{"id":7595,"date":"2014-11-15T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T19:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2017-10-24T05:59:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T09:59:38","slug":"ashkabad-turkmenistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=7595","title":{"rendered":"Ashkabad, Turkmenistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 15, 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7596\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8466.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8466\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Turkmenbashi&#8217;s Family Mausoleum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7597\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8479.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8479\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a>Former President Niyazov&#8217;s Personal Mosque<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7598\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8488.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8488\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>Another View of the $100 Million Dollar Mosque<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8507.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7599\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8507.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8507\" width=\"288\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Cleaning Woman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8547.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7600\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8547.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8547\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>Walking to the Ancient Parthian Kingdom of Nisa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8568.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7601\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8568.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8568\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a>Listening to Batyr and Gazoul<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7602\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8579.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8579\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>Excavations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7603\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8539.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8539\" width=\"306\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Gazoul and Batyr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7604\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8603.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8603\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>Modern Restaurant for Lunch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7605\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8607.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8607\" width=\"257\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Turkmenbashi Monument<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8608.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7606\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8608.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8608\" width=\"315\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Top of Monument in Solid Gold<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7607\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_8618.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8618\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>Another Gold Monument<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_86181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7608\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_86181.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8618\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a>Close-up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1382.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7609\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1382.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1382\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>View of Ashkabat From the Bus<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7610\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1370.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1370\" width=\"275\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>Indoor Ferris Wheel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7611\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1418.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1418\" width=\"400\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a>National Museum of History and Ethnography<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7612\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1422.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1422\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Entrance of Museum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_14252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7615\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_14252.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1425\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>Looking Out to Ashkabat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1455.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7616\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1455.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1455\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Night View<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7617\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1470.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1470\" width=\"340\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>The Temple of Happiness<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1489.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7618\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1489.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1489\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>A New Hotel: the Yyldyz Oteli<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7619\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_1492.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1492\" width=\"400\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a>Space Age Bus Stop<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 15, 2014 Turkmenbashi&#8217;s Family Mausoleum Former President Niyazov&#8217;s Personal Mosque Another View of the $100 Million Dollar Mosque Cleaning Woman Walking to the Ancient Parthian Kingdom of Nisa Listening to Batyr and Gazoul Excavations Gazoul and Batyr Modern Restaurant for Lunch Turkmenbashi Monument Top of Monument in Solid Gold Another Gold Monument Close-up 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