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Tag: Turkmenistan

  • Destination: Turkmenistan

    Official Name: TurkmenistanEstablished: 1924 (Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic ) / 31 August 1991 (Independence from PSUSSR)Population: 5.6 million (2022 estimate)Religion: Muslim (93%)Official Languages: TurkmenCapital: AshgabatOrder of Visit: 77Planned First Visit: 30 May 2023Planned Last Visit: 03 June 2023Duration: 5 DaysMust Do: To be discovered!Cities to be visited: Dashoguz, Darvaza, AshgabatPublished: 28 March 2023 | Updated:…

  • World Trip 2023: Day 36 – Ashgabat to Istanbul, Türkiye

    Saturday 03 June 2023Highlights: Surviving overnight flight, early check in, exploring the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque) With some trepidation and still feeling unwell I joined our group at 00:30 for the transfer to the airport for my international flight to Istanbul. It was a real struggle to get to the airport and not to…

  • World Trip 2023: Day 35 – Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    Friday 02 June 2023Highlights: Monument of Neutrality, Indoor Ferris wheel, Old Nisa, Gurbansoltan Eje Memorial and Turkmenbashi Mosque, Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex, National Museum of Turkmenistan, Independence Monument, Food poisoning The last full day of the Five Stans tour before my flight back to Türkiye at 3.30 am tomorrow. Today we our small group would…

  • World Trip 2023: Day 34 – Darvaza to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    Thursday 01 June 2023Highlights: The amazing Darvaza Gas Crater (Gates of Hell) at Dawn, Hiking in the Karakum Desert, Exploring Ashgabat at night Waking up at 5 am I did a short walk from my yurt to the Darvaza Gas Crater for another look at the unique phenomenon.

  • World Trip 2023: Day 33 – Dashoguz to Darvaza, Turkmenistan

    Wednesday 31 May 2023Highlights: Exploring Kunya-Urgench, the amazing Darvaza Gas Crater (Gates of Hell) After a surprise hotel accidental wake call for everyone via an intercom announcement and an underwhelming breakfast, we were off on a 2 hour drive to UNCESO protected ancient abandoned city of Kunya-Urgench. This was the first chance to really see…

  • World Trip 2023: Day 32 – Khiva to Dashoguz, Turkmenistan

    Tuesday 30 May 2023Highlights: Border crossing to Turkmenistan, Card game Today I said goodbye to 10 members of the tour group and our CEO Rustam while 6 of us (Kyle, Ingrid, Amy, Mike, Nancy and me), plus our new CEO Eziz, travelled to Turkmenistan for the fifth and last ‘Stan of the Five Stans. Khiva…

  • World Trip 2023 – Central Asia and Türkiye Update

    It’s now less than 75 days to my first international since I was in Colombia in August and September 2019 and I’m getting excited. This trip will see me visit seven countries, six of them for the first time; Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and short stopover in Singapore. This will be a bit…