Toshkient .. while waiting for visas

Toshkient .. while waiting for visas

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Samarkand Bazar
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Portraits of Turkmenistan
Portraits of Turkmenistan

Here we are again :-)
5 days in Turkmenistan isn’t much BUT since you don’t need “a guide” (a guard!) if you have a transit visa .. you have more fun, more contact with the people. Just more Turkmenistan really.
Ok… here we go … some pictures for you.

Dasht-e Kavir – the Great Salty Desert
Dasht-e Kavir - the Great Salty Desert

Ok. We did it half way :-) but please . .excuse me .. cycling in 50C is against Health & Safety Regulations even here ok ?
And BTW the train from Tabas to Mashhad was also veeery hot (but full of very friendly people) so we still suffered a lot :-)
We are in Mashhad but leaving [...]

3800 km and only 30 days visa
3800 km and only 30 days visa

We are in Shiraz at the moment. Looong, 2 weeks brake from cycling.
Visas, heat and friends .. :-) but we are getting ready to cross the Dash-e Kavir desert next week.
More @ www.cyclingnomads.org/ben

Stay cool :-) It’s 41C today:-)