Welcome to Mary, Turkmenistan (Mar-ee) |
The gateway arch to Mary, Turkmenistan |
The newly constructed great mosque of Mary, the Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
The Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque in Mary is named after the second president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow |
View from the Margush Hotel, Mary |
Grand Mosque, Mary |
Another big Turkmenistan government building nearing completion, Mary |
Atrium of the Margush Hotel, Mary |
Regional Museum of Mary, Turkmenistan |
20 Years of Turkmenistan Independence, 1991-2011 |
XX Garaşsyz Türkmenistan - Independence |
Hotel Marguş, Mary |
A modern glass and marble building next to the regional museum, Mary |
Mary Welayat Taryhu We Ülkäni Öwreniş Muzeyi |
Mosaic on the side of the Mary Regional Museum |
Mary Regional Museum |
Mary Regional Museum |
Sculpture, Mary Regional Museum |
Mary Regional Museum |
Mosaic - Mary Regional Museum |
Mary Regional Museum |
Mary Regional Museum |
Mosaic of Ancient Merv on the Mary Regional Museum |
Mary Regional Museum |
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Mary Mosque and XX Years Independence |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
The man himself, Hajji Gurbanguly, with his mosque and historic sites of Turkmenistan |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
Friendly locals surprised to find a camera-wielding tourist wandering the streets of Mary |
Roundabout in front of the Mosque of Mary |
Roundabout in front of the Mosque of Mary |
Roundabout with the Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
Fly Emirates even in Turkmenistan |
Golden statue of President Niyazov - Turkmenbashi |
Mary Provincial Drama Theatre nearing completion |
Kemine Adyndaky Türkmen Döwlet Drama Teatry, Mary |
Palace under construction in Mary |
Dome nearing completion, Mary |
Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşytyň Ruhyýet Köşgi |
Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşytyň Ruhyýet Köşgi, Mary |
The main road of Mary passing the new |
Late afternoon in Mary |
Another government palace under construction, Mary |
Another over-lifesized photo with the Second President of Turkmenistan |
Meeting another photographer on the streets of Mary |
Central Bazar of Mary |
Central Bazar of Mary |
Mollanepes monument to a famous Turkmen poet and musician (1810-1862), Mary |
Monument to Mollanepes, Mary |
Mary Post Office - Türkmenpost |
Billboard with 8 famous people from Turkmen history |
A shop window with traditional clothing |
Turkmenistan WWII Monument, Mary |
I have a feeling that the monument used to display the flag of the USSR |
Beýik Watançylyk Urşunyň Ýadygärligi |
War Memorial - Mary |
War Memorial - Mary |
Mary Welaýat Häkimligi - Mary Provincial Government |
Daýhan Bank, Mary |
Mary Welaýaty Boýunça Dowlet Salgyt Gullugy |
Wokzal - Mary Railway Station |
Hotel Sanjar, the old Intourist hotel |
Small domed building covered with the Turkmenistan provincial symbols |
UniwerMag - the former Soviet central department store, Mary |
Medeniyet Köşgi |
Medeniyet Köşgi with a mosaic |
Another mosaic, Medeniyet Köşgi |
Mähriban Hususy Kärhana, Mary |
Hotel Yrsgal, Mary |
The mother of Turkmenbashi with the child Niyazov |
Famous as the only seated statue of Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan |
The five-headed eagle of Turkmenistan on a mosaic of the national symbols |
Turkmenbashi monument, Mary |
Mosaic map of Turkmenistan |
Mosaic map of Turkmenistan |
Turkmenbashi statue, Mary |
Türkmenbaşybank, Mary |
Patriotic wall, Mary |
Happy peasants in Soviet-style posters, Mary |
Wedding hall, Mary |
Vehicles decorated for wedding festivities, Mary |
Biziň Ýerler - Behişt Ýerler, Bu Ýerler, Muňa Ajap Türkmenistan Diýerler |
Night falls on Mary |
The lights come on at Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşytyň Ruhyýet Köşgi |
The Mary Regional Drama Theater illuminated |
The lights are on although the new palace is not yet complete |
Turkmenbashi with his book, the Ruhnama |
Evening walk back to the hotel |
Colored lights, Mary |
Mary Regional Drama Theater |
The new mosque, Mary |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque at night, Mary |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque |
Roundabout with the ferris wheel of Turkmenbashi Park, Mary |
The Second President, Hajji Gurbanguly at prayer |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
Back at the Hotel Margush, Mary |
Mary, the next morning |
Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque in the morning from Hotel Margush |
Unfortunately, we had to leave before the Mary Regional Museum opened |
Satellite dishes abound on an old apartment block in Mary |
Mary Airport, Turkmenistan |
Canal with an industrial plant, Mary |
Railway bridge, Mary |
Mary Provincial Hippodrome |
Mary Provincial Hippodrome |