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Today we have a big days drive of 580 km to Gorgan. Our morning tea stop is off the main road down country lanes through […]

Today we visit the Reza Shrine Complex which is massive and has many outdoor carpeted courtyards. The architecture is fabulous and colourful with mosaic tiles […]

Today we leave Turkmenistan and cross the border into Iran. We have about a 35 km drive out of Ashgabat to the first exit gate […]

Today we have a tour of Ashgabat which is known as the city of white marble. The city was destroyed in 1948 by an earthquake […]

This morning we take a driving tour around Mary, which has some lovely buildings.  The city was built by the Soviets as a centre for […]

This morning before leaving Bukhara we drive to the Abdulazizkhan Madrese and take some photos of our cars in the clear morning light.  It doesn’t […]

Today we have a walking tour of Bukhara so we start by walking through the bazaar and we are treated to a tea tasting, which […]

Today we have a comfortable 172 km drive to Bukhara, so after breakfast at the yurt camp we retrace our steps from yesterday, past the […]

We leave Samarkand this morning with 250km to drive through the desert to our overnight stop at the Qizilqum Safari yurt camp. We stop for […]

Today we have a bus tour around this wonderfully restored ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand, with our first stop at UlugBek’s observatory, where he […]