TA Ashgabat, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: got to the Iran - - TopicsExpress



          

TA Ashgabat, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: got to the Iran - Turkmenistan border by about 2pm where some dude sorted our Carnet plus passports out of Iran for US$20 (remember this part), seemed ok but a ripoff as well but got through in under an hour. Things were going cool until the visa price for Turkmenistan was US$164 and we only had US$160 (yes that US$20 would have come in handy..). Anyway we scrounged enough Iranian Rials for the remaining $4 and then Alice went out to get the car through...mmm another US$100 plus for the car (insurance)...we had no cash left! Luckily one of the border security ladies had a husband who works on oil rigs where Australian money is used so Alice was able to use some Aussie dollars she had :) We are in Ashgabat now and it is totally different from Iran, women can dress western and the city is very opulent with majestic buildings and monuments everywhere!
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:55:43 +0000

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