Today we’re going to try and get to the No Man’s Land between Iran and Turkmenistan and camp there for the night, first we need to get our cars washed though, they are absolutely filthy and you can apparently be fined in Turkmenistan for having a dirty car in the city.
Just stopped at a tyre place in Quchan to get our air filters cleaned out and asked where we could find a car wash. The guy pointed us round the back of the next building.
So we went round and waited until the guy there had finished cleaning a bus and then our cars got the full treatment: pressure hosedown, even underneath, then covered in soapy wax stuff and scrubbed with a brand new brush, then hosed down again. They both look completely different now that they’re clean.
We decided to stop and have lunch in Quchan too, little corner shop, Nutella & Bread, then round to a little park to eat it on the grass under a tree.
Just arrived at the border in Bajgiran but we’re not getting through, it’s closed for the day and it isn’t even 4pm yet! We just saw a guy turn up on a motorbike and not realise that there was a barrier down after the open gate! Clotheslined!
We’ve changed our Iranian money back to USD and now heading back down the road to find somewhere to camp. Shouldn’t be too difficult to find somewhere, the road to the border was a lovely winding road through the mountains.
We’ve stopped under a bridge off the main road where it’s nice and cool, the sun is absolutely baking.
We played a bit of Nerf-ball, and ate a bit under the bridge, but it didn’t look like comfy camping so Hugh and I had a look around the area in TB4 and found a nice flat spot (it’s still gravelly but so is everywhere else) We also got some firewood, so we’re setting up camp here, having a nice fire then off to Turkmenistan in the morning. I can’t believe we’re almost in The ‘Stans!
Photos from the day.
Just stopped at a tyre place in Quchan to get our air filters cleaned out and asked where we could find a car wash. The guy pointed us round the back of the next building.
So we went round and waited until the guy there had finished cleaning a bus and then our cars got the full treatment: pressure hosedown, even underneath, then covered in soapy wax stuff and scrubbed with a brand new brush, then hosed down again. They both look completely different now that they’re clean.
We decided to stop and have lunch in Quchan too, little corner shop, Nutella & Bread, then round to a little park to eat it on the grass under a tree.
Just arrived at the border in Bajgiran but we’re not getting through, it’s closed for the day and it isn’t even 4pm yet! We just saw a guy turn up on a motorbike and not realise that there was a barrier down after the open gate! Clotheslined!
We’ve changed our Iranian money back to USD and now heading back down the road to find somewhere to camp. Shouldn’t be too difficult to find somewhere, the road to the border was a lovely winding road through the mountains.
We’ve stopped under a bridge off the main road where it’s nice and cool, the sun is absolutely baking.
We played a bit of Nerf-ball, and ate a bit under the bridge, but it didn’t look like comfy camping so Hugh and I had a look around the area in TB4 and found a nice flat spot (it’s still gravelly but so is everywhere else) We also got some firewood, so we’re setting up camp here, having a nice fire then off to Turkmenistan in the morning. I can’t believe we’re almost in The ‘Stans!
Photos from the day.
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