Km 140,417
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Km 140,417 |
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| On October 13th, 6 months and
2 weeks after having left HK, we reached the 30,000 km mark. We had
initially though to cover a distance between 25,000 and 35,000 km... That
day, we left Teheran where we had spent 2 days and headed North East
towards ... Afghanistan ! We stopped a long way before as our aim was to
drive along the Caspian Sea.
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| Country borders on the map
are green. Just North of the yellow star is the Central Asian republic of
Turkmenistan. Driving South of a chain of mountains, we were still
sheltered from the rain that comes from the Caspian Sea (which is the in
fact the largest salt lake in the world, 370,000 sq. km or 4 times the
second largest lake, Lake Superior). So much for the geography lesson.
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| Now the history lesson ! This
is where we rejoin the historical Silk Road that would come from the East
and the city of Mashad and continue straight to the West via Teheran. As
we stopped on the perfectly smooth Iranian road, exactly when Troopie's
speedometer announced km 140,417, we saw the remains of an old
caravanserai.
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| That evening, we were greeted
by a warm sunset in our mirrors. The last sunset for several days to come
as we suddenly entered a new season along the shores of the Caspian Sea :
Autumn !
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Where were we at km 110,000 km ? Hong Kong, P.R.C. |
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Where were we at km 120,417 km ? Gilgit, Pakistan |
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Where were we at km 125,417 km ? Vishnupur, India |
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Where were we at km 130,417 km ? The Indo-Tibet highway, India |
| Where were we at km 135,417 km ? Punjab Province, Pakistan |
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Where will we be in 5,000 km ? Turkey ! Check it out ! Km 145,417 |
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