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Crossing the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan Border at Garabogaz-Temir Baba

Crossing the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan Border at Garabogaz-Temir Baba Crossing the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan Border at Garabogaz-Temir Baba was originally published in 2025 After wrapping up leading another the Halloween 2024 Safar Expeditions Turkmenistan Adventure, I exited Turkmenistan into Kazakhstan using the Garabogaz-Temir Baba Border Crossing and I am here to say that yes, the border is open and […]

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Entering Turkmenistan at the Ashgabat Airport

Entering Turkmenistan at the Ashgabat Airport Entering Turkmenistan at the Ashgabat Airport was originally published in 2025 Back in October 2024, I flew into Ashgabat Airport on the Turkmenistan Airways direct flight from London to Ashgabat. As long as you have all the proper documents in line, entering Turkmenistan by air is a breeze. Need

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A Beginner’s Guide To Central Asia Travel: Discover The Silk Road

A Beginner’s Guide to Central Asia Travel: Discover the Silk Road Updated October 2024, A Beginner’s Guide to Central Asia Travel was originally written in February 2019 For travelers looking for something different, this mostly unspoiled region will surely deliver. Personally, if I was only allowed to travel one region of the world for the rest

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Darvaza Gas Crater: Camping At The Door To Hell, Turkmenistan

Darvaza Gas Crater: Camping at the Door to Hell, Turkmenistan Updated August 2024, The Darvaza Gas Crater: Camping at the Door to Hell, Turkmenistan was originally written in January 2020 Two things brought me to Central Asia initially: The Fann Mountains and the Darvaza Gas Crater. A big thing separates the two: Uzbekistan. So that quickly got tacked on,

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Photos From Turkmenistan

Photos From Turkmenistan Updated August 2024, Photos from Turkmenistan was originally written in January 2018 Turkmenistan has a reputation for being weird. One of the weirdest of the weird according to many who manage to get in, to be exact. From the bizarre dictatorship of the late Turkmenbashi, AKA President Saparmyrat Niyazov, and his fancy for

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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: The Weirdest Capital City In The World

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: The Weirdest Capital City In The World? Updated June 2024, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: The Weirdest Capital City In The World? was originally published in August 2020 Grandiose and over the top, Turkmenistan’s capital of Ashgabat has a reputation of being the strangest city in the world. Maybe it was that I’d traveled all the

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A Simple Guide To Central Asia Visas

A Simple Guide to Central Asia Visas Updated May 2024, The Central Asia Visas Guide was originally written in January 2019 The red tape is finally losing its adherence and the bureaucracy is finally loosening (mostly). Getting visas to Central Asia is only getting easier by the day (cough, cough… except for you, Turkmenistan), with relaxed

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7 Tips For Solo Female Travel In Central Asia

My 7 Best Tips for Solo Female Travel in Central Asia Updated May 2024, 7 Tips For Solo Female Travel In Central Asia was originally written in November 2019 Travel in Central Asia is gaining popularity with each and every year. A frequently asked question I receive about my travels regards solo female travel in

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Turkmenistan Expedition October 25-November 1, 2024

8 Day Turkmenistan Expedition Turkmenistan is among the strangest places you will ever travel to—it’s beyond unusual. This expedition starts in Ashgabat, the capital, where driving a dirty automobile is forbidden and all the buildings are glaringly alike, embellished with gold and sided in white marble. Starting in Ashgabat, this itinerary will take you through the

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