Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
Mosaferkhaneh Khayyam$
( 222 7663; off Imam St; tw/tr/q US$5/7/9, showers US$1)
This decent little place is
just south of Enqelab Sq before East Mihan St. It's signed in Russian as гостиница хям.
MOSAFERKHANEH
Safa Café$
( 8am-midnight)
This fine little cafe sits opposite the tower and offers ice-cream
sundaes (US$0.50 to US$1), floats, espresso (US$1) and freshly squeezed seasonal juices.
There are also a number of
kababis
and a pizzeria off Enqelab Sq.
SWEETS
Getting There & Away
Busy Istgah Gorgan, towards Imam St's southern end, has minibuses and savaris to Gor-
gan.
CROSSING THE TURKMENISTAN BORDER AT
INCHEH BORUN
The border known as 'Incheh Borun' is actually at
Pol
. That's 4km off the Gorgan road: turn north, 12km before
Incheh Borun village. On the Iran side peddlers sell felt rugs and the nearby lakes are popular with picnickers on
Fridays, but there's no public transport. On the Turkmenistan side, 1.5km across no-man's land, there's just a lonely
gateway where the queues of Turkish LPG gas trucks wait. You're really in the middle of nowhere, with even the
small town of Etrek around 20km distant. There is reputedly a bus to Balkanabat (formerly Nebit-Dag) in the late
afternoon but don't count on it. It's much more common to cross the Turkmenistan border at Sarakhs (
Click here
)
or
Bajgiran (
Click here
)
