On the road to Dashoguz
On the road to Dashoguz
A long day transfering from Urgench to Ashgabat. Leaving our hotel early morning we go in our spiffy blue Intourist bus towards the nearby border checkpoint crossing into Turkmenistan. West of Urgench we encounter some cotton fields typical for the region and jump off to have a closer inspection. There's not much action here, a few farmers can be see harvesting in the middle of the field. The sight of our group of tourists mucking about in the field raises a few eyebrows. We chat a bit with a 25-year old cotton picker called Rashid before departing towards the border. Shoista [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 13th 2005 | 1105 Views | [diary=23205]
Our spiffy Intourist carriage
Cotton plantations west of Urgench
Stupid, but happy grin...