Sunset from the Paytagt Tower, Ashgabat |
Sunset from the Paytagt Tower, Ashgabat |
The lights of Ashgabat start to come on |
Independence Park and Andaliba Street at dusk |
Ashgabat's Independence Park at night |
Five-Legged Fountain at the north end of Independence Park |
The northern end of Independence Park at night |
New district of Ashgabat at night |
The Peytagt Shopping Center's changing colored lights |
Peytagt Tower and Shopping Center in red |
Peytagt Tower and Shopping Center, Ashgabat |
Prestigious address - Andiliba Avenue along the eastern edge of Independence Park |
Turkmenistan flag adorning an Ashgabat bus stop |
Five-Legged Fountain at night, Independence Park |
Colorful fountains surround nearly the entire perimeter of Independence Park |
Independence Park is a good place for an evening stroll |
Dancing fountain, Independence Park |
Dancing blue fountain |
Independence Park fountain bathed in blue |
A golden bust of Turkmenbashy, Independence Park |
A golden bust of Turkmenbashy, Independence Park |
Independence Park fountain bathed in blue |
The colors of the fountains in Independence Park change |
Here, from green to red |
Independence Park at night |
The southeast corner of Independence Park, Ashgabat |
The southeast corner of Independence Park, Ashgabat |
Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
The Great Turkmenbashy Cultural Center at night |
The Great Turkmenbashy Cultural Center at night |
The Great Turkmenbashy Cultural Center at night |
Gateway to the Turkmenistan Cultural Center at night |
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Marble-clad apartment blocks along Independence Park |
The Independence Monument also changes colors |
Ashgabat Independence Monument |
Ashgabat Independence Monument at night |
Ashgabat Independence Monument |
It's worth visiting the Independence Monument by day and night |
Muhammet Togrulbeg Türkmen (993-1063) |
Muhammet Togrulbeg Türkmen (993-1063) |
Gara İusup Beg Türkmen (15th C.) |
Gara İusup Beg Türkmen (15th C.) |
Gorkut Ata Türkmen (6th C.) |
The Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
Colorful fountains around the Independence Monument |
The Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
Ärtogrul Gazy Türkmen (1191-1281) |
They really should sell miniatures of these statues in the shops |
Ärtogrul Gazy Türkmen (1191-1281) |
Alp Arslan Türkmen (r. 1063-1072) and Mälik Şa Türkmen (1072-1092) |
Soltan Sanjar Türkmen (1086-1157) |
Soltan Sanjar Türkmen (1086-1157) |
Oguz Han Türkmen |
The bored guards have nothing better to do than say that you can't pass and have to go back the way you came |
I much prefer these sentries to the guards policing the monument |
Turkmenistan Independence Monument |
Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
Marble-clad apartment blocks lit up at night behind the dark central portion of Independence Park |
Ashgabat apartments at night |
Ashgabat apartments at night |
Turkmen spearman statue |
The guards made me walk all around the edge of the park to get from the plunger to T'bashy...score one for them...wow, the power |
Türkmenbashy statue with the Independence Monument |
The North Koreans would not be amused |
President Niyazov decided Ashgabat needed a river so he had one built |
Ruhnama Monument at night, Ashgabat |
Relief with the now relocated Arch of Neutrality |
Relief of the sights of Ashgabat at the base of the Ruhnama Monument |
Relief of the sights of Ashgabat at the base of the Ruhnama Monument |
Apartments on the west side of Independence Park |
I missed the 8 pm performance where the book opens and a passage is read out |
Ruhnama Monument |
Independence Park at night, Ashgabat |
Ruhnama - The Book of the Soul - was published in 2001 |
I managed to catch a bus from the park to Turkmenistan State University in the older part of Ashgabat |
Soviet War Memorial, Victory Square |
Soviet War Memorial, Victory Square - Ashgabat |
Gold dome in central Ashgabat at night |
The Earthquake Memorial commemorating the 1948 tremor |
The Earthquake Monument - under renovation |
The Presidential Palace of Turkmenistan |
Building near the former site of the Arch of Neutrality |
Golden bust of President Niyazov |
Grand Turkmen Hotel |
Grand Night Club at the Grand Turkmen Hotel |
Window shopping for carpets along Sheychenko köçesi |
Cinema - Watan Kinokonsert Merkezi |
View from the Grand Turkmen Hotel at night, Ashgabat |
Three gold domes of the Turkmenistan Presidential Administration |