Ashgabat - City

Road sign for Ashgabat Airport and the City Center	Impressive fountain at the airport roundabout gives first time visitors a glimpse of what is to come	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Try not to get killed crossing the busy street
Turkmenistan flag, Airport Roundabout	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	No labels identifying the historical figures	Central mounted figure of the Airport Roundabout
Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Archer, Airport Roundabout Fountain	Archer, Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain
Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain
Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain
Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain
Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain
Ashgabat Airport Roundabout Fountain	Grand Turkmen Hotel, Ashgabat	Grand Turkmen Hotel, Ashgabat	The pool of the Grand Turkmen Hotel
Central Ashgabat from the Grand Turkmen Hotel	Central Ashgabat from the Grand Turkmen Hotel	Central Ashgabat from the Grand Turkmen Hotel	Panoramic view from my balcony at the Grand Turkmen Hotel
Three gold domes of the Presidential Administration of Turkmenistan	Blue domes of Ruyıet Palace, Ashgabat	Presidential Palace of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat	Billboard with the statues from the Airport Roundabout in front of the historic sites of Turkmenistan
No golden statues of the 2nd President, but lots of portraits	Türkmenbaşy şayoli, Aşgabat	Soviet War Memorial, Victory Square	Neutrality Square, Ashgabat
Hotel Nissa (Nusaı Myhmanhanasy) Neutrality Square, Ashgabat	Türkmenistanyň Goranmak Ministrligi, Neutrality Square, Aşgabat	Statue in front of the Ministry of Defence	"Ruhnama" Orta Mekdebi - shaped like an open book
On the other side of the street from the Ruhnama Center	Yimpaş Shopping Center, Ashgabat - Turkish mall with supposedly good internet access	Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium of Turkmenistan	Grand plans for the new sports city in the center of Ashgabat
Ruhuňyz Belent Bolsun! - a round building in Ashgabat	Garagum Bank, Ashgabat	Most of the new buildings are covered in marble	Marble-clad apartment along the west side of Independence Park
Independence Park West, Ashgabat	Nice on the outside at least	Upscale residential apartments overlooking Independence Park	Upscale residential apartments overlooking Independence Park
Upscale residential apartments overlooking Independence Park	Highway sign in Ashgabat	Building at the southwest corner of Indepndence Park	Building at the southwest corner of Indepndence Park
We'll drive to Mary tomorrow	The Ministry of Health	Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Lukmançylyk Uniweritet	Oncology Center, Ashgabat - Onkologiıa Merkezi
Archabil Freeway through the Berzengi District, Ashgabat	Gara Altyn Hotel - one of many small hotels along the main road through the new Berzengi district	Ahal Hotel, another hotel along the Berzengi strip - opposite US Embassy	Turkish Embassy, Ashgabat
Flag of Turkmenistan	Another row of new apartment buildings along a wide boulevard	Boulevard leading from the National Museum to the Presidential Palace	On an Ashgabat apartment - Ruhnama Bitewillik Kitabydyr
Ashgabat - Gülle Diıar	Ashgabat - the White City	Ashgabat	Crossing the new "river" of Ashgabat
Türkmen Döwlet Gurjak Teatry - Turkmen State Puppet Theater	Türkmenhaly	Dokma Senagaty Ministrligi - Ministry of Carpets	Türkmen Atlary
Türkmen Atlary - Ministry of Horses	The Ministry of Horses, Ashgabat	Oguzkent Hotel, Ashgabat	Oguzkent Hotel, Ashgabat
Oguzkent Oteli - the best hotel in Ashgabat	Oguzkent Hotel, Ashgabat	Ministry of Telecommunications	Turkmenistan Ministry of Telecommunications, Ashgabat
Daıhan Bank, Ashgabat	Ten Years of Independence Monument - i.e. Ten-Horses Square	The 10 Horses represent 10 Years of Independence for Turkmenistan	Ten Years of Independence Monument
Ahal Teke Atlary - the horse of Turkmenistan	Ten-Horses Square, Ashgabat	Ten Years of Independence Monument	New apartments of the White City
