a2b – Crotos in Turkmenistan, Part 2

If the first days in Turkmenistan were hot the later days, shown by the temperatures recorded on JL’s blog and his comments, were even hotter. Mountainous, hilly or even bumpy terrain is a thing of the past, at least for now. Instead the riders are faced with heat, sand and thirst. To combat the [...]

a2b - Crotos in Turkmenistan, Part 1

Mr Lent does not sound too happy about about the ferry crossing on the Caspian Sea -
The ferry transfer over the Caspian Sea from Baku tu Turkmenbashy deserves a chapter of its own right if one is used to the huge luxury vessels between Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Anyway, everybody survived the appalling hygienic conditions [...]