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well i'm here now! and this place is unreal! its a complete fantasy world created by turkmenistans first president. his face and statue are literally everywhere (even though he is now dead). whole parts of ashgabat have been flattened for these massive new hotels and apartments he has built everywhere! its like a disney world of palaces and high rises! i could not believe it after crossing the border with iran!
so i have been staying in a homestay trying to stay out of trouble but it hasnt really worked. last night, sitting with an old armenian and the owner, and old turkman and they cracked out a bottle of vodka and then another. rules are : dont leave the table till the vodka is finished! youchhhh! big introduction back to the world of boozing! so have been plodding along this morning, organised my plane ticket back to londno for 9th july (monday morning) and then was just happily minding my business in a public square when i got semi arrested by a young policeman who took my passport and said i couldnt sit there. naturally he wanted some bakshesh (money to buy myself out of this situation) but i refused and we had a good little chat and then when he realised he wasnt getting any money, sent me on my way!
so its all fun and games here in ashgabat, here for 3 more days and then to uzbekistan for 3 days and krygyzstan for 6 days. beard is looking great, 3 good tones now, the black, the ging and the grey (where do all those ginger hairs come from)?
oh and no-one has a beard here.. they are not cool! i am the odd one out!!!!
see you all soon, look forward to it ! See you soon Rachie!!
xx
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