Tandem to Turkestan
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We hope our photos help give a flavour of the countries through which we are passing.

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imagePictures from The Long Ride Home  Turkey & Iran   Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan
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Above: Tower of Neutrality, Ashgabat.

Above: A typical Turkmen hat with a typical tandem rider underneath.

Above: Two turkmen hats with two tandem riders underneath. Above: Tolkuchka Market, on the margins of the desert, Ashgabat.
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Above: Ashgabat by night.

Above: Ancient palace, Merv, Turkmenistan.

Above: Desert swallows the M37 highway, Turkmenistan.

Above: Cass and friendly truck driver, karakum Desert, Turkmenistan.

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Above: Camel crossing, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan.

Above: 'Father' of the Turkmens, President Tukmenbashi.

Above: Central Asia signpost, near the Uzbekistan side of the boarder.

Above: Bukharann Mosque, Uzbekistan.

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Above: Bukharann Mosque framed by a door, Uzbekistan.

Above: Kalon Minaret 'Tower of death' Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Above: Chor Minor, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Above: Mosque as seen from the Kalon Minaret.

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Above: Mosque dome, Bukhara.

Above: Uzbek shepherd girl getting to grips with the tandem.

   

 

 
Tandem to Turkestan

Text © Cass Gilbert & Rosal Fischer 2001. All rights reserved.

Photographs © Dukes Lodge Enterprises & also © Cass Gilbert & Rosal Fischer. All rights reserved.

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