Tag: Azerbaijan, Baku, Caspian Sea, Ferry, Silk Road, travel, Turkmenbashi
Ashgabat to Turkmenbashi and Leaving Turkmenistan by Ferry
Having heard and read countless horror stories of the ferry situation from Turkmenbashi to Baku, we were eager to try for ourselves. Many a...
Goodbye Turkmenistan
After two months in the arid deserts of Turkmenistan, it is time to move towards water. So we’re setting out sights on the infamous...
Nohur to Turkmenbashi on the Ripples Roadway
Last night in Nohur we slept on the floor, atop rugs and a small pad. Throughout the night we slept off and on as dogs fought in the alleys...
Nohur The Last Call to Prayer
The small and relatively untouched village of Nohur rests in an unmarked valley of the Kopet Dag Mountains, which make up the border of...
Cableway to the Iranian Border
From Ashgabat there is a cable car into the mountains that make up the southern border of Turkmenistan with Iran. For 2 Minat (75 cents)...
Independence Park in Ashgabat
Laid out in 1993, two years after the Turkmen claimed independence from the Russians after the fall of the Soviet Union, Independence Park...
