• Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    I’ve long dreamed of going from Europe to New Zealand by train and boat, but that route is not currently practical / ethical. ( fwiw, I used to know it well, in more friendly days I organised the ‘climate train to Kyoto’ )

    Further south people used the ‘silk road’ route across the Caspian sea - until Azerbaijan closed land borders.
    (note: for info about crossing borders in central asia the forum on caravanistan can help).

    That leaves only the route via Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India, which is possible (depending your passport and visas) although it’s dodgy across Balochistan. And then, after India, there is also a war in Myanmar. So, can only hope for better times.

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      4 months ago

      Azerbaijan has a train line to Turkey via Georgia. Obviously ethical is a problem, but it is certainly possible in a relatively save fashion, if you have a good passport.

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        As I understood all the land borders of Azerbaijan are still closed, since covid, at least until october - so is there still any train running ? Maybe a deliberate policy to keep out enviro-ngos and ‘hippy traveler’ types who might carry infectious democratic ideas (including to the COP)?

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    4 months ago

    Ugh, what’s up with the down-votes on this post?

  • pseudo
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    3 months ago

    Mince ! Il nous faut encore faire des efforts pour pouvoir faire par train le tour du monde en 80 jours…