Hotel Margush
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Kleiner Unfall, Kleider und Visum
Eigentlich wollte ich nicht nach Mary reisen. Urspruenglich war geplant von Ashgabat aus nach Norden durch die Wueste nach Konye-Urgench zu reisen und dort die Grenze zu Usbekistan zu uebqueren. Ich stellte aber zum Glueck in Ashgabat fest, dass der Konsul in Teheran auf dem Visum einfach ohne zu fragen, einen anderen Zoll also Ausreiseort eingetragen hat. Also musste ich meine Plaene aendern, weshalb ich auch in Usbekistan eine ziemlich komische Route haben werden. ...
The Ruined Cities.
Our new guide came nice and early to pick us up. Gozel is her name, and we set off at speed to get to Mary and see the sights of Merv. She regaled us with interesting tidbits about the country. One fact is that every driver, who owns a car gets 120L of free petrol a month and she explained more about "The Book of the Soul" or the Ruhnama.
Our first port of call was Abiwerd. A ruined ...
The Devastating Chinggis Khan.
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The next morning our new guide was waiting for us at hotel reception. Gozal was even more beautiful and radiant than Maral. She double checked we had everything and out we went to meet Alik who was ready and waiting for the long drive ahead. As we made our way out of the city, driving back through parts of our walks from the previous days, Gozal was explaining some home truths to us. The previous President, Turkmenistan's first since their declaration of independence in ...
Ancient Gonur - Good Morning Mr Sarianidi!
Maksat was highly organised and always punctual. Alan laughed that it was because of his skilled military background. At 4.00 am, we were whisked off to the Ashgabat airport for our Turkmenistan Airlines flight to the eastern city of Mary. On our arrival Maksat asked us for our air tickets. We had no recollection of him giving them to us but when Maksat recalled that Alan had originally put them into his upper jacket pocket - and we found them - we ...
Owww, my kidneys!
This is a top pick!
Couldnt leave early, as the hotel have to give our passports, entry certificates and 2 photos each to the government official, who records them and returns tham by around 10.30.So a leisurly breakfast of fried egg(hot), boiled egg (cold), salad, salami, cheese and bread, with tea. What a mixture.
Then we met up with Antonina fro Stantours, who organised our LOI and the required guide. Very expensive, especially taking into account the surcharge for ...
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