In summer 2008 I started my silk road trip in Turkmenistan. We visited first the capital Ashgabat in the south. We stayed in the desert in the small village Kerkirdek north of the capital. From there...
UPDATE FEB'2007:
DUE TO THE RECENT DEATH OF MR. NIYAZOV, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THE COUNTRY WON'T CHANGE, SINCE HIS PERSONAL AND UNIQUE WAY OF GOVERNING THE COUNTRY WAS HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL FOR EVERYTHING...
The idea of visiting Turkmenistan was very exciting for me as I'd never even been to Russia, much less any FSU countries before. So u do your search on VT and rest of the Internet for info on the...
Turkmenistan was the last of the soviet republic I visited.
I have only been 3 days in this country.
It was the second country I was glad to leave.
The situation there is very strange.
The country...