Traveling from Mangistau to Turkmenistan.

“It is important to conquer the adoration of your subject in yourself. Travel is fraught with the threat of an immense passion for a foreign country, the "discovery of America" ​​at every turn. Everyday life seems to be the life of some extraordinary events and interests. Travel is a book. Only those who can read the observed life between the lines can read it. Anyone who is looking for the original, exotic, tuned "poetically", inevitably falls into error, because in normal conditions of life he is looking for abnormal"

Academician V.M. Alekseev. 1907.

A trip from Aktau to the Temir baba checkpoint.

The Temir baba checkpoint is located in the Temir Baba area, on the Kazakh-Turkmen border in the Karakiy district, Mangistau region. The Temir baba checkpoint is multilateral, operates 12 hours a day. For citizens of Kazakhstan permanently residing in the Mangistau region, simplified rules for entry and stay without visas in the Balkan region of Turkmenistan for a period of up to 5 days are provided.
"The place of residence of citizens of Kazakhstan is determined on the basis of a registration mark affixed to identity cards (passports)."
In accordance with the national legislation of Turkmenistan, the stay of citizens of Kazakhstan over the terms of simplified entry is carried out on the basis of visas issued in the prescribed manner, is explained in the message.
At the same time, citizens of Kazakhstan who are subject to the simplified procedure can enter the territory of Turkmenistan and leave the territory through checkpoints designated for international traffic. Currently, there is the only Temir-Baba checkpoint on the Kazakh-Turkmen border, where the eponymous customs post is located, as well as the Bolashak railway customs post.
Temir baba, a border cargo-passenger customs post, is located 335 kilometers from Aktau, the administrative center of the Mangistau region. Address: 130200, Republic of Kazakhstan, Mangistau region, Zhanaozen-Bekdash highway, Temir Baba automobile crossing.
Phone: + 7 (729) 374 20 50

Authority:
 http://www.automan.kz Department of Customs Control in the Mangystau region.