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[karlik]

hi!
This summer I will travel from Osh to Kashgar and go back Osh.
Is there transport at Irkeshtam pass for Kashgar. Is it expensive? How long?.
In kasghar can I organize transport for Irkeshtam pass?
At Irkeshtam can I find a transport for sarry tash or Osh. DO you know the price?

LvD

[aynor]

Hi!
If you want to cross Irkeshtam pass there is bus from Osh to irkeshtam once a week. The departure Day is whenever enough people are gathered.
Another option is OSHGUESTHOUSE, the host (he speaks english)orginize transport untill Irkeshtam from Osh. The price depends on amount of passengers in a car. Whole car costs 130$. So if there are 4 passengers it wil cost around 33$ for each, If 3 passengers 43$, if 2 passengers 65$. What is good, There is usually someone who are going to cross Irkeshtam in that guest house, so it can be possible to share the costs.
(the web site is www.oshguesthouse.hotbox.ru) [L=]http://oshguesthouse.hotbox.ru[/L] ),
e-mail: oshguesthouse@hotbox.ru tel +996 502 372311
The property is that it is better to take car than the sometimes crowded bus with some drank local passengers for such uncomfortable road.
The road is beuatifull and you can see beuty of Pamir range covered with snow. The pass is windy and cold.
P.s Don't take taxi untill Sary- Tash, because It is diffucult to find other transport from Sary-tash to Irkeshtam.

[kamal]

Irkeshtam pass (from Sary Tash to China - Kashgar) was opened in summer 2002. That's good news for travelling from southern Kyrgyzstan (or even Tajikistan) to China. You can do it independently without problems. There's a sleeper bus that runs from Kashgar to Osh every Monday and Tuesday for 50 $. It naturally also runs he other way. No need for travel agencies or special permits. It's from the long-haul bus stand in Kashgar and from the new bus stand in Osh (the one outside of town). If you hitch from Osh to Irkeshtam and get a local Chinese bus from Irkeshtam to Kashgar, you can keep the cost as low as 20 $ (some of which is for gifts for the people who give you a ride). Coming from Kashgar it's the same, just vice versa: Local bus Kashgar-Irkeshtam, hitch Irkeshtam-Osh. Coming from Kashgar it's the same, just vice versa: Local bus Kashgar-Irkeshtam, hitch Irkeshtam-Osh. This way you also get to see the stretches that the sleeper bus passes at night. The scenery is gorgeous.
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