If you have traveled in Central Asia, or even looked in one day perhaps the position there, I'm sure you heard about the visas. It is often said that nothing in life comes easy is worth and nothing portrays better than traveling the ancient Silk Road.
The five former Soviet Central Asian states have each carved their own unique identities since their independence in 1991. welcoming mountains of Kyrgyzstan deserts of Turkmenistan, which is such a controlled approach by the state that it has been dubbed "the other North Korea" with these personalities has a unique set of hoops to jump through when it comes to visas, all of which depend on where you come from and what You want to do.
last Saturday, we started our road trip of silk from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Although most people can obtain their visa upon arrival at the airport (with minimal agitation), we took our Habibi truck across the Caspian Sea from Baku, therefore require visas in advance. He seemed to be sorted until a simple error in the embassy in London (which they refused to recognize ... but I'm not holding a grudge) lead to weeks of stress, multiple visits to embassies in several countries, endless emails and phone calls, and resulted in obtaining a fairly simple process to get a visa extension at the 11th hour in Ashgabat the day before the journey began.
But we are here, and far travel to Turkmenistan was as I have known. Although I am neither Pyongyang nor Las Vegas, I heard mention that Ashgabat is a kind of strange hybrid of the two, and I can see why. We spent the first part of our trip to explore the city and it seems almost every block has a monument to the country or one of its two presidents. The newest one that is shaped rocket to mark the launch of the first Turkmen satellite into space (sent by the United States), which has a thermometer on the side of it to remind you constantly he will not go below 40degrees any time soon.
It was hot, but nothing prepared for the heat of the Karakum desert, or oven that is Darwerze gas craters, where we spent our first night of camping. From a distance, there is no doubt why it is called the "Door to Hell '. In the coming days the onslaught of heat and rough roads has continued as we made our way in the north of Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, we arrived in the city of Khiva Silk Road. After showering and beer if necessary, explore around this historic walled city with its many minarets, mausoleums and mosques medressas makes all visa headaches everything so it is worth it.
Turkmenistan bush camp
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