Expedition Everywhere

Turkmenistan

Travel article: “5 most different countries” – Berlingske 2022 – read here

Travel article Turkmenistan – Jyllands-Posten 2021 – read here

Blog from Turkmenistan in here & in here

Photo Gallery – Turkmenistan 2018

Tolkuchka Bazar – outside Ashgabat

Sapar – a friendly local guy who came on his old MC to greet us at the ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza gas crater.

Panorama – ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza gas crater.

Turkmenistan 2018.

Turkmenistan 2018.

‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza gas crater.

‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza gas crater.

Local woman – her 3 male companions had drunk too much vodka and stayed in their nearby tents and missed sunrise.

Ashgabat portrait.

Ashgabat.

Yerbent village.

Yerbent village.

Yerbent village.

Yerbent village.

Ashgabat – ‘The Marble centre’ – many houses are similar/identical.

Yildiz hotel – Ashgabat.

The wedding Palace – Bagt Kuschke – Ashgabat

‘School 105’ graduation photos.

‘School 105’ graduation photos.

‘School 105’ graduation photos.

‘School 105’ graduation photos.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

Portrait at The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

Turkmenistan 2018.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

Turkmenistan 2018.

The ‘Gates of Hell’ – Darvaza Gas Crater.

Turkmenistan 2018.

Our yurt 400 meters from the gas crater.

Inside our yurt.

Dinner and camp fire inside yurt. With super nice driver Shamurad (father of 3 – two girls one boy aged 18,16,10)

Karakum dessert.

Karakum dessert.

Karakum dessert.

Ashgabat – ‘biggest mosque in asia’

Local food – road side cafe.

Berkera Shopping Center, Ashgabat.

National Museum, Ashgabat

The Russian Market – Ashgabat

This photo is in every Turkmen taxi.

This photo is in every Turkmen taxi.

Our hotel.

Ashgabat ‘Zooparka’

Tolkuschka Bazar outside Ashgabat.

Public bus – Ashgabat.

Old truck in Yerbent village.

Turkmenistan 2018.

Portrait – Yerbent village.

Complex with identical new houses – outskirt of Ashgabat – wite marble, green roofs.

Istanbul stopover.

Asia complete.

Our visa – surprisingly easily obtained.