Country Info
- Ashgabat
- Capital
- Manat (TMM)
- Currency
- 4,603,244
- Population
- TM
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Turkmenistan
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Hotel Turkmenistan Ashgabat
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Sheraton Grand Turkmen Hotel Ashgabat
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Hotel Margush Mary
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Ahal Hotel Ashgabat
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Four Points by Sheraton Ak Altin Plaza Ashgabat
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Hotel Gara Altyn Ashgabat
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Hotel Nebitchi Ashgabat
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Hotel Nissa Ashgabat
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Hotel President Ashgabat
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Hotel Rahat Ashgabat
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Turkmenistan
Travel Blogs from Turkmenistan
Something completely different
... this guy and the country I knew I was in for a very different experience from what I had seen so far. Turkmenistan and Turkmenbashi Their bizarre dictatorship of Saprarmyrat Niyazov, who ruled as self named 'Turkmenbashi' (leader of the Turkmen) ...
Abiverd, another Silk Road City
Salam, der zweite Stop war in Abiverd, eine Seidenstrassen Stadt, von der allerdings auch nicht mehr viel erhalten ist. Dschingis Khan hat den Sueden Turkmenistans ganz gut verwuestet und die meisten Orte haben sich nicht mehr davon erholt (im ...
Ashgabat, the capital of the Golden Age
Salam, natuerlich ist auch Ashgabat auf dem Programm. Hier gibt es eigentlich nichts historisches zu sehen, da die Stadt 1948 von einem Erdbeben der Staerke 9,0 zerstoert wurde, 2/3 der Einwohner starben dabei. Die Stadt wurde anschliessend ...
Turkmenistan, country Nr. 119
... Zustand, es wird aber an den Highways gebaut, nicht mehr alles fliesst in Prachtbauten. Einige Fakten ueber Turkmenistan: Vorletzter Platz bei der Pressefreiheit, einen Platz vor Nordkorea. Turkmenbashi hat die Monate und Wochentage umbenannt, zB ...
The City of Love
First decent breakfast weve had in a while. Dan was still feeling tender and only had a small nibble. The day before we tried to sort out a driver from our company to head to Kow Ata. An underground sulphorous lake. They hadnt broken down the costs as I ...
Everything is Grand and White in Ashgabat
... has resulted in heavier snow deposits on the high mountains which in turn has fed the great surrounding rivers. Perhaps Turkmenistan has experienced a global warming by-pass..... In Ashgabat however you cannot stop thinking that such large scale irrigated ...
Mary
... es leider nichts... Mary ist eine russische Gruendung und wird gerade erst angefangen gemaess der white marble vision umzubauen... Turkmenistan hat erfreulicherweise eine Menge Kamele, (im Gegensatz zu den anderen stans) leider habe ich es nicht ...
Ancient Gonur - Good Morning Mr Sarianidi!
... stop in Merv was at the Mausoleums of Two Ashkab (companions of the prophet), one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Turkmenistan. Two mausoleums were built for the Islamic Ashkab or Companions of the Prophet, Al-Hakim ibn Amr al-Jafari and Buraida ...
1001 Nights
Salam, der zweite Ausflug von Mary fuehrte nach Merv, welches eine bedeutende Seidenstrassenstadt und islamische Stadt war, um 1000-1200 so bedeutend wie Damaskus oder Bagdad. Es soll ausserdem kurzfristig die groesste Stadt der Welt gewesen sein, ...
One more stopover in Ashgabat
Salam, von Mary bin ich nach Ashgabat zurueckgeflogen. Fluege sind recht billig, US$30 hat der Flug gekostet, US$15 fuer Turkmens. (btw, Benzin kostet inzwischen 3100Manat, 1US$=14000Manat, dafuer bekommt aber jeder Turkmene 650liter Benzin pro halbes ...
Ferry From Hell, Part I
... waren (am Montag mit der Dagestan). Die Faehre faehrt nur wenn voll, und da Azerbaidjan (der die Faehren gehoeren) an Turkmenistan Gebuehren fuer jede Stunde am Dock zahlen muss, lagen die anderen vier Faehren auf Anker im Meer obwohl ein Dock frei ...
Gates of Hell
Salam, von Konye-Urgench aus ging es dann gen Sueden durch die heisseste Wueste Zentralasiens, die Karakorum Wueste nach Darvaza. Dort gibt es einige Gaskrater, einen mit Schlamm, einen mit Wasser und einen in dem man Feuer an das Gas gelegt hat und ...
on the sodding ferry. still.
... needed to be checked again. For some reason the official wasn't too happy and wanted to see all the papers claiming that our Turkmenistan code hadn't been stamped (admittedly this is a bit of concern but we weren't going to let him know that). He then ...
Ring of fire
Darvasa (I have put Ashgabat as City as the site can't find Darvasa) A late morning departure from Ashgabat also brought the end of my and dads trip together. I really hope he had an exceptional time over our previous 27 days on the road and ...
WWOOOOOO I can blog again!
... ! Internet is quite expensive here so this wont be long, but suffice to say that I've made it out of Iran, after getting my Turkmenistan transit visa, and am now in the capitol, Ashgabat. It is very nice, I'll say more when I have time. Iran was ...
many bad things and one fantastic bit
... got off the ship! Turkmenbashi baby! Just the 66 hours. Relieved, we headed straight for the border office to get our Turkmenistan visas. I think it's fair to say that the Turkmen people don't understand the concept of being streamlined or efficient. In ...
niyazov the nutcase
... Ashgabat, in a clearing characterised only by a pile of rubbish and a stray dog. It was unpleasant. A microcosm of Turkmenistan, or at least our experience of it. So far it has been pointless, disorganized, corrupt, dirty, tacky, and ...
Cooking on Gas
... ;posted to you Lara so please accept the unsolicited gift posted to your address that is carpet sized and originates from Turkmenistan. I feel very confident at giving him your address and telephone number Lara and he has again this morning confirmed that ...
we could have swam across.
... the Amu Darya, to the border crossing at Farap. As we have come to expect from the money grabbing officials of Turkmenistan, the bridge cost $50. The men in charge of taking the money were deeply unpleasant characters who in addition to be ...
Mary, Turkmenistan
... and of course having spent an enourmour amount getting across the Caspian Sea. The internet is extremely slow (non existing in Turkmenistan) and not many computers available so I am just able to do the 3 days cycling in Turkmenistan to Mary and do the ...
No Turkmen-Bashing!!
... a bit too hot for me to believe, but I’ll definitely report from Ashgabat to let you know. What stands out about Turkmenistan? Their previous leader, who died just 3 years ago, was a ‘slightly’ maniacal authoritarian guy by the name of ...
December 1st
December 1st 2004 Hello again everyone! Well I am over my bitterness of not being home for the holiday, but really it wasn't all that bad. I have been at site now for 2 weeks and am really enjoying being out of training. I didn't realize that ...
Chicken season
... neighborhood, let me know and we can meet up. I know a few of you are in Japan...who knows right?! So my tidbit from Turkmenistan for this update will talk about spring. It has defiantly come in full force. It is already hot, it was 32 degrees the ...
Turkmenistan on a tour package
... ... North Sam, a Russian speaking American English teacher, and I crossed the border from the northwestern Uzbekistan to northern Turkmenistan. The border guard told us that, on average, there are one or two foreigners passing through that border ...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Happy THanksgiving everyone! I hope you enjoy all of your good food and families. This year, I decided to revise the former 10 things I am thankful for that I never knew about. Here we go 10. Vegetables in the winter. One more pickled tomato I ...
Ancient Town
Salam, in Persien (Iran) gibt es ein Friesz (Felsschnitzerei) aus der Zeit von Darius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_I_of_Persia) auf der ein in die Sklaverei gefangener Koenig aus Marginia gezeigt wird. Marginia war lange Zeit ein unbekanntes ...
Ferry to Turkmenbashi
We heard that fewer than 100 tourists cross this particular border each year. Getting across the Caspian with our truck required obtaining a place on a cargo ferry that has proved tricky for previous overlanding trucks. The crossing itself should take 15 ...
FIRST THOUGHTS OF TSTAN
Hello everyone! I am now sitting in Ashgabat Turkmenistan! I really made it and I have been doing really well. To be honest, there have been no major incidents. I am one of the only ones not to have any GI problems and my host family is great. ...
Merry Christmas and Happy NEw Year!
... , but I am so far from any reality that I didn't even know it was Christmas, let alone winter or not normal to be in Turkmenistan. Not to say it doesn't feel like anything. Really, they do celebrate this season with the rest of the world. Since it is ...
Visite de la cite ancienne de Merv
Je passe les details de tranport et d hotellerie... Le but de notre venue ici est de visiter les ruines de la cite anciennes de Merv. Pendant le reigne des persans, cette ville etait un melting pot de religions, les Chretiens, Zoroastriens et ...