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Sunday 04 June 2023Highlights: Listening to Türkiye and Syria Earthquake fundraising concert, Exploring Topkapi Palace, recovering (slowly) After a good nights sleep I was finally feeling a lot better and I had the confidence to enjoy the buffet breakfast that I paid for with this booking. My system hasn’t fully stablished but it is getting…
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Tour Title: The Five Stans of the Silk RoadTour Company: G AdventuresTour Leaders: IIyas (days 1 to 9), Rustam (days 9 to 22), Eziz (days 22 to 26)Cities Visited: 1 Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek, Chong-Kemin, Song Kul, Tamga, Karakol 2 Kazakhstan – Saty Village, Almaty3 Tajikistan – Dushanbe, Gazza Village, Khŭjand4 Uzbekistan – Tashkent, Samarkand, Nurata,…
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Saturday 03 June 2023Highlights: Surviving overnight flight, early check in, exploring the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) With some trepidation and still feeling unwell I joined our group at 00:30 for the transfer to the airport for my international flight to Istanbul. It was a real struggle to get to the airport and not to…
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Friday 02 June 2023Highlights: Monument of Neutrality, Indoor Ferris wheel, Old Nisa, Gurbansoltan Eje Memorial and Turkmenbashi Mosque, Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex, National Museum of Turkmenistan, Independence Monument, Food poisoning The last full day of the Five Stans tour before my flight back to Türkiye at 3.30 am tomorrow. Today we our small group would…
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Turkish AirlinesDate: 03 June 2023Gate: 102Seat: 6B (Economy Class Seat)Plane: Airbus A321neoBoarded: 02:45 (early)Pushback: 03:21 (Scheduled 03:30)Arrived: 05:10 (Scheduled 05:20)Duration: 3 hour 49 minutesDistance: 2,555 kms This flight was from Ashgabat International Airport to Istanbul International Airport. Note: I was very unwell before this flight, vomiting from food poisoning but was better by the time…
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