a trip to the moon

We stayed in Baku for 2 night, seen the places where the competition
for the American oil started to come to Europe, the “excavation for
oil” places and well, where “it all started” for a second start :).

We were so very much on time, it was the 17th of June and my visa for
Turkmenistan was starting on the 18th of June. We set apart, Cri had a
plane back to Bucharest in the same evening and me (how lucky, a boat
to Turkmenbashi, across the Caspian in the same day). It was swift and
somehow unpainfull. There was a sea parting us now and it was the
right time. We sailed in the evening and touched Turkmenistan ground
the next day in the afternoon. The customs processings took 6 hours
and I swear nobody was lazy there. It was just how it had to be. Very
friendly and helpful people. Ther’s a curefew in Turkmenistan: you
can’t drive outside cities after 22 (by some) or 23 (by others)
o’clock…. so I had to pitch my tent (along with a Dragoman
international team that came overlanding with an old Mercedes truck)
in the parking lot of the Customs. The next days were hot, very hot, I
could realy feel I was in Asia now, the camels appeared and the dunes,
and I’m on the Silk Road now and Gnu started spitting from time to
time (well, it was hot so that’s ok).

So, we were into Azerbaijan now, after an 1 hour interview at the
border regarding the Armenian visa (and if we’ve been or not in
Karabach). We knew the drill, everything, maps, books, visas, receipts
was left in Tibilisi, movies and pictures FTP uploaded so nothing on
us and we had “clear to go”. Ther’s a lot to comment on the political
situation in the region and our actions but.. in the end, we were just
travelers trying to see, know and there are so many others doing it.
Before you jump to any conclusions, give us a mail.