Hitchhiking from Zharkent
Hitchhiking to Zharkent
Recent reviews mentioning Zharkent
44.16574, 80.00806
DIRECTION CHINA 🇨🇳: I confirm that bus is mandatory to cross into China. When at the border, kazakh soldiers controlled everyone's ticket. Also, you have to take two times the bus again to cross the entire border. You can hitchhike this part I believe if you ask the guards to put you on the next bus.For men : they might ask you to shave your beard. Happened to two friends of mine. I shaved mine the day before because I did not want them to ask me to shave my moustache...
Once you arrive on the Chinese side, look for a place to sleep on iOverlander or Trip.com. There H+2 with China so most probably you will arrive late.
To go to Urumqi, you can follow my next spots where I can give you a detailed itinerary with tips. It's not hard.
Deo Gratias!
―cavalierrustique
43.57831, 78.20781
DIRECTION CHINA 🇨🇳 : Not the best spot but will work in the end. There is room to stop but trucks are going too fast. If you go for launch or dinner there will be many vehicles parked. You can eat, toilets, not too bad neither.I was taken by Omka to Jarkent where you need to pay a bus to go after the border, in a shared taxi that agreed taking me for free because I said I was hitchhiking all the way from France. Even the other people inside were joyful of helping me.
I waited long time but I would say that you can find faster than me. My driver was driving at 140km/h so it was no problem hahaha
M36
―cavalierrustique
43.60586, 78.31364
Took less than 10min to catch a ride. He demanded money at the end. At the spot there is a restaurant and a bus stop. We just stood on the highway to catch all the traffic. Be there early, more cars will go to China.―GermanyToIndia
44.12216, 79.80177
Good spot despite somewhat quiet traffic. People take this southern route to Almaty, instead of the northern one also starting from this roundabout. I was going to Charyn Canyon so I hopped out midway through though.―VeikkaK
44.16657, 79.98901
Got a quick ride to the next village. Probably possible to find one to Almaty from here but that wasn't my destination.―VeikkaK
44.16574, 80.00806
NO A HITCHBusses to China leave from here. You can‘t hitch the border. The last bus of the day goes at 6pm (THIS MIGHT CHANGE). It costs 5000 and tickets can be bought with card. Crossing was easy and took 2-3h (+3h time difference). Be ready to take out all metals from your bag.
Good luck!
―GermanyToIndia
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