Camels !?!

WHoo hoo, you know your somewhere out of the ordinary, when you see hundreds of camels out the window as we fly by the expansive sand of the Karakum Desert.

We arrived in Turkmenistan 3 days ago. All the pretenses of a nightmare ferry ride were not fullfilled, it was a long ordeal but made fun by drinking games and explorations of the ferry in the middle of the night. It also took about 5 hours to get through immigration and customs etc once arrived at the port. We were met by our Turkmen guide who must travel with us everywhere we go, and there are so many police checks on the road that we need our passport on us at all times.

We spent the last two nights on the road, bushcamping. It is noticably hotter this side of the Caspian Sea, with temperatures at least in their 40's especially in the desert.

We are now in a posh hotel in Ashgabat, and the first section of the trip ends tomorrow, and we meet 4 more people joining us for the next bit to Tashkent. I hope thier decent?!