Team Silk Rogue Traders

Michael Cockin
Of Silk Rogue Traders
On the The Mongol Rally 2010
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Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan

after a long trek from Yazd through the Iranian desert, into Turkmenistan at Ashgabat. Found nowhere to sleep and drove across Tmenistan in a day. Bribed out of dollars at every stop by 'policemen'. Also involved in a 'scam' accident and forced to pay up. Enjoying a beer with Andy in Bukhara now.

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