Colin and Chrissy spent Sunday night in Bajgiran, an Iranian village located at one of the three border points between Iran and Turkmenistan. It is located about 40 km from Ashgabat, the capital of Turmenistan. The journey from Azad Shahr where they’d been on Saturday, a town in Golestan Province in northern Iran, to Bajgiran entailed crossing the Kopet Dag mountain range, a spectaclar range on the frontier between Turkmenistan and Iran. The highest peak of the range in Turkmenistan is southwest of the Capital and stands at 9,646 ft, whilst the highest Iranian summit is 10,466 ft.
The Kopet Dag Range is a region characterized by foothills, dry and sandy slopes, mountain plateaus, and steep ravines. The Kopet Dag is undergoing tectonic transformation, and is subject to severe earthquakes. Earthquakes exceeding seven on the Richter scale have been recorded.
The woodlands of the region are home to many fruit trees, shrubs, and vines that have proved valuable for human use: pomegranate, wild grapes, fig, wild apple, wild pear, wild cherries, wild prune, almonds, and hawthorn. Key endangered fauna include leopard, wild sheep, bezoar (bearded) goat, hyena, Indian porcupine, and a number of other rare species of mammals, birds, snakes, and lizards.
Chrissy referred to the drive as ‘spectacular’.
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