The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal.
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Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan 2008
Iran
Merv
Gonur Depe
Ashgabad
Darvaza
Merv
Bukhara to Merv
Merv Ice House
With guide + two Swiss.
Merv Walls
Line of wall forts
Note exposed strata (differing bricks) in nearest.
Merv
Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum
12th c.
Gonur Depe
Rebuilt Zoroastrian Oven
Keeps fire separate from meat.
Gonur Depe Site
Horse Grave
Ashgabad
Earthquake Memorial
Prez Palace + Big Parade
Erathquake Memorial
The God-King being lifted to safety
Big Parade
Lenin in Ashgabad
Lenin in Ashgabad
The God-King Rotates
Presidential Palace
Arch of Neutrality
With little tram on leg.
133 m (436 ft) flagpole
"City of the Future"
Marble(?) apartment blocks
Great Plunger of Independence
"Monument to the Independence"
Darvaza
Kara Kul desert
Crater #1: Bubbling water
Crater #2: Bubbling mud
Scotsman at Darvaza
Uzbekistan
Iran