Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan is not the easiest country for visas. A tourist visa requires hiring an expensive guide. You can get a transit visa valid for a couple of days. To get the transit visa, you have to already have on your passport the visa of the next country and print them copy of it, of your passport, same usual things such as application form, pictures etc and around 50€ (Tehran, dec 2012 possible to be picked up in Mashhad); maximum 5 days.

If you're on an overland trip you might be better of skipping this country and going through Afghanistan, Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan.

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