20th February, Sarak
The barometer falls dramatically and it shows in the storm. We are taken from our hotel manager to the post. The first stop is a small Post Bank branch, but can not do anything with Postcards . Then it's on to large headquarters. There must first phone call be done and after a while it is clear that the stamp now costs IR 5000, in the beginning there were 1000th This corresponds to the price increases in recent weeks. Then we go to the bank to change money, now is month beginning or end, in any case, the bank is full to bursting. The talks fall silent for a moment and we are looking great. A police officer does, our, and it is clear that no money is exchanged. With the last Rial we buy coffee, then we appeal to another policeman. We learn that can only be exchanged at the border money. There would be the bank. So we work our way through the many trucks through the bank, but which we sent out again. We ask you in a second building that we also send out to Hassan. Hassan has his money in the trunk and the money changers of the border. Money exchange is fast and secure and we have our first appearance Turkmen. The rest of the day is spent planning. Sleeping, cooking, wheels back into place and packing.
way: 100 days ago, we were Tanyeli !
19th February
Last night we presented the Clock forward to Turkmen time, now we are 1.5 hours ahead of time. After a coffee in the room and a first round of washing it, there was a second breakfast, and then sometime after pasta with tuna, a walk in this place that lives primarily on border traffic. We are right at the roundabout leading to the border and then the signs are only in Farsi. With some effort, we have found a late shop and buy there, plenty of dusty noodles, tuna, crackers and chocolate for the journey through Turkmenistan. The route through Turkmenistan is a bit like an Ecumenical Church: six days a little sleep and a hectic schedule. It would certainly be worth the route with more time, after all, we drive the first time really in the desert, although it is fashionable for desert weather in a lot of rain. But we, even in deserts or even rain Snow have, we get used to slow us.
The hotel is very nice at the door are all the vices and screw if not the driver on their tractors, they are in the restaurant. This morning we were given directly walnuts. On TV, it is next to a BBC channel which shows movies in English worldwide and the Pentagon Channel for U.S. troops. This is quite unexpected and we are now experiencing a lot of official U.S. opinion against the U.S. military and the Air Force. Again and again, this Air Force Base in Ohio is that we already know both. As George, who died in November, far too early and too young, was in the Air Force, it is a little to think of him when the TV is on. In addition, BBC has so constantly reports on the protests in the Arab world. Iranian television reported the pro-government demonstrations in Tehran. Today we can provide our online blog and send the photos to Peter. Otherwise it is very beautiful, warm and dry to be (although today the sun was shining and it was almost warm) and rest. Much as we move ourselves, so beautiful it is too lazy, too. Our room is wired and as always we are dealing with the maps of Central Asia.
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