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Stadttour mit Turkmeninnen, '1984'
... auch wahnsinnig teuer. Diese hohen Preise machen das Land aber nicht gerade Backpacker-freundlich...
In Ashgabat lernte ich zudem zwei junge Frauen kennen. Wie es dazu kam, werde ich an dieser Stelle nicht weiter ausfuehren, da ich die Personen vor jeglichen Problemen schuetzen moechte, aus dem selben Grund werde ich hier keine Fotos von ihnen veroeffentlichen. Am Abend zeigten sie zusammen mit der Mutter per Auto einige Sehenswuerdigkeiten der ...
Outrageous Ashbabat
... move, although Niyazov has now died the dictatorial system seems to survive. We were constantly restricted as to where we could walk, usually we had no idea why we couldn't walk up to that statue, into that park etc. In Independance square I obviously drew one's attention & he marched towards me blowing his whistle- took me away to the other side, wanted to see my passport, looked at the photos I'd taken - Delete - Delete - Delete. I then got cleverer & scrolled my ...
A crazy several days
... trip, they were fine. Not delightful, but adequate. However, there were 2 between about 100 of us, and not very long after setting sail, both were blocked. Not only blocked, but full to the rim. This was a truly disgusting sight. It was not only undesirable to use them - it was pretty much impossible. This left us all with a problem. When we asked the crew what to do, they advised the men to go over the sides. We pointed out that this worked rather less well for ...
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 previously wrote and the driver was not part of our stay in Ashgabat nor were our dinners. They were looking for $100 to get us out there and back but after a little searching we found a driver ...
Kow Ata
... through their paces. Shirmyrat's girlfriend scowled when I rummaged for the camera as everything in Turkmenistan is forbidden to be photographed. I scowled back as her beloved got pulled over for speeding just as we entered the city. But cute Shirmyrat knew the policeman and after a bit of a laugh we were on our way again. We got dropped off in the centre again and made our way out towards the hotel. No diversions this time, but still we took the bus. And there's one for the ...


