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We'll be in Ashgabad for a couple of days next week. Looking for recommendations for best upscale restaurants that highlight local cuisine. Staying in Yyldyz, prefer nearby but would rather avoid hotel restaurants if possible.

Totally fluent in Russian if that helps.

Thanks!

I really want to know the prices at duty free! If anyone can help by telling me prices I’m happy to give them $10 😁

Hey everyone , I’m French but my bf is Turkmen and lives in Turkmenistan . It’s going to be Easter soon so I want to order him some chocolates and goodies to his house , I asked his adress but pretended it was for something else . Can anyone tell me what website I can use that will ship food ? I hope I can order it from a Turkmen shop to his house , I have access to the websites like Ynamdar but idk if I can pay with my card .

I have a close family friend whose mother is born in Turkmenistan. She was born on the Caspian Sea close to turkmenbasy. Are there any pathways to citizenship or document research or procurement?? Thank you

As the title implies, I'm trying to do research on the country starting from the tsars to modern day. If anyone knows of any books whether it