Turkmenistan Photos
06/02/18 13:04 Filed in: memoirs | Turkmenistan
Can't believe it is three weeks since I held an online Twitter vote on what Memoirs piece to write next; which is another way of saying er I haven't done it yet. Let's just say one thing and another has got in its way (and I also may have forgotten about it). Anyway the winner was 'Turkmenistan' and I have now started it. Hope to get it finished and up today. In the meantime here are a few shots I took in the country.
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A Government building and the Russian Market in Ashgabat and a bread seller near Guardak, north east Turkmenistan.
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A seed seller and me playing Russian billiards.
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One of the remains at Merv (Mary) on the Silk Road and me near the Afghan border.
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Salt at the Gulf of Karabogaz and a ubiquitous statue of 'Turkmenbashy'.
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An evening of vodka, beer and bbq in Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi) by the Caspian and a massive though apparently 'cursed' mosque in Ashgabat.
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Camels running near Merv and motorbikes with modified side-cars.
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The pontoon bridge over the Amu Darya (aka the Oxus), near Turkmenabat in north east Turkmenistan and a Government building in Ashgabat.
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The 'Arch of Neutrality' or Tower of Power in Ashgabat (complete with rotating gold statue of the first hero of the Turkmen state).
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A Government building and the Russian Market in Ashgabat and a bread seller near Guardak, north east Turkmenistan.
![DSCF0078](dscf0078.jpg)
![DSCF0578](dscf0578.jpg)
A seed seller and me playing Russian billiards.
![DSCF0075](dscf0075.jpg)
![DSCF0095](dscf0095.jpg)
One of the remains at Merv (Mary) on the Silk Road and me near the Afghan border.
![DSCF0064](dscf0064.jpg)
![DSCF0034 2](dscf0034-2.jpg)
Salt at the Gulf of Karabogaz and a ubiquitous statue of 'Turkmenbashy'.
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![DSCF0559](dscf0559.jpg)
An evening of vodka, beer and bbq in Krasnovodsk (Turkmenbashi) by the Caspian and a massive though apparently 'cursed' mosque in Ashgabat.
![DSCF0109](dscf0109.jpg)
![DSCF0028](dscf0028.jpg)
Camels running near Merv and motorbikes with modified side-cars.
![DSCF0056](dscf0056.jpg)
![DSCF0020](dscf0020.jpg)
The pontoon bridge over the Amu Darya (aka the Oxus), near Turkmenabat in north east Turkmenistan and a Government building in Ashgabat.
![DSCF0047](dscf0047.jpg)
![DSCF0034](dscf0034.jpg)
The 'Arch of Neutrality' or Tower of Power in Ashgabat (complete with rotating gold statue of the first hero of the Turkmen state).
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