Day 53. Ashgabat. Turkmenistan
We have had a lovely morning sightseeing with our guide. We began with quick spin around the immediate area looking at the government buildings which along with virtually every building in Ashgabat finished in white marble from Italy. I have never seen anything quite like this place, it is worth coming to just for the novelty of it. Ministry of Education building, shaped like a book! On top of the Ministry of peace building Ministry of Foreign affairs The above picture is an enclosed ferris wheel Our appointment at the museum was at 9, it is not open today but they arranged a special tour just for us! A lovely young lady escorted us around and explained many of the artifacts and local history. One thing I liked was on the wall were photographs of many archaeologists from around the world who have come here to work and to contribute to this amazing collection, nice to see the acknowledgement of many years of comm...