 Welcome to Mary, Turkmenistan (Mar-ee) |
 The gateway arch to Mary, Turkmenistan |
 The newly constructed great mosque of Mary, the Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 The Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque in Mary is named after the second president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow |
 View from the Margush Hotel, Mary |
 Grand Mosque, Mary |
 Another big Turkmenistan government building nearing completion, Mary |
 Atrium of the Margush Hotel, Mary |
 Regional Museum of Mary, Turkmenistan |
 20 Years of Turkmenistan Independence, 1991-2011 |
 XX Garaşsyz Türkmenistan - Independence |
 Hotel Marguş, Mary |
 A modern glass and marble building next to the regional museum, Mary |
 Mary Welayat Taryhu We Ülkäni Öwreniş Muzeyi |
 Mosaic on the side of the Mary Regional Museum |
 Mary Regional Museum |
 Mary Regional Museum |
 Sculpture, Mary Regional Museum |
 Mary Regional Museum |
 Mosaic - Mary Regional Museum |
 Mary Regional Museum |
 Mary Regional Museum |
 Mosaic of Ancient Merv on the Mary Regional Museum |
 Mary Regional Museum |
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 Mary Mosque and XX Years Independence |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 The man himself, Hajji Gurbanguly, with his mosque and historic sites of Turkmenistan |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 Friendly locals surprised to find a camera-wielding tourist wandering the streets of Mary |
 Roundabout in front of the Mosque of Mary |
 Roundabout in front of the Mosque of Mary |
 Roundabout with the Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 Fly Emirates even in Turkmenistan |
 Golden statue of President Niyazov - Turkmenbashi |
 Mary Provincial Drama Theatre nearing completion |
 Kemine Adyndaky Türkmen Döwlet Drama Teatry, Mary |
 Palace under construction in Mary |
 Dome nearing completion, Mary |
 Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşytyň Ruhyýet Köşgi |
 Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşytyň Ruhyýet Köşgi, Mary |
 The main road of Mary passing the new |
 Late afternoon in Mary |
 Another government palace under construction, Mary |
 Another over-lifesized photo with the Second President of Turkmenistan |
 Meeting another photographer on the streets of Mary |
 Central Bazar of Mary |
 Central Bazar of Mary |
 Mollanepes monument to a famous Turkmen poet and musician (1810-1862), Mary |
 Monument to Mollanepes, Mary |
 Mary Post Office - Türkmenpost |
 Billboard with 8 famous people from Turkmen history |
 A shop window with traditional clothing |
 Turkmenistan WWII Monument, Mary |
 I have a feeling that the monument used to display the flag of the USSR |
 Beýik Watançylyk Urşunyň Ýadygärligi |
 War Memorial - Mary |
 War Memorial - Mary |
 Mary Welaýat Häkimligi - Mary Provincial Government |
 Daýhan Bank, Mary |
 Mary Welaýaty Boýunça Dowlet Salgyt Gullugy |
 Wokzal - Mary Railway Station |
 Hotel Sanjar, the old Intourist hotel |
 Small domed building covered with the Turkmenistan provincial symbols |
 UniwerMag - the former Soviet central department store, Mary |
 Medeniyet Köşgi |
 Medeniyet Köşgi with a mosaic |
 Another mosaic, Medeniyet Köşgi |
 Mähriban Hususy Kärhana, Mary |
 Hotel Yrsgal, Mary |
 The mother of Turkmenbashi with the child Niyazov |
 Famous as the only seated statue of Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan |
 The five-headed eagle of Turkmenistan on a mosaic of the national symbols |
 Turkmenbashi monument, Mary |
 Mosaic map of Turkmenistan |
 Mosaic map of Turkmenistan |
 Turkmenbashi statue, Mary |
 Türkmenbaşybank, Mary |
 Patriotic wall, Mary |
 Happy peasants in Soviet-style posters, Mary |
 Wedding hall, Mary |
 Vehicles decorated for wedding festivities, Mary |
 Biziň Ýerler - Behişt Ýerler, Bu Ýerler, Muňa Ajap Türkmenistan Diýerler |
 Night falls on Mary |
 The lights come on at Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşytyň Ruhyýet Köşgi |
 The Mary Regional Drama Theater illuminated |
 The lights are on although the new palace is not yet complete |
 Turkmenbashi with his book, the Ruhnama |
 Evening walk back to the hotel |
 Colored lights, Mary |
 Mary Regional Drama Theater |
 The new mosque, Mary |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque at night, Mary |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque |
 Roundabout with the ferris wheel of Turkmenbashi Park, Mary |
 The Second President, Hajji Gurbanguly at prayer |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque, Mary |
 Back at the Hotel Margush, Mary |
 Mary, the next morning |
 Hajji Gurbanguly Mosque in the morning from Hotel Margush |
 Unfortunately, we had to leave before the Mary Regional Museum opened |
 Satellite dishes abound on an old apartment block in Mary |
 Mary Airport, Turkmenistan |
 Canal with an industrial plant, Mary |
 Railway bridge, Mary |
 Mary Provincial Hippodrome |
 Mary Provincial Hippodrome |