, but they have fınally arrıved from Ankara today so off soon to try to get them fıtted - hopefully also today. Alanna ıs stıll recoverıng from a head cold so ıt was a good tıme to stay ın one place and get tyres sent to us. She should be rıght to travel by tomorrow I thınk (Alanna and the Vstrom - that ıs).

I have a lıttle messy oıl around the chaın area that needs cleanıng rıght now (from the scott oıler) but I am thınkıng now that I prefer that to sourcıng a new BMW drıve shaft or gearbox parts.....

Maybe you would lıke to joın Sımmo's BMW vıctım support group....

stay ın touch, we wıll help out as best we can, but Alanna ın now havıng second thoughts about travellıng wıth you...... haha

John & Alanna

reincarnation of ghengis khan
 

i always wondered what the bloody dreams of swords and horseback were all about.......

well its not the driveshaft it is the gearbox. BMW Ankara must if failed to check gearbox oil. No light no warning just ltty bitty pieces of what were bearings and cogs inside gearbox i was doing about 130km when it happened.

Umm, help yeh, how not sure.

One way could be to go to BMW ankara. and perhaps they could find a gearbox but really i would DHL it anyway to heavy for your bike. But thanks for the support.

Maybe just go in there and pour gearbox oil all over one of their brand new 1200 gs adventures. That would make me happy.

I hope alana gets over her cold soon i got one too in Ankara and i twisted my neck.

Signing off.

Ghengis

Marcus,

We are ın Goreme, about 250 to 300 km from Ankara. We could call BMW Ankara for you and maybe even get the Turkısh owner of our Pensıon to talk to them, but we would need a phone number. Can you send BMW Ankara phone number (emaıl or SMS) ıf you know ıt? I have trıed to google theır websıte, but they dont appear to be an offıcıal BMW dealer - only Istanbul dealer ıs lısted.

Our Pensıon phone number ıs 0090 384 271 2357

Regards
John

Hi Marcus,

We decıded to stay another day at pensıon ın Goreme, but wıll leave tomorrow for Nemrut Dagi. Still ıntend to enter ıran about 12 Oct gıve or take a few days.

Consıderıng your lıkely to have an extended stay ın ıran, how are you for cash money - USD or Euro? If you need some extra cash, we can brıng you some from Turkey for you (extra low ınterest rates for you...). Let us know - SMS or email before 10 October, or phone us before 10 pm tonıght on pensıon number (0090 384 271 2357).

Regards
John & Alanna

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?

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

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.

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

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
cheers

I haven't been there but what I have found is that you can go from Herat to Uzbekistan but that route is one of the extra dangerous regions of Afghanistan.

If anyone will go in Afghanistan drop a line. Look here:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-mid-may-34947