After we received the positive answer we took the flight to Ashgabat.
If during the Soviet times the city looked more like a small Russian country town, today it impresses visitors with new tall buildings, huge boulevards, white new cars. So I and my colleagues applied for visas through Turkmenistan’s embassy in Ankara. In 2004 President Niyazov commented on the ugly appearance of the nearby village of Derweze. They are definitely hospitable, polite and social. To reach Ashgabat you could use Turkish airlines or Turkmen airlines.
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Subsidies on gas, water and petrol went some way to placating the population (in 2005 petrol cost 2c a liter), but as his city of white marble rose from the desert, funding for education was slashed and a third of all pensions were cut.A cleaner at work in front of Ashgabat's "Palace of Happiness." For example the gas is said to be free as well as the electricity, salt and water. Ashgabat is an interesting city, every building … Right: An ornate telephone booth in the city center.A boy drinks a glass of water given him by his grandmother on a 108F (42C) day.
Instead Russian is very widely used. A lot of streets were closed because of the president so at one point we were able only to make circles around the hotel.However Ashgabad is a nice city, very calm.
So if a person has any higher education, he definitely speaks good Russian. © Amos Chapple The more educated is the person you are talking to, the better he speaks Russian. There is even a Ministry of horses and also Ministry of carpets.All of us were amazed by the great buildings in the newer part of the city. The wedding venue features a room where newlyweds are required to pose in front of a portrait of the President. Recently I read in National Geographic that Turkmenistan has recorded the highest voter turnout in the world. Ashgabat, the capital of energy-rich Turkmenistan, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the world's highest density of buildings made from white marble.
There are also restrictions on the Internet.
Of course it is not allowed to take photos of any of these places but it is very beautiful although very deserted. It’s been more than a week since I returned from Turkmenistan and it is time to write a few words about my trip. Many people may wonder where this place is and I will try to give some directions – east of Caspian Sea, south of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and north of Iran and Afghanistan. In 2000, former president Saparmurat Niyazov made an example of his entire cabinet, cheering them them on as they struggled their way up the path -- he'd been flown to the top by helicopter.Left: Ashgabat Tele-radio Center, in the hills overlooking Ashgabat. The former dentist took over the presidency after the death of Niyazov in 2006. Now they are changing all portraits with newer ones and it is about millions of portraits.“Bagt Koshgi” – Ashgabat’s “Palace of Happiness.” – wedding palaceHowever Turkmen people say that the regime offers them some advantages.
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