Chechen Republic

At the border crossing into Russia, I had to wait around six hours. It was difficult to fill out the documents, but no bigger problems are encountered.
At the border i then met a Belgium couple and a Dutch couple in the camper vans which had been there even longer and we helped each other where possible.
They knew some other travellers that have gone through Russia recently, and there were reports of corrupt policeman, so we decided to stay in the 3 for the duration of this passage.
We passed through Chechnya and slept a second night in Astrakhan. We tried the Russian abandoned MC Donalds and only met very nice people on the road.
Big police state though with many controls along the way.
On the 3rd day we hit the border with kazhastan and after 2 hours we were in.Read more