"Thalam Ashgabatdan" Ashgabat by mizzzthanggg

Ashgabat Travel Guide: 129 reviews and 284 photos

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Welcome to my newly-built Ashgabat page :)

What's up in this photo? No, I wasn't about to start a massive BBQ... this was me at Hell's Gate! Come see what it's about in Off The Beaten Path Darwaza

Next stop: Kugitang Nature Reserve, in search of dinosaur tracks. Watch this space.

Based in Turkmenistan - since July 07

After a year & half of travelling back n forth almost monthly between Malaysia & Turkmenistan, I was finally transferred to our Ashgabat office and am now based here.

Definitely lots to say & tip about Turkmenistan, there's plenty going on behind the gleaming marble facades you see in the city. Did you know that Turkmenistan is one of the world's largest consumer of white Italian marble? Apparently they now have to import from elsewhere 'cos they need so much (this I found out from a Turkish guy though, so no guarantees on accuracy). Latest news is that they're soon going to add marble edgings to the roads in the capital. Swish!

Feb 09 - In The Line Of Work

One of my most memorable trips in Turkmenistan was a short offshore visit to our operations in the Caspian Sea. After 9 years of working in the industry I finally landed on a drilling rig and platform. Great fun, and pretty eye-opening. All the buzz and activity centered around a small hole in the ground hoping for it to spew out oil or gas in commercial quantities.

Weather was kinda foggy and daunting but we made it safely there and back. Something different than offshore visits back in Malaysia, being winter time we had to don immersion suits to fly in the helicopter to the different units and then on the units itself you had to change into coveralls and all the safety gear... but we got a kick out of it pretending we were on some space mission.

  • Last visit to Ashgabat: Mar 2010
  • Intro Updated Mar 11, 2010
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