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This 20-day overland journey begins in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and winds through Uzbekistan, includes a brief visit to Tajikistan, and continues onward to Kyrgyzstan, before ending in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Explore Turkmenistan’s white marble capital and flaming “Gates of Hell” desert fire-pit. View once-forbidden Russian avant-garde paintings in a remote desert museum, and trace the route of Silk Road camel caravans through desert landscapes, mud-brick Old Towns, and shady oases. 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