Originally Posted by
Romanianflyer
Thanks SkyTeam Flyer - the rest will follow real soon as I'm only now slowly recovering from a nasty cold after a mileage run on Saudia in which the planes were kept on near-Arctic temperatures.
Your planned trip sounds amazing - I assume it also will include Turkmenistan? I hope the chapters on Almaty and Kyrgyzstan which will soon be there will come in handy for you!
Air Conditioning is a killer, it's usally the only thing that gives me a cold....
Yes, I do plan to visit Turkmenistan, would love to see the gas crater/door to hell. The plan is to try and get a transit visa in Teheran, but I need a backup plan if that fails.... This could be to go up from Iran to Baku and take a flight with SCAT or the ferry over to Aktau, KZ. Or, fly from IKA to either TAS/DYU or ALA....
Appreciate any relevant info here, thanks for making these reports. :-)