Uzbekistan

Iran

Turkmenistan 2008

  Merv   Gonur Depe   Ashgabad   Darvaza

Merv

Bukhara to Merv

Merv Ice House With guide + two Swiss.

Merv Walls

Line of wall forts Note exposed strata (differing bricks) in nearest.

Merv

Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum 12th c.

Gonur Depe

Rebuilt Zoroastrian Oven Keeps fire separate from meat.

Gonur Depe Site

Horse Grave

Ashgabad

Earthquake Memorial

Prez Palace + Big Parade

Erathquake Memorial The God-King being lifted to safety

Big Parade

Lenin in Ashgabad

Lenin in Ashgabad

The God-King Rotates

Presidential Palace

Arch of Neutrality With little tram on leg.

133 m (436 ft) flagpole

"City of the Future" Marble(?) apartment blocks

Great Plunger of Independence "Monument to the Independence"

Darvaza

Kara Kul desert

Crater #1: Bubbling water

Crater #2: Bubbling mud

Scotsman at Darvaza

Uzbekistan

Iran