The most budgetary way, as in today's conditions of rush demand and the exorbitant cost of air tickets abroad, is to get to Kazakhstan from Moscow for only 5 thousand rubles, a Russian traveler shared on her Yandex.Zen personal blog. However, it is worth considering that the route is a composite one, so you cannot do without transfers. However, the time costs are offset by tens or even hundreds of thousands of saved rubles, if the tourist spent them on a ticket for a direct flight with a flight abroad.
The tourist suggested Kazakhstan as the first foreign destination. It is relatively easy to get there from Russia, and flights to various destinations are available from major cities of the former Soviet republic. For example, to Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Dubai (UAE), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Tbilisi (Georgia).
After September 21, when partial mobilization was announced in the Russian Federation, some Russian tourists rushed to Kazakhstan on their own cars. Today, the traveler said, at the border checkpoints “multi-kilometer queues have formed, and the border crossing time has stretched for two days,” so it’s more convenient to choose other modes of transport.
Directly is now expensive and inconvenient
The compatriot proposed her own route, how to get to Kazakhstan in a relatively short time and not pay a lot of money for the trip.
So, there are two options for routes:
Moscow – Yekaterinburg – Astana: 4'800 rubles
- Air ticket from Moscow to Yekaterinburg – 2'000 rubles
- Taxi to the North/South bus station in Yekaterinburg – 500 rubles
- Bus “Ekaterinburg – Astana” – 2'300 rubles
Moscow – Yekaterinburg – Kurgan – Petukhovo – Petropavlovsk – Astana: 4'500 rubles
- Air ticket from Moscow to Yekaterinburg – 2'000 rubles
- Taxi to Severny /Southern bus station in Yekaterinburg – 500 rubles
- Bus to Petukhovo – 1'500 rubles
- Electric train to Petropavlovsk – 500 rubles
In the first case, an air flight between Moscow and Yekaterinburg will be required. “The most budget option for today is with Pobeda, for 2 thousand rubles. The plane arrives in Koltsovo at 4:20 am. Taxi to the Northern or Southern bus station: the journey will take half an hour and will cost an average of 500 rubles. Bus “Yekaterinburg – Astana”: the cost of tickets to the final destination is around 2,300 rubles. This is not the most convenient option: the bus does not run daily, but only on certain days. Therefore, I recommend that you take a closer look at another, ”the blogger shared information.
The route correction begins at the transfer point in the Urals: Yekaterinburg – Kurgan. “You will just catch the flight leaving at 5.50 and will be there at one in the afternoon. This pleasure costs 1,050 rubles. Bus “Kurgan – Petukhovo”: if you hurry, you will catch the one that leaves at 12:55. If not, the next one is in one hour and twenty minutes. You will spend almost three hours on the road. The fare is 483 rubles. Electric train “Petukhovo – Petropavlovsk”: It leaves at 18:40. Since your bus leaves at 17:15, you have enough time to leisurely get to the railway station. The cost of a ticket for an electric train does not exceed the cost of travel in a reserved seat car on the same route, and it starts from 546 rubles. The Petropavlovsk-Astana train: the option that suits you leaves at 01:00 and it takes six hours to get enough sleep,” the tourist added.
to another country,” the traveler suggested.
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