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October 11, 2006 0 steve

We've been playing Killer for the last couple of days - you draw out a name, a murder weapon and a truck location and have to touch that person, with those weapons, in that location. For example Bob, with a water bottle, by the stairwell.

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Georgian Wine – Crasniy Most, Georgia

October 10, 2006 0 steve

We were treated to a huge volume of Georgian wine, both at a vineyard and in someone's back yard

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Mud volcanoes – Gobustan, Azerbaijan

October 8, 2006 0 steve

A fun couple of days. The first day we visited a Zoroastrian fire temple, where worshippers would travel from all over Central Asia to see the rocks that burnt all day and night. This occurred as the natural gas escaping from the vast underground reserves caught fire and burnt uninterrupted. It seems the vast reserves have finally run out as…

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Azerbaijan – Baku, Azerbaijan

October 7, 2006 0 steve

Landing in Baku, Azerbaijan after crossing the Caspian Sea by ferry, our first stop was the Georgian embassy

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Stuck on a ferry – Middle of the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan

October 6, 2006 0 steve

Midway on a journey on the Caspian Sea Ferry, crossing from Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan to Baku, Azerbaijan

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Waiting for the Caspian Sea ferry – Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan

October 5, 2006 0 steve

The Caspian Sea Ferry gets delayed

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Good and Bad – Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

October 2, 2006 0 steve

We've spent 3 days in Ashgabat, a heavily manicured town centre of marble buildings and gold domes, which looks rather like it was designed in Sim City.

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The Burning Door to Hell – Darvaza, Turkmenistan

September 29, 2006 0 steve

Darvaza in Turkmenistan is home to a burning pit of gas known as "The Door to Hell"...

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Turkmenistan – Shovot, Turkmenistan

September 28, 2006 0 steve

Spent hours filling in forms to cross the border into Turkmenistan. Just over the border we stayed in a Korean families homestay, which turned out to be a mosquito filled, draughty old farmhouse with twelve beds and nothing else at all. They provided a decent meal, but I’m pretty unimpressed.

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Khiva – Khiva, Uzbekistan

September 27, 2006 0 steve

Climbing the walls in the ancient silk road town of Khiva

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