Turkmenestan

The trip provided was done by Mountain Travel SOBEK (MTS) and they did a fantastic job in every category and outperformed my expectations.  Unfortunately, Turkmenistan did not issue a letter of Invitation which precluded me from applying for a VISA = maybe past M.I. relations if you get my drift.  I did get into Uzbekistan and again Mountain Travel SOBEK (MTS)did a great job outperforming everyone’s expectations.

In Ashgabat, The group stayed in the Yyldyz hotel and it was awesome:  fine dinning, fine wine. workout facility – It was incredibvle.

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They went to Nissa the former seat of the Parthian Kings and toured the Turkmenbashy tombs (former ruler of Turkmenistan)

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Turkmanistan is directly on the SILK road and MERV or MAry was one of the great Silk road towns

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please see Merv on the left hand side.  Our group stayed in the Yyldyz Hotel a top hotel.