Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Travel Blogs

Ashgabat, the capital of the Golden Age
Jun 6, 2008 (57 photos)

... Praesident ihn nie gesehen, sonst haette er ihn wohl auch niedergebaggert). Hier gibt es wenigstens mal etwas leben... Ashgabat hat auch zwei Internetcafes, in jedem stehen 5 Computer, die man nach Abgabe seines Passes benutzen darf (durchschnittliche ...

Desert DisneyWorld
Jul 18, 2009 (4 photos)

... -up and we were all relieved to hear there was no sign of a fracture or any infection despite my dodgy first aid! We stayed in Ashgabat for two nights and hoped to have a wander round to gawk at this weird city but the fierce heat remained close to 50 deg ...

One more stopover in Ashgabat
Jun 10, 2008 (8 photos)

... recht modern, Boeing 737-300, die Antonovs stehen herum und rosten (wenig in der trockenen Luft). Eine Nacht in Ashgabat bevor es nach Westen ging, mit kurzem Stop im Geburtsort von Turkmenbashi, wo es die groesste Moschee Zentralasiens gibt sowie ...

Good and Bad
Oct 2, 2006

We've spent 3 days in Ashgabat, a heavily manicured town centre of marble buildings and gold domes, which looks rather like it was designed in Sim City. The first afternoon we arrived was spent by the pool, eating great italian food from the hotel ...

WWOOOOOO I can blog again!
Jun 30, 2009

... 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 wonderful, I was gutted to ...

niyazov the nutcase
Jul 9, 2009

... 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
Jul 19, 2008

... ;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 ...

Merry Christmas and Happy NEw Year!
Dec 28, 2004

... 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 a ...

Turkmenistan
Dec 14, 2004 (24 photos)

I went to Turkemenistan to visit Elynn. Here are my pictures from Ashgabat, Turkmenbashy City, Akdas, and Balkanabat. Interesting facts about the country: -There are no taxis. You catch "rides" with people and pay them what you deem to be appropriate ...

Sacree ville
Jun 24, 2007 (9 photos)

Ashgabat, capitale du Turkmenistan est divisable en deux parties, les politiques et monolithiques constructions du gouvernement sovietique et les politiques et monolithiques constructions du President Niyazov, dont le nombre augmente tous les mois. C est ...

A very VERY different country
May 26, 2006 (23 photos)

... statue of this book also appears at regular intervals on the sides of the roads... weird! Turkmenistan is also a police state. In the 6 hour drive between Ashgabat and the border with Uzbekistan, I estimate we were stopped no less than 10 times, ...

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Aug 26, 2008

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Only Mad Dogs and Englishman
Aug 25, 2005 (2 photos)

... see were pictures of Turkmenbashi. In the Lonely Planet it says that only the insane or desperately unfortunate would find themselves in Turkmenistan in August. During the long drive on the bumpy roads in a bus with no air conditioning I thought we were a ...

NEW ADDRESS
Nov 20, 2004

... the letters and packages. But, my new address is: Lebap Velayat Turkmenabat-22 Central Post Office Mail Box 46 PCV Katy Dieters Turkmenistan VIA Istanbul/Air Mail Write lots, it is what keeps me going! I love and miss you all a lot! I AM ...

As Promised....the long update that I forgot
Sep 30, 2004

Hello from Turkmenistan!!! I snuck into Ashgabat today with my host sister to try to send off my first email home. I probably won't be able to check any responses from this for a few weeks, but I thought I would send a letter home to let you all know ...

TURKMENISTAN!
Sep 11, 2004

I will be here soon! I just wanted a little dot on my map....

Weird weird world of Turkmenistan
Jun 30, 2006 (12 photos)

Turkmenistan is run by a guy that has clearly taken his totalitarian role to heart. "Turkmenbashi" (or "Great Leader of the Turkmen") as he has renamed himself is *everywhere* in this country, with large pictures on every building and ubiquitous quotes ...

NEW ADDRESS
Nov 21, 2004

... the letters and packages. But, my new address is: Lebap Velayat Turkmenabat-22 Central Post Office Mail Box 46 PCV Katy Dieters Turkmenistan VIA Istanbul/Air Mail Write lots, it is what keeps me going! I love and miss you all a lot! I AM ...

We explore Turkmenistan
Jun 21, 2008 (60 photos)

... bound for the Aral Sea (which is in Uzbekistan and Kazakastan).  Its disappearance has led to bad environmental problems in northern Turkmenistan, with a lot of salination of the land. We will soon be able to see the country for ourselves, as we are ...

Bazar and the mountains of Ashgabad
May 16, 2009 (3 photos)

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Türkmenistan
Sep 13, 2008 (12 photos)

Türkmenistan

Nissa
May 13, 2009 (2 photos)

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Ashgabat
Jul 6, 2006

return to Ashgabat

Ashgabat - Beijing
May 8, 2004 (43 photos)

... job and before returning to my beloved Vienna, off I went on four back to back Drago trips over three months from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, through, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan ending in Beijing, China.   I met up with John, another passenger due on the ...

Ashgabad
May 18, 2009 (5 photos)

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The only city in Turkmenistan
Jul 5, 2006

... shady-looking staff, but as far as we knew we weren't really followed around the city. After experiencing Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, I figure that the notorious security services can't really be much more clever or hard-working than the average Joes, nor ...

Arrived in Ashgabad
May 12, 2009 (2 photos)

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