October 1, 2008

Turkmenistan, here we come!

Ladies and Gentlemen: "We've got it!"

Obtaining the visa hasn't been easy: it took us 5 visits to the embassy, 8 hours of queueing and waiting in hot sunshine and cold showers and a total of 80 USD, but we finally got our transit visas for the "North Korea of Central Asia".

It's only a 3-day transit visa, so actually seeing something in Ashgabat will have to be in an unusual rush, but we're very happy with this as this means that we will reach our aim of crossing overland!

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