Uzbekistan

2008-07-16

Train Beneau (KZ) - Kungrad (UZ)

• goes every day at 6:30 AM, ticket price: 6 euro per person, bicycle for free
• duration of travel: 11 hours
• now extra space for luggage, very crowded, be there at time and find a good place for your bicylce
• you can buy all sorts of products during travel, also changing money no problem

2008-07-01

Visa

• applied visa in embassy in Baku (AZ)
• duration of stay: 1 month. Price: 75 USD
• valid from-to a specific date
• processing time: 2-4 days
• no LOI needed for EU citizens!
• friendly consul
• Adress: 370021, Baku, Patamdart; 1-shosse, 9-str., 437; Phone: (99-412) 97-25-49 Fax: (99-412) 497-25-48

Kazakhstan

2008-07-12

Ferry Baku (AZ)-Aktau (KZ)

• ripp off of 100 USD per Person, but good cabins and big ferry
• do not mention your bicycle, it goes for free, they just want to charge you extra moeny
• going every 3 to 6 days
• crossing takes 22 hours
• we waited 5 days for the ferry, one day on the port in baku, 24 hours before port of aktau and had to stay 2 nights on the port in aktau because customs was on holiday. so it took us 9 days to get from baku to aktau!
• be careful with your visa planning, you have to have time for this

2008-02-10

Visa

• applied visa in embassy in Vienna (Austria)
• duration of stay: 3 month. Price: 25 Euro

Azerbaijan

2008-06-12

Visa

• Tourist Visa for 30 Days available easily (valid for one month)
• Price: 60 Euro (!)
• Duration from Application until Recieving: 4 Working Days
• Opening Times: Mo-Fr, 10 AM - 1 PM
• 2 Passport Photos needed
• Address: 2nd block Kipshidze street, building 1, Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: +995(32) 25-26-39, 25-00-14, 25-35-26, 25-35-27; Fax: +995(32) 25-00-13; E-mail: secretariat@azembassy.ge; [Website]

Georgia

2008-05-26

Ferry Sochi-Batumi

• Working again since 27th of March 2008!!
• Departure from Sochi to Batumi: every Tuesday at 12 AM (express, duration 5-6 hours), every Friday at 6 PM (normal, Duration 12 hours)
• Information, Telephone Number: +7 8622 609 603 (russian only)
• Ticket Office, Telephone Number: +7 8622 609 646(russian only)
• Prices: Express 2600 russian Rubel p.P., normal 2200 Rubel p.P
• we had nothing to pay for our bicycles
• Departure was several hours later than the official Departure times mentioned just above

Visa

• no Visa needed for Citizens of European Union

Russia

2008-03-01

Visa

• Invitation needed
• we used a Visa Agency in Vienna: [visumsupportcenter.at]

2008-05-16

Ferry Crimea-Russia

• goes every 3 Hours, 24 Hour a day
• Duration: about 15 Minutes
• Prices: 30 Hrivna p.P, 15 Hrivna for one Bicycle

Ukraine

2008-03-27

Border from Slowakia to Ukraine

• the Border from SK to UA at Uzhorod is closed for Bicycle and Pedestrians! No way for us to cycle
• luckily we found a friendly bus driver who took us to the Ukraine