A 7500 mile journey across Asia along the old Silk Road

Cattle being grazed in this slightly mor fertile area of the Karakom desert. Note the deteriorating road surface: close to the border with Uzbekistan it was pretty good and all the vast highways in and around Ashgabat are first class. So bad did the road become between Turkmenabat on the border and Mary our destination that the biggest harzard was oncoming vehicles on our side of the road all trying to avoid the worst potholes!