Ashgabot

In Ashgabat, The group stayed in the Yyldyz hotel

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and it was awesome: incredible design

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fine dinning and fine wine.

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awesome rooms

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

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And we also went to the Sunday market on par with Kashgar China

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Oriental Bazaar Altyn Asyr, Altyn Asyr gündogar bazary is the first-largest market in Turkmenistan, and 5th in Central Asia.Located in the outskirts of Ashgabat, in the residential area Choganly. Built in the shape resembling a Turkmen carpet ornament of Ahal Province. The vast territory of 154 hectares. At the heart of the bazaar - a high clock tower, the main landmark. On its territory there are 2,155 shops. It was built in place of the demolished Tolkuchka Bazaar, is a noted extensive market sprawled across the desert suburbs of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, a few kilometres from the centre. It is the largest open air market in Central Asia. It is noted in particular for its sale of large red Turkmen rugs. The market thrives on a Sunday and sells a massive range of goods sale, from Turkmen carpets, handicrafts and silks, jewelry and jeans to laundry soap, plastic bags to bales of rice. It also has a notable camel market.

Oriental Bazaar Altyn Asyr, Altyn Asyr gündogar bazary is the first-largest market in Turkmenistan, and 5th in Central Asia.Located in the outskirts of Ashgabat, in the residential area Choganly. Built in the shape resembling a Turkmen carpet ornament of Ahal Province. 
It is the largest open air market in Central Asia. It is noted in particular for its sale of large red Turkmen rugs. The market thrives on a Sunday and sells a massive range of goods sale, from Turkmen carpets, handicrafts and silks, jewelry and jeans to laundry soap, plastic bags to bales of rice. It also has a notable camel market.

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