Dont forget to allow a couple of hours minimum at the border posts. I rode from Turkmenabat (NE Turk) to Ashgabat in a day. It was a very long day into the night. Dont forget to have a meal at the italian restraunt in the Hotel Nissa Ashgabat, excellent! UZ-TKM border crossing took 3+ hours. Good views of movie set Ashgabat from the balconies of the hotel also.
alec
PS there is a guy calling himself "George Bush" at the UZ-TKM border north of Tukmenabat who can show you through all the steps in the right order if you change some money with him. I changed 20USD and he gave a genuine rate. I refused to show the TKM officials the UZ customs declaration when they asked for it !
http://users.netlink.com.au/~asimpson
[This message has been edited by simmo (edited 17 February 2004).]
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