Ashgabat to Mary, Turkmenistan
I have not been posting any videos recently because the connection speed in Iraq, Iran and Turkmenistan has been pretty slow. Furthermore, countries like Turkey and Iran are blocking youtube. I will try to post some videos when I get a chance.
Mr. President rotating with the sun
Took a bus to Tolkuchka Bazaar.
Went to the terminal at 2pm to get a shared taxi to Mary. Waited for an hour for the taxi to be full. The ride to Mary is around 350km and that took 4 hours. (20 new Manat~USD7).
There weren’t any hostel in Mary and had to check in to a hotel. There is a different price for locals and foreigners for hotel accommodation. The hotel is pretty old and paid USD$30 for a crappy room. This is the most I have paid for a night of accommodation in my trip so far.
I can feel that spring under the mattress all over my body.
Walked around Mary at night. Mary is not a big city, with a population of just around 100,000.
Typical white marble buildings
Witnessed a local Turkmen bar brawl later at night.
i didn’t know they have korean kimchi sold by real koreans there!
There is a big Korean population in Central Asia. Stalin moved many Koreans here during the war with Japan because he found it hard to idenfity koreans from japanese.