Arrived in Ashgabat! After Tehran and Mashhad I feel like I’ve died and gone go heaven!

Yesterday we finally entered Iran, which, for a British passport holder is no easy feat.

A few hours away from Iran and met the nomad explorers! Micra power!

Day something…. Hammam… Today we decided to try the traditional Turkish hammam in goreme. Men and women go in separately, and get treated separately. So I wish Elena and priya goodbye and walk into the guys section. I’m told to strip, and put a tea-towel as a skirt, then head into the sauna. The sauna […]

First petrol station that doesnt take plastic found outside Ankara. Luckily we had 50lira in my wallet or paying for the fuel would have been a problem!

f barcode and exit 5. IDP (international driving licence) check Finally, freedom!

. Passport and v5 (leaving country) 2. Passport, v5, e-visa and green card (entering turkey) 3. Car search (sort of) they put a barcode on car. 4. Scan o

no payments. Very friendly border guards who all thought we were crazy to drive such a small car so far! Border of comprised of several checkpoints. 1

s. Documents needed are passports, v5, free card and e-visa. Partial car search (he started then realised how messy and full our car was so gave up) and

Hello Turkey! Forgot our Turkish visa printouts, showing the pdf on my phone worked well. Border takes a while, about 1 hr including queuing on both side