IRAN: YAZD - MASHAD
+/- 970 km (from hotel to hotel incliding the stairs and the jump on the bed and long detour in the bathroom) in 9 days

ROAD:
water-points and food on the way:
national road teheran (water every where), kharanaq (+bread), saghan (eau froide mosq), robat e posht badam (+petrol and bread and simple shop), 30km later cold water mosq, roban e khan, kalmard (mr ali really cool), 15km later mosq, jowkhah (long way no water but easy) (bread food), deh mohamad (food), pashned daran, ech abad (and just before), ozbek ku, tappeh tak, saleyieh, doruneh (end water worries), bardekan, kashman, torbat e heyrariyech (from there lots of traffic), robat sang mashad
- water was not a big pb (max. 12 liters on the bike, but one rule: when you can fill a bottle, fill it!!)
- 1 liter per hours was my drinking average, food can be a pb. i carried most of it from mashad exept bread, witch i never payed (thanks to all the nice people in the desert)

WEATHER:
from 11h30 to 14h30 it's bloody hot but less traffic, the heat was no a really big problem for me expect 45 degres during the day or so, but nights are fresh so you can sleep!!!
- wind (really strong one arround ech abad like in high altitude camp at night, enjoy) and sand was a  serious enemy (front wind of course, if not there is no fun)
- wd40 best friend after sand storm

HOTEL:
mashad hotel where foreigner are not allowed theoretically. ask to be indroduced, it can help for the bargain. i payed 50000 rials for a small flat (kitchen, bathroom, toilet, tv ....) = great!!! mine was in a small street who left beit of moqaddas square, just before and parallele to andargzu st from south (the first alley before it). then turn left after 10m in this alley, pass in front of a hotel with black windows, then a food shop next to it. there is my hotel before a photo shop (stairs)

BIKE SHOP:
mashad bike shop: said rudy imam khomeni street num. 8, not too bad but nothing compared to tabriz or esfahan

INTERNET:
internet in andarzgu street, left hand side coming from beit of moqaddas sq, after +/- 500m up stairs, 6000 rials 24/24, good pc, web cam and head set!!!

BORDER:
- mashad turmeneistan boarder (saracht):
only non perfect road in iran!!! less than 200 km nice road, no worries exept lot of truc!!
boader open at 7h30 (+/-!!!) change both side, me i change iranian side 10000rials 1.08 dollars and 14500 rials 365000manat (calcul by yourself, I'm lazy!!), cold water at the customs
- get out iran very easy
- turkmenistan side:
1. doctor, 2. entry card, 3. 11 dollars (fuck off could not believe it!!!), 4. custom declaration (in russian enjoy!!!, then 3 signature from different people !!!!), 5. passeport back. they open nothing, no bag, nothing. long but not too bad.
- change time +1h30 compare to iran
- border: turkmenistan out no pb, uzbekistan in no pb

ROUTE:
- first cross road i took left to mary but it's the longer way (had no map) shorter road (romain info) take right at the first crossroad crooss the village another crossroad take left and strait it save maybe 80 km and probably same road quality shity one
- on the short road no water for 90km (according to romain) on my road no water problems (max 40km) and 2 check post (np pb)
- then you can t get lost in turkmenistan there is only one road!!! mary turkmenabad!!! no water problems
- the first half green and easy the end till bukhara fucking bloddy front wind!!! total border bukkara 635 km (romain short way 555 km!!!)
- turkmenabad = hell

UZBEKISTAN:
97km till bukkara but with horrible wind and sand (11km/hour last days!!!)

BUKARA:
hotel very expensive, ask for people house (5 dollars with breakfast!!!)

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