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Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, 14th 2014
Hello, well, I’m not use to write in English, but I’ll try to give you some informations about this pass from China to Kyrgyzstan. We passed here 2 days ago with Isaac and Kinga (Canada and poland).
Hello, well, I’m not use to write in English, but I’ll try to give you some informations about this pass from China to Kyrgyzstan. We passed here 2 days ago with Isaac and Kinga (Canada and poland).
Note that if you want to take the international bus from Kashgar to Osh, the bus leave on Monday and Thursday at 10, it costs 570 yuans. If you want more informations, the phone number from the bus stations (the lady speaks English) : 13899168559. But those days there were no bus because of the snow, so it was very useful to pass with local transportations (and cheaper)
Basic description :
Kashgar --> Ulugqi --> China Custom --> No man’s land à Kyrgh custom à Osh
1. Kashgar to china border – 1h30 – 50 yuans pp
From the guest house, you have to know from which bus station leave the transports so Ulumgqi. These is not the local bus station (perhaps you’ll not wait 1h30 like us) but this is very close to the international bus station : this is just on the street before, next to the river, 250m. Ask for Ulumgqi. We paid for this 30 yuans pp plus 10 yuans pp because of the bags, we shared a taxi with officials tickets from the bus stations. (1h30 to th city). Because of we leave late finally, we ask to the guy to drive directly to the border, he asks us 10 yans more pp
Try to leave early (8:00) because after, you’ll have to wait 2h for the Chinese lunch pause
2. No man’s land – 160 km – 3-4h – 133 yuans pp (400 yuans for 3)
First you have to find a taxi to cross the border, no hitch hiking is possible, the Chinese customs are waiting for you to find a taxi before you can have the stamps. Guys are waiting, we paid 400 Y for 3 (no negociation possible, but you can try !!...). The controls were, for us, very simple, no questions, no problems, nice guys. On the road there’re some security controls, nothing especial, just watching at your passports.
Because of the lunch we wait in the no man’s land before they re-opened the border for Kyrgyzstan
3. Kyrgyzstan border
The taxi let you just before the first Kyrgh security check point. From here the guy were waiting for us to have a taxi to reach the customs, 2 or 3 km later. We hitch hike for a truck, he asks us no money.
On the border, they were very sympathic, “welcome to Kyrgyzstan”, “where are you from…” no problem for stamps neither for the bags
4. From the Kyrgyzs border to Osh – 6h – 175 Y pp
Well, from here normally I think it’s possible to hitch hick, what we planed at the beginning, but because of it was late, the trucks were staying at the border for the night. So only taxi, they ask us 300 yuans pp. Too expensive. We leave and find after a car, we paid 175 Y pp, 4400 som for the 3 after negotiations
The road is not very good, but really amazing, montains and glaciers are very cool.
Well, at the end :
We leave at 7:30 on the morning (but we loose 2h looking forr the right place to find a transport) and we reach Osh at 22:00 Beijing time;
around 350 Y pp, you’ve to plan to spend the whole day to arrive in Osh at night if you’re lucky.
So, enjoy your trip, I hope this post can help you
Bertrand, a french guy
visit my blog here if you're curious : http://bebnews.weebly.com/en
you can find this post here : http://bebnews.weebly.com/13/post/2014/02/from-kashgar-to-osh-irkeshtam-pass.html
Basic description :
Kashgar --> Ulugqi --> China Custom --> No man’s land à Kyrgh custom à Osh
1. Kashgar to china border – 1h30 – 50 yuans pp
From the guest house, you have to know from which bus station leave the transports so Ulumgqi. These is not the local bus station (perhaps you’ll not wait 1h30 like us) but this is very close to the international bus station : this is just on the street before, next to the river, 250m. Ask for Ulumgqi. We paid for this 30 yuans pp plus 10 yuans pp because of the bags, we shared a taxi with officials tickets from the bus stations. (1h30 to th city). Because of we leave late finally, we ask to the guy to drive directly to the border, he asks us 10 yans more pp
Try to leave early (8:00) because after, you’ll have to wait 2h for the Chinese lunch pause
2. No man’s land – 160 km – 3-4h – 133 yuans pp (400 yuans for 3)
First you have to find a taxi to cross the border, no hitch hiking is possible, the Chinese customs are waiting for you to find a taxi before you can have the stamps. Guys are waiting, we paid 400 Y for 3 (no negociation possible, but you can try !!...). The controls were, for us, very simple, no questions, no problems, nice guys. On the road there’re some security controls, nothing especial, just watching at your passports.
Because of the lunch we wait in the no man’s land before they re-opened the border for Kyrgyzstan
3. Kyrgyzstan border
The taxi let you just before the first Kyrgh security check point. From here the guy were waiting for us to have a taxi to reach the customs, 2 or 3 km later. We hitch hike for a truck, he asks us no money.
On the border, they were very sympathic, “welcome to Kyrgyzstan”, “where are you from…” no problem for stamps neither for the bags
4. From the Kyrgyzs border to Osh – 6h – 175 Y pp
Well, from here normally I think it’s possible to hitch hick, what we planed at the beginning, but because of it was late, the trucks were staying at the border for the night. So only taxi, they ask us 300 yuans pp. Too expensive. We leave and find after a car, we paid 175 Y pp, 4400 som for the 3 after negotiations
The road is not very good, but really amazing, montains and glaciers are very cool.
Well, at the end :
We leave at 7:30 on the morning (but we loose 2h looking forr the right place to find a transport) and we reach Osh at 22:00 Beijing time;
around 350 Y pp, you’ve to plan to spend the whole day to arrive in Osh at night if you’re lucky.
So, enjoy your trip, I hope this post can help you
Bertrand, a french guy
visit my blog here if you're curious : http://bebnews.weebly.com/en
you can find this post here : http://bebnews.weebly.com/13/post/2014/02/from-kashgar-to-osh-irkeshtam-pass.html
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