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Visas & Border crossing

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Obtaining visas on the road, crossing borders by land or sea… Simple procedures on paper, which can be much more complicated in real life: get some help from our guides to overcome the puzzle of physical borders and administrative barriers!

 

 

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Visa for Cambodia at the border & border crossing at Moc Bai/Bavet

At the beginning of March 2019, we came to Cambodia by land, via the Vietnamese-Cambodian border post of Moc Bai/Bavet… By hitchhiking, and especially without going through an agency! As a result, we got our tourist visa for Cambodia quite quickly, and at the right price – i.e. without paying baksheesh to corrupt customs officers. Here, we give you a feedback on our experience!

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Visa for Vietnam (e-visa and visa free entry) & border crossings at Lao Cai and Cha Lo

We already knew it, and this experience confirms it: holding a French passport is a big advantage, because it is possible for us to enter the Vietnamese land visa free for 15 days or with a one-month visa for Vietnam that we got by simply applying for it on Internet (e-visa or electronic visa). Very simplified procedures, to better take advantage of it!

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Transit visa for Turkmenistan in Iran & border crossing at Bajgiran

In order to continue our adventure towards Central Asia, we had to travel through Turkmenistan. Problem: this country, rather closed, is known to regularly refuse visa applications, without any valid reason… We still tried our luck by making a request for a transit visa transit for Turkmenistan in Tehran, Iran. And we got it!

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Nagorno Karabakh visa & border crossing

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Post updated on November 12, 2020

When we crossed Armenia in March 2018 during our no-flight journey around the world, we decided to also explore the self-independent republic of Nagorno Karabakh (or Artsakh). From this intense experience, we wanted to transcribe all essentials to know to make your Nagorno-Karabakh visa and to cross the “border” from Armenia!

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