Ashgabat (25 March 2018)
After well and truly gassing ourselves at the Gas Crater, we headed for Ashgabat. There’s not a lot for tourists to see in Turkmenistan besides the crater, and with the five day limit on our visas,…
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Darvaza Gas Crater (24 and 25 March 2018)
We exited the border control building into Turkmenistan and walked the one kilometre to the end of the controlled area where our driver and guide were waiting. The differences between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan aren’t obvious…
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“Where once merchants had travelled at will between decaying Muslim knanates, the frontiers of the new Central Asia were a bureaucrat’s paradise”. (Shadow of the Silk Road, Colin Thubron). So, so true. The kindest thing…
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