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Carlos GThe border crossing (and waiting on the other side 45 minutes for the bus driver) is a bit chaotic if you dont speak Russian and understand the plan explained before offloading at the border. The bus drops about a 50 minute drive north of Bishkek at (whats labeled as) the New Bishkek bus terminal. Beware that whatever carryon you bring will go under your legs as there is no room up top. The bus driver did stop for breaks and did the best he could, but the logistics of this adventure made it a little spicy, so check reddit for details and be ready. Bus arrived 3 hours later than listed on the ticket because the times dont include the border wait. Sending a message to the help phone number on the ticket got no response on whatsapp
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Jessica BThe driver didn't tell us where to meet him on the other side
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Ulrike LThe positive aspects were that driver was punctual and that the crossing of the border with change of vehicles/drivers was very smooth without any problems.
However, the driver from Almaty to the Borderline was constantly using his mobile phone, even at high speed up to 150km/h.
از Almaty به بیشکک, تاکسی Comfort 4pax, Easy Transfer, ۱۳ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۶
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Matthew PBit of apprehension and uncertainty among fellow travellers due to uncertainty, but system seemed to work well. Tickets have allocated seat number, coach departs from stand 2 I think, marked Bishkek in Cyrillic, just over 3 hours to the Korday border crossing with Kyrgyzstan with one brief stop on the way. Border procedures straightforward. Option to get local bus or Yandex another side also
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Bill WEasy connection at the border
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Ashley Confusing to find the bus once across the border, bus wasn’t too hot in September with the roof windows cracked
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Sergei ETransportation past the border was canceled without a prior warning and compensation.
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Lin YSeats were comfortable and reclining. However, bus arrived 3h late at 2:30am
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Jonathan LYou told me that the ride is approximately 3 and a half hours, at the end it was 6(!) hours and had to call my hostel at the middle of the night and wake her up, you almost made me sleep in the street.
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Cameron SAircon doesn’t work and it gets very hot. No one was sitting in the allocated seats and everyone had to move and change. Not much communication around the border crossing.
از Almaty به بیشکک, اتوبوس کرسی نشین, Nurdan Tour, ۳ اوت ۲۰۲۶