Border Iran and Turkmenistan

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Geo: 36.5382, 61.1598

The temperature in these parts is hovering around 40 for most of the day and it gets a little hotter, 44 ish around lunchtime so we are unable to stand being out of the car too long. There is a hot desert wind which feels like a hairdryer complete with sand blasting. The Iran exit process was smooth enough. Turkmenistan has a reputation for being difficult and we were more than a little apprehensive given the dramas over the last few days. The immigration officer did look at my English passport and both Darren and I stopped breathing for sure. He got up and headed into a side office to talk to his manager, the manager came out (far out where is the Rescue Remedy when I need it, I have run out). He sat down and processed our passports, Darren whispers, I think you are in… . I was stamped through and sent to the outside of the building to wait whilst Darren got through the car paperwork. About 3 hours later, hot and more than a little stressed we were both heading out of the border post.

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Photos

Swimming Hole
Irrigation Channel

Camels drinking from the swiming hole
No wonder the water smelt a little sus, we stopped counting at 100 camels

Took us a while to figure this out
Dune Stabilisation near the road