Tandem to Turkestan
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The following stats give a rough idea of the distances we ride and the breaks we take. They don't include details such as road conditions, hills, headwind and heat. We'll add these crucial factors into the equation later in the trip.

     

Date

Journey

Distance

30.4.01 London to Istanbul: plane  
 

TURKEY

 
31.4.01 Around and about Istanbul 75km
5.5.01 Bus to Goreme  
6.5.01 Around and about Cappadocia 50km
8.5.01 Goreme to Kayseri 75km
9.5.01 Bus to Erzurum  
10.5.01 Erzurum to Horasan 89km
11.5.01 Horasan to Agri 101km
12.5.01 Agri to Dugubeyezit 98km
15.5.01 Dogubeyezit to Maku 60km
 

IRAN

 
16.5.01 Maku to Evoghli 117km
17.5.01 Evogghli to Marand 65km
18.5.01 Marand to Tabriz 75km
22.5.01 Tabriz to Sarab 134km
23.5.01 Sarab to Sareyn 74km
24.5.01 Sareyn to Astara 115km
25.5.01 Astara to Hashtpar 77km
26.5.01 Hashtpar to Rasht 103km
  (trip by bus to Esfehan and Tehran)  
3.6.01 Rasht to Ramsar 120km
4.6.01 Ramsar to Nosahr 94km
6.6.01 Nosahr to Memud Abad 78km
7.6.01 Memud Abad to Sari 99km
8.6.01 Sari to Gorgan 140km
10.6.01 Bus to Kuchan  
11.6.01 Kuchan to Bajgiran 78km
12.6.01 Bajgiran to Ashgabat 33km
  (bus between border posts)  
 

TURMENISTAN

 
13.6.01 to 16.6.01 Around Ashgabat 85km
17.6.01 Ashgabat to Tege 70km (lift with truck)
18.6.01 Tegen to Mary 151km
19.6.01 Mary to tea house 90km
20.6.01 Tea house to Repetek 115km
21.6.01 Repetek to border 122km
 

UZBEKISTAN

 
22.6.01 Border to Karakul 40km
23.6.01 Karakul to Buchara 69km
28.6.01 Buchara to campsite 98km
29.6.01 Campsite to campsite 98km
30.6.01 Campsite to Samarkand 78km
     
     
 
Tandem to Turkestan

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