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Country Info
- Capital:
- Ashgabat
- Currency:
- Manat (TMM)
- Population:
- 4,603,244
- Country Code:
- TM
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Long time, no talk....update from the desert
Apr 14, 2006 ... happens! So that is the news. For those of you that need it, my address and phone number have not changed. Turkmenistan Lebap Velayat Turkmenabat-22 Central Post Office Mail Box 46 PCV Katy Dieters 0011 993 446 55 1 69 Feel free to ... |
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PICTURES!
Feb 4, 2005 February 1st 2005 HELLO! I GOT THE PICS OUT THROUGH SOME SNEAKY PROCESS! Via Turkmenistan, Italy, Texas, to Alicia cowdrey...I got some pics to you all! I hope this works, it might give you an idea of what I am doing. No fat jokes and no dress jokes ... |
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PHONE NUMBER
Dec 1, 2004 Sorry for all the emails! I just got my phone number figured out.... If you feel like calling, go to www.noblecom.com and get a phone card. my number is: 011 993 446 55 169 I am 12 hours ahead of Colorado, so try to call at a normal time. I ... |
Terrible Turkmenistan Trains
Aug 27, 2005 (1 photos) ... our worst fears were realised. It was terrible. Actually it was several levels below terrible. Obviously all funds in Turkmenistan get funnelled into building statues and the trains have not been upgraded since 1712. The first problem was when the ... |
End Of The Line
Jul 20, 2009 (3 photos) The bikes were off on an early start from Asgabat this morning, up at 5 and on the road to escape the heat of the day. Baz and myself had a leasurly breakfast before meeting Oleg and departing with the benefit of Air Conditioning! Lovely! Oleg ... |
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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 ... |
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Darvaza
Jul 4, 2006 From there we continued on the increasingly pot-holed road to Darvaza and our campsite for the night. We probably couldn't have made it to Ashgabat that day, and camping in the desert near Darvaza gave us the opportunity to see a burning gas crater, ... |
Deserts, deserts, deserts of Turkmenistan
Jun 24, 2008 (52 photos) ... never-ending desert scenery, didn't help us enjoy the country. However, despite all this, we don't have negative thoughts about Turkmenistan. The people were friendly, and we always felt safe. One surprise was that it had a low-key ... |
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Turkmenabat
Jul 9, 2006 The next day it was time to make the haul to the border and cross back into Uzbekistan. We only got there 15 minutes BEFORE their lunch break was supposed to start, which meant we had to wait for that time, plus their entire lunch hour, plus an additional ... |
Ashgabat - Beijing
May 8, 2004 (43 photos) ... 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 trip ... |
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The Wrath of Chinggis
Jul 4, 2006 Konye-Urgench is famous for being relatively untouched since Chinggis and his horde ransacked it several hundred years ago. The bad news is that there are restorations underway, the good that they appear far from complete. There were a few mausoleums, ... |
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Dashogus
Jul 3, 2006 ... first leg of the journey, and made for the nearest bazaar to change our dollars into manats. Given how repressive and policed Turkmenistan is supposed to be, I expected the market to be fairly stern and subdued affair. In fact, people took quite a keen ... |
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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 ... |
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Mary, Merv, and Margilan
Jul 7, 2006 After a few days of relative downtime in Ashgabat we struck east towards Mary, the third biggest town in Turkmenistan. We had a new driver, Arshod, and a Toyota minivan with A/C, which was nice for how long we were on the road. On the way we stopped by ... |
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