Ten Years of Independence Monument	Ten Years of Independence Monument	Monument to the Ahal Teke horses	Majestic Ahal Teke horse, Turkmenistan
Ten Years of Independence Monument	Fountain at 10-Horses-Square	The First and Second Presidents of Turkmenistan face off	Golden statue of Turkmenbashy
Turkmenbashy statue at the Ten Years of Independence Monument	President-for-Life Niyazov	Ten Years of Independence Monument	Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Gurjak Teatry - National Puppet Theater
Türkmenistanyň Baş Döwlet Salgyt Gullugy	Marble apartment building, Ashgabat	Heading back towards the National Museum	Türkmenistanyň Söwda Toplumy - Chamber of Commerce
Hotel - Prezident Myhmanhanasy	Turnoff for Ashgabat Airport	The Arch of Neutrality under reconstruction in a new location on the far edge of Ashgabat	Türkmenistanyň Aragatnaşk Ministrligi
The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan	The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan	The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan with the new TV Towe	Globe atop the Foreign Ministry in Ashgabat
The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan	The location of Turkmenistan highlighted in gold	The impressive Wedding Palace, Ashgabat	Ashgabat's next great monument under construction
Aşgabat Şäherinde Medeni Dynç - Alyş Merkezi	Distances from Ashgabat to cities in western Turkmenistan	Iranian Mosque, Görogly köçesi	Archabil Freeway, Ashgabat
Returning along the Archabil Freeway past the Foreign Ministry	Türkmenistanyň Aragatnaşk Ministrligi	The Arch of Neutrality under reconstruction	The Arch of Neutrality banished from the city center
Ministry of Health, Ashgabat	Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Lukmançylyk Uniweritet	The National Library at the Turkmenbashy Cultural Center	Independence Park West
Soviet-era apartment building, Ashgabat	Soviet-era apartment blocks, Ashgabat	Soviet-era buildings with mosaics getting a cleanup	Soviet-era Ashgabat
Mosaic on a building in central Ashgabat	Soviet-era mosaic on a building in central Ashgabat	Passing through Neutrality Square again	Monument at Neutrality Square
Turkmenistan State University, Ashgabat	Magtymguly Adynkady Türkmen Döwlet Uniwersiteti	Turkmenistan State University - Faculty of Physics and Mathematics	Türkmenistanyň Ylymlar Akademiıasynyň Arheologiıa We Etnografiıa Instituty
Miras Bookshop with offerings on Turkmenistan	Picture book with the Second President at the state bookstore, Ashgabat	Old Town Ashgabat	Old Town Ashgabat
Wokzal - Ashgabat Railway Station	Türkmenistan National Drama Theatre, Aşgabat	Lenin perched atop a dias made in the style of Turkmen carpets	Lenin Square, Ashgabat
Lenin Square, Ashgabat	The only remaining statue of Lenin in Ashgabat	Lenin Square is tucked away behind the Magtymguly Dramatic Theater	Lenin Square, Ashgabat
V.I. Lenin 1870-1924	Tiles in the style of Turkmen carpets - Lenin Square	Lenin Square, Ashgabat	The leader of the workers and farmers of Turkmenistan
Leninism - the path towards the emancipation of the peoples of the East	Mekan Palace, early 1970's Soviet architecture	Türkmenistanyň Syıasy Resminamalarynyň Merkezi Döwlet Arhiwi	Mekan Palace - Central State Archives of Turkmenistan in a
Reliefs by Ernst Neisvestniy	Mekan Palace, Ashgabat	Work of Russian sculptor Ernst Neisvestniy, Mekan Palace, Ashgabat	Work of Russian sculptor Ernst Neisvestniy in the 1970s
Lenin Statue, Ashgabat	Lenin Statue, Ashgabat	Türkmenistanyň Beıik Saramyrat Türkmenbaşy Adyndaky Baş Drama Teatry	Turkmenbasy Drama Theater, Ashgabat
Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Serhet Gullugy	Fly Turkmenistan Airlines from Europe to Amritsar via Ashgabat	Ashgabat - the White City	Medium-rise architecture, Ashgabat
Topiary jet on airport road, Ashgabat	Kamaz, Ashgabat	Halk We Prezident Bitewidir	Soviet-era mosaics, Ashgabat
Cinema - Aşgabat Kinokeatry	Turkmenistan license plate (yellow)	I didn't plan on buying a carpet so early in the trip, but Ashgabat is a great place to do so