Ashkabad, Turkmenistan

November 15th, 2014

Saturday, November 15, 2014

DSC_8466Turkmenbashi’s Family Mausoleum

DSC_8479Former President Niyazov’s Personal Mosque

DSC_8488Another View of the $100 Million Dollar Mosque

DSC_8507Cleaning Woman

DSC_8547Walking to the Ancient Parthian Kingdom of Nisa

DSC_8568Listening to Batyr and Gazoul

DSC_8579Excavations

DSC_8539Gazoul and Batyr

DSC_8603Modern Restaurant for Lunch

DSC_8607Turkmenbashi Monument

DSC_8608Top of Monument in Solid Gold

DSC_8618Another Gold Monument

DSC_8618Close-up

IMG_1382View of Ashkabat From the Bus

IMG_1370Indoor Ferris Wheel

IMG_1418National Museum of History and Ethnography

IMG_1422Entrance of Museum

IMG_1425Looking Out to Ashkabat

IMG_1455Night View

IMG_1470The Temple of Happiness

IMG_1489A New Hotel: the Yyldyz Oteli

IMG_1492Space Age Bus Stop

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