Unravelling the mysteries of Turkmenistan
October 3rd 2016 Lonely Planet describes Turkmenistan as "by far the most mysterious and unexplored on the Central Asian 'Stans, which became famous for the truly bizarre dictatorship of its first President Saparmyrat Niyazov, who ruled until his death in 2006". More on this soon, but what was very apparent was the incredible contrast between the 'very old' and the 'very new' in this country, to the degree that I
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