{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jef le Saltimbanque","provider_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/","author_name":"JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanque","author_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/author\/lesaltimbanque\/","title":"Turkmenistan, A bite of Adventure. - Jef le Saltimbanque","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"R0UQvAk1tq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2019\/02\/24\/turkmenistan-a-bite-of-adventure\/\">Turkmenistan, A bite of Adventure.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2019\/02\/24\/turkmenistan-a-bite-of-adventure\/embed\/#?secret=R0UQvAk1tq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Turkmenistan, A bite of Adventure.&#8221; &#8212; Jef le Saltimbanque\" data-secret=\"R0UQvAk1tq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC5541.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":720,"description":"(foundry rough, sorry for the many mistakes and clumsiness) First day &#8211; 27\/ 11 \/ 2018 The snow that fell yesterday melted, at least on the roads. Once the battery is carefully returned to the hotel room for the night and reinstalled on Utopia, it starts without any problem. Just until the luggage is fixed and I leave. I have 5 days of fixed-date visa: from November 27 to December 1. I approach this stage with a certain curiosity: Turkmenistan, the last country in Central Asia that is still under the yoke of a &#8220;sovietizing&#8221; administration. Turkmenistan, which some people call North Korea in Central Asia. The stories told by the few rare travellers who were able to visit it are often not very engaging, such as this one: https:\/\/cloetclem.fr\/visiter-le-turkmenistan-visa-transit-coree-du-nord-asie-centrale The topo I had when I decided to cross it was the following: Extreme difficulty to get the visa and impossibility to have anything other than a transit visa for 3 to 5 days. At the border, a GPS tracker is attached to the vehicle, allowing the authorities to know where you are at all times Absolute prohibition to deviate from the pre-defined path for transit: when applying for a [&hellip;]"}