ASHGABAT

     Day 7: ASHGABAT

    We arrive in the ‘Las Vegas of the Kara Kum’, the capital city of Turkmenistan,womens silk pajamas, Ashgabat. A huge modern folly in the desert which is a monument to the recently deceased President Sapamurat Turkmenbashi. Situated between the Kara Kum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range the scenery that forms the backdrop to the city is one of extremes.