Overland to Magadan

July - August 2014

 

Date Time From To By Comments
17.07 12:00 Tel Aviv Istanbul Pegasus Airlines 2 hours, Total all Pegasus flights $307
17.07 20:15 Istanbul Bishkek Pegasus Airlines 4 hours
19.07 08:00 Bishkek Cholpon Ata Minibus 4 hours, 250 Som
20.07 09:00 Cholpon Ata Karakol Minibus 3 hours, 120 Som
21.07 09:00 Karakol Balykchi Minibus 2.5 hours, 190 Som
21.07 09:00 Karakol Balykchi Minibus 2.5 hours, 190 Som
21.07 14:30 Balykchi Naryn Shared Taxi 3 hours, 400 Som
22.07 08:20 Naryn Kazarman Minibus + Private car 6 hours, 100 Som (minibus)
22.07 15:30 Kazarman Jalalabad Shared Taxi (?) 3.5 hours, 700 Som
23.07 09:30 Jalalabad Uzgen Minibus 1 hour, 60 Som
23.07 12:30 Uzgen Osh Minibus 1 hour, 50 Som
24.07 14:00 Osh Sary Tash Minibus 3.5 hours, 300 Som
25.07 07:45 Sary Tash Irkeshtam Truck 1.5 hours, 200 Som
25.07 18:00 Irkeshtam Ulugqat Minibus 2 hours, 100 Yuan
26.07 10:15 Ulugqat Kashgar Car as bus 1.5 hours, 28 Yuan
27.07 12:52 Kashgar Turpan (Daheyan) Train 23 hours, 175 Yuan
28.07 19:00 Turpan Urumqi Coach 3 hours, 45 Yuan
29.07 10:00 Urumqi Qinggil Coach 8 hours, 145 Yuan
30.07 09:30 Qinggil Takashiken Minibus 2.5 hours, 26 Yuan
30.07 12:00 Takashiken Mongolian border Minibus 15 min, 15 Yuan
30.07 18:00 Chinese border Bulgan Minibus 1 hour, 5000 Togrok
31.07 12:00 Bulgan Gov Altai Truck + Minibus 25+2 hours, 30000+10000 Togrok
02.08 11:00 Gov Altai Ulan Bator Coach 24 hours, 47000 Togrok
04.08 07:30 Ulan Bator Ulan Ude Coach 11 hours, 65000 Togrok
04.08 21:00 Ulan Ude Chita Minibus 10 hours, 1150 Rub
05.08 09:45 Chita Mogocha Minibus 8 hours, 1000 Rub
06.08 13:30 Mogocha Skovorodino Train 8 hours, 519 Rub
07.08 08:30 Skovorodino Neryungri Train 11 hours, 1950 Rub
07.08 20:30 Neryungri Yakutsk Private car as Shared taxi 15.5 hours, 2000 Rub
09.08 10:00 Yakutsk N. Bestyakh Ship 1.5 hours, 250 Rub
09.08 10:00 Yakutsk N. Bestyakh Ship 1.5 hours, 250 Rub
09.08 11:30 N. Bestyakh Ytyk Kyuel Taxi, Private cars 5 hours, 350 Rub + free
10.08 12:30 Ytyk Kyuel Khandyga Private cars 10 hours, 200 Rub + free
11.08 12:00 Khandyga Ust Nera Minibus 12 hours, 5000 Rub
12.08 09:00 Ust Nera Krutoi Private car 2 hours, free
12.08 14:00 Krutoi Magadan Truck 48 hours, free
15.08 11:00 Magadan Moscow Vim Avia 8 hours, 16000 Rub
15.08 15:00 Moscow Chisinau Coach 26 hours, 2300 Rub
16.08 16:30 Chisinau Goian Minibus 1.5 hours, 30 MDL
21.08 18:30 Dubosari Uman Minibus 9 hours, 150 Transnistrian Rub
22.08 05:30 Uman Vinnica Bus 4 hours, 70 Hryvnia
24.08 16:30 Vinnica Balti Private car 6 hours, free
25.08 08:30 Balti Chisinau, Goian Minibuses 6 hours, 90 MDL
29.08 04:40 Goian Dubosari, Chisinau Taxi, minibus 2 hours, 88 Transnistrian Rub
29.08 07:00 Chisinau Istanbul Coach 22 hours, 1140 MDL
30.08 13:40 Istanbul Tel Aviv Pegasus Airlines 2 hours

Total for 30 days Bishkek - Magadan:

Hotels: $586 (24 nights) ~ $24.4/day
Transport: $615 ~ $20.5/day
Food, etc: $260 ~ $8.7/day
Museums: $69 ~ $2.3/day
Total: $1630 ~ $54.3/day

Air ticket $307 (Pegasus) + $450 (from Magadan)= $757
Visas: $100
Insurance: included to credit card

Total for Bishkek - Magadan trip ~ $2500
Moscow - Ukraine - Moldova - Istanbul part of the trip (15 days): $500
Total ~ $3000

See detailed reports in Russian:

Part 1: Kyrgyzstan
Part 2: China (Xinjiang)
Part 3: Mongolia
Part 4: Russia (Siberia)