Is it possible to travel from Nepal to Iran solo?
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Is it possible to travel from Nepal to Iran solo?
Say one entered into Nepal via India overland and from there wanted to travel to Iran via the Borat stan countries. You know, the little stans. The ones that you never hear about being dangerous or housing Osama Bin. The corridor to Europe stans. The ones that i cant spell without googling.
Pakistan is not an option for people who dont want to travel with security right?? Indians keep telling me to avoid Pakistan as it's full of terrorists.
Public transport ok if required.
Cheers
Pakistan is not an option for people who dont want to travel with security right?? Indians keep telling me to avoid Pakistan as it's full of terrorists.
Public transport ok if required.
Cheers
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I went by land from Turkey to Nepal through Iran and Pakistan and India by public transport in 1988. There was a war on between Iran and Iraq. We had to cross from Pakistan to India in a convoy through parts of India that were almost in civil war and Pakistan and India were almost at war.
But that was before the internet and the days when people in their 20s were precious snowflakes.
But that was before the internet and the days when people in their 20s were precious snowflakes.
Note to self: Must be nice to morons.
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Depending on your country of citizenship, visas to visit Iran and Pakistan and Turkmenistan as an independent tourist may be hard to obtain. You should definitely go to Uzbekistan and in particular, Samarkand.spitthedog wrote:Say one entered into Nepal via India overland and from there wanted to travel to Iran via the Borat stan countries. You know, the little stans. The ones that you never hear about being dangerous or housing Osama Bin. The corridor to Europe stans. The ones that i cant spell without googling.
Pakistan is not an option for people who dont want to travel with security right?? Indians keep telling me to avoid Pakistan as it's full of terrorists.
Public transport ok if required.
Cheers
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What about overlanding it from Nepal , then through Tibet or China, then on to the Little Stans.
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Correct me if I am wrong but you are from the UK, aren't you? A visa for Iran is possible but quite hard to get for citizens of the UK and USA.
Other cyclists I have met on the road also say it is very difficult to cross the Chinese and Stans borders something about them not liking each other and also the problem with Urqers or whatever they are called. Mongolia China no problem.
Other cyclists I have met on the road also say it is very difficult to cross the Chinese and Stans borders something about them not liking each other and also the problem with Urqers or whatever they are called. Mongolia China no problem.
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You must be getting super fit now if you are thinking of cycling the Stans n Nepal with all those mountains. I remember you bitching about the hills in southern Vietnam not so long ago! How far are you gonna go?
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LOL:LaudJohn wrote:I went by land from Turkey to Nepal through Iran and Pakistan and India by public transport in 1988. There was a war on between Iran and Iraq. We had to cross from Pakistan to India in a convoy through parts of India that were almost in civil war and Pakistan and India were almost at war.
But that was before the internet and the days when people in their 20s were precious snowflakes.
I did it in 1975 an than worked for magic bus for a year..Amsterdam-Kathmandu. was a hell of a trip.
Iran and Afghanistan were fantastic countries for a tourist back than...
Read the first yellow bible to see how cheap it was....written in 73
its still free,
Cycling Nepal over the top of the world to Lhasa ( although easier the reverse) was gas.....Think u can still do it with the right permits...
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Did the Irkeshtam border crossing from China into Kyrgyzstan abut 3yrs ago. Walked, trucked & hitchhiked towards the crossing, no issues whatsoever. Just be aware that the Chinese have quite a few checkpoints if going via that route.
No issues getting into Tajikistan or Iran but I flew to those places on seperate occasions.
Want to do a Syria trip but that will have to be a border crossing which is my preferred entry anyway. Of course I'll be flagged but stuff it.
No issues getting into Tajikistan or Iran but I flew to those places on seperate occasions.
Want to do a Syria trip but that will have to be a border crossing which is my preferred entry anyway. Of course I'll be flagged but stuff it.
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That was the central highlands in Vietnam. Past Dong Xoai to Bo Y border. The other side of Bo Y border in Laos was also steep climbing.horace wrote:You must be getting super fit now if you are thinking of cycling the Stans n Nepal with all those mountains. I remember you bitching about the hills in southern Vietnam not so long ago! How far are you gonna go?
Dude, forgive me for asking this but are you on the road for real like Mr & Mrs Spit ?
Are you in The Penh now?
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Alone and with no cuddly teddy bear at night.
You have no idea what steep is until you cycle Sumatra n Java.
40k already around SE Asia
Fly to Colombia on Tuesday.
Keep posting yer tales as I will be coming back that way.
Cheers
You have no idea what steep is until you cycle Sumatra n Java.
40k already around SE Asia
Fly to Colombia on Tuesday.
Keep posting yer tales as I will be coming back that way.
Cheers
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What a badass.LaudJohn wrote:I went by land from Turkey to Nepal through Iran and Pakistan and India by public transport in 1988. There was a war on between Iran and Iraq. We had to cross from Pakistan to India in a convoy through parts of India that were almost in civil war and Pakistan and India were almost at war.
But that was before the internet and the days when people in their 20s were precious snowflakes.
It's too bad your generation then fucked things up in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and other places so badly that guys in their 20's can't do the same route. And before you call me snowflake, there's no way in hell that you would backpack through Waziristan nowadays, gps sat phone or not.
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Thank God phuketrichard is here to give travel advice only 40-plus years out of date.over the rainbow wrote:LOL:LaudJohn wrote:I went by land from Turkey to Nepal through Iran and Pakistan and India by public transport in 1988. There was a war on between Iran and Iraq. We had to cross from Pakistan to India in a convoy through parts of India that were almost in civil war and Pakistan and India were almost at war.
But that was before the internet and the days when people in their 20s were precious snowflakes.
I did it in 1975 an than worked for magic bus for a year..Amsterdam-Kathmandu. was a hell of a trip.
Iran and Afghanistan were fantastic countries for a tourist back than...
Read the first yellow bible to see how cheap it was....written in 73
its still free,
Cycling Nepal over the top of the world to Lhasa ( although easier the reverse) was gas.....Think u can still do it with the right permits...
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