Don’t ask me how, but I somehow ended up at the annual Turkmenistan sports day gala and prize giving. I suspect every culture has its …



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One of the subconscious challenges of a heavy travel schedule is in constantly recalibratung to the ebb and flow of different traffic norms. In the …
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Trying to get to grips with the monumental architecture of Ashgabat.
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How does your culture celebrate its status? What artifacts are built? What ‘traditions’ are started?
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I’m always intrigued as to what passes for entertainment in a culture and where it borders on novelty for novelties sake. National Sports day in …
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Kids in school uniform, since you ask. Inside the Neutrality Arch the oh-so-subtle monument which includes a 12 meter statue of Saparmurat Niyazov that …
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The very Soviet practice of mounting street signs on buildings rather than on poles – wayfinding geared up to the needs of pedestrians more than …
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The use of the Turkmenistan flag on the license plate, a bumper with history.
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