Ashgabat - Türkmenistan Naturally the highway improved as we neared the capital until we found ourselves on some of the most pristine roads on the planet, lined with trees and lawns, controlled by elaborate white or stainless steel traffic lights, connected by roundabouts home to wonderful pieces of architecture, and lit by thousands of streetlights …

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Dashoguz - Türkmenistan I won’t lie, I never do, much to the frustration of Rut, but I never knew Turkmenistan was such a badass place to go, apparently the North Korea of Central Asia and receiving less tourists, approximately 10,000 per annum. Its borders had only just opened on April 1st after closing them for …

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