Do you want to?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:31 (eighteen years ago)
HELL YES (to the second question. No I have not ever been, to the first).
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:32 (eighteen years ago)
But I would like to go to Uzbekistan even more.
I'm looking at tickets and it seems returns are around 800-1000 EUR from any european city. A bit steep...
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:34 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah I don't suppose it's a popular tourist destination. That out of the wayness is part of the appeal for me. Why d'you want to go?
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:36 (eighteen years ago)
a bit of a east european/soviet buff + I have a friend in Georgia and we're looking at cool places where we could meet up.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:37 (eighteen years ago)
I want to go cos it looks like this:
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_turkmenistan.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:39 (eighteen years ago)
heave ho to thread
― chaki, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:44 (eighteen years ago)
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and other old history books shot me full of this jones to disappear along the Silk Road some day.
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:49 (eighteen years ago)
See also Sven Hedin and pete hopkirk.
I've been to kazakhstan, but not turkmenistan. Would love to go.
― Ed, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:53 (eighteen years ago)
can you recommend any titles?
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:55 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.nkeconwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/ashgabat%207.JPG
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:56 (eighteen years ago)
I hope they don't pull this dude's statues down cos they're pretty cute:
http://www.interet-general.info/IMG/Turkmenistan-Ashgabat-1.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:57 (eighteen years ago)
My sister visited last year and I really want to go.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 15 May 2008 17:40 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.johnhbradley.com/photos/070707darvaza/img_2524.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 15 May 2008 17:41 (eighteen years ago)
Central asia for central asians!
― Aimless, Thursday, 15 May 2008 17:42 (eighteen years ago)
All of Turkmenistan's monuments look like they were designed by Jeff Koons
― Hurting 2, Friday, 16 May 2008 03:23 (eighteen years ago)
LOL/OTM
― baaderonixx, Friday, 16 May 2008 07:36 (eighteen years ago)
Anybody else unable to see this thread title without hearing a Jimi Hendrix song in their head?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 16 May 2008 09:55 (eighteen years ago)
*raises hand*
― stevienixed, Friday, 16 May 2008 10:04 (eighteen years ago)
Tracer Hand & stevienixed = Turkmenistan hippypunks with beards badly in need of shaving, yo!
― t**t, Friday, 16 May 2008 10:11 (eighteen years ago)
I wanna show you! I wanna SHOW YOU. My hippy beard.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 16 May 2008 10:12 (eighteen years ago)
Apparently that gold statue of the Turkmenbashi, picture upthread, rotates to face the sun at all times!
― Neil S, Friday, 16 May 2008 11:42 (eighteen years ago)
Apparently we need to go very very soon if we wanna see it: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/world/asia/05turkmen.html?emc=eta1
― baaderonixx, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:30 (eighteen years ago)
I knew that would happen. You can see why, but it's a low-down shame all the same.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:34 (eighteen years ago)
What is that weird night picture upthread? A volcano? Looks pretty fantastic!
― baaderonixx, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:36 (eighteen years ago)
Found the answer, it's a natural gas crater: http://www.johnhbradley.com/pictures2.asp?var=070707darvaza
― baaderonixx, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:38 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.johnhbradley.com/photos/071307nokhur/img_2720.jpg
― baaderonixx, Friday, 16 May 2008 12:42 (eighteen years ago)
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to (Turkmeni-)me
― StanM, Friday, 16 May 2008 14:06 (eighteen years ago)
I wanna have a goth full moon party in that ram graveyard.
― baaderonixx, Friday, 16 May 2008 14:10 (eighteen years ago)