Turkmenistan
This was taken in Turkmenistan travelling through the Karakum Desert en route to the capital Ashgabat. The range you see is the Kopet Dag mountains, behind which lies Iran. To read more about...
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Adventures on the Caspian Sea
This was taken aboard the ferry that took us from Baku in Azerbaijan to Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan. What was meant to be a 14 hour journey took almost 40 as we sat waiting on the Caspian Sea for over a day! To read more about this adventure, please see the blog I wrote –
Interesting times in Turkmenistan
I’m writing this sitting in the car at Farab on the Turkmenistan side of the border with Uzbekistan. We woke up on the side of the road this morning, having camped off the highway some 100km from the capital Ashgabat, and are sleeping on the side of the road as the border is frustratingly...
Caspian Sea Shenanigans
I’m writing this around midday on Tuesday as we sit anchored in the Caspian Sea amongst over 50 other vessels with Turkmenbashi in the distance waiting for word that we can enter the port. The trip appeared to be on course for a mid-Monday arrival when we heard that the President was in town...
Mongol Rally 2013
Tomorrow I’m heading off with three great mates as team ThereAndBactrian on a 10,000 mile adventure to Mongolia in what’s known as the Mongol Rally.
In a...
And how exactly does one get to Mongolia?!
When I jumped on board and told the guys I’d be joining them on this adventure, I had no idea what lay between Europe and Mongolia. I figured Russia would likely come into it, possibly China? I knew this was ‘Stan’...