 Sunset from the Paytagt Tower, Ashgabat |
 Sunset from the Paytagt Tower, Ashgabat |
 The lights of Ashgabat start to come on |
 Independence Park and Andaliba Street at dusk |
 Ashgabat's Independence Park at night |
 Five-Legged Fountain at the north end of Independence Park |
 The northern end of Independence Park at night |
 New district of Ashgabat at night |
 The Peytagt Shopping Center's changing colored lights |
 Peytagt Tower and Shopping Center in red |
 Peytagt Tower and Shopping Center, Ashgabat |
 Prestigious address - Andiliba Avenue along the eastern edge of Independence Park |
 Turkmenistan flag adorning an Ashgabat bus stop |
 Five-Legged Fountain at night, Independence Park |
 Colorful fountains surround nearly the entire perimeter of Independence Park |
 Independence Park is a good place for an evening stroll |
 Dancing fountain, Independence Park |
 Dancing blue fountain |
 Independence Park fountain bathed in blue |
 A golden bust of Turkmenbashy, Independence Park |
 A golden bust of Turkmenbashy, Independence Park |
 Independence Park fountain bathed in blue |
 The colors of the fountains in Independence Park change |
 Here, from green to red |
 Independence Park at night |
 The southeast corner of Independence Park, Ashgabat |
 The southeast corner of Independence Park, Ashgabat |
 Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
 The Great Turkmenbashy Cultural Center at night |
 The Great Turkmenbashy Cultural Center at night |
 The Great Turkmenbashy Cultural Center at night |
 Gateway to the Turkmenistan Cultural Center at night |
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 Marble-clad apartment blocks along Independence Park |
 The Independence Monument also changes colors |
 Ashgabat Independence Monument |
 Ashgabat Independence Monument at night |
 Ashgabat Independence Monument |
 It's worth visiting the Independence Monument by day and night |
 Muhammet Togrulbeg Türkmen (993-1063) |
 Muhammet Togrulbeg Türkmen (993-1063) |
 Gara İusup Beg Türkmen (15th C.) |
 Gara İusup Beg Türkmen (15th C.) |
 Gorkut Ata Türkmen (6th C.) |
 The Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
 Colorful fountains around the Independence Monument |
 The Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
 Ärtogrul Gazy Türkmen (1191-1281) |
 They really should sell miniatures of these statues in the shops |
 Ärtogrul Gazy Türkmen (1191-1281) |
 Alp Arslan Türkmen (r. 1063-1072) and Mälik Şa Türkmen (1072-1092) |
 Soltan Sanjar Türkmen (1086-1157) |
 Soltan Sanjar Türkmen (1086-1157) |
 Oguz Han Türkmen |
 The bored guards have nothing better to do than say that you can't pass and have to go back the way you came |
 I much prefer these sentries to the guards policing the monument |
 Turkmenistan Independence Monument |
 Turkmenistan Independence Monument at night |
 Marble-clad apartment blocks lit up at night behind the dark central portion of Independence Park |
 Ashgabat apartments at night |
 Ashgabat apartments at night |
 Turkmen spearman statue |
 The guards made me walk all around the edge of the park to get from the plunger to T'bashy...score one for them...wow, the power |
 Türkmenbashy statue with the Independence Monument |
 The North Koreans would not be amused |
 President Niyazov decided Ashgabat needed a river so he had one built |
 Ruhnama Monument at night, Ashgabat |
 Relief with the now relocated Arch of Neutrality |
 Relief of the sights of Ashgabat at the base of the Ruhnama Monument |
 Relief of the sights of Ashgabat at the base of the Ruhnama Monument |
 Apartments on the west side of Independence Park |
 I missed the 8 pm performance where the book opens and a passage is read out |
 Ruhnama Monument |
 Independence Park at night, Ashgabat |
 Ruhnama - The Book of the Soul - was published in 2001 |
 I managed to catch a bus from the park to Turkmenistan State University in the older part of Ashgabat |
 Soviet War Memorial, Victory Square |
 Soviet War Memorial, Victory Square - Ashgabat |
 Gold dome in central Ashgabat at night |
 The Earthquake Memorial commemorating the 1948 tremor |
 The Earthquake Monument - under renovation |
 The Presidential Palace of Turkmenistan |
 Building near the former site of the Arch of Neutrality |
 Golden bust of President Niyazov |
 Grand Turkmen Hotel |
 Grand Night Club at the Grand Turkmen Hotel |
 Window shopping for carpets along Sheychenko köçesi |
 Cinema - Watan Kinokonsert Merkezi |
 View from the Grand Turkmen Hotel at night, Ashgabat |
 Three gold domes of the Turkmenistan Presidential Administration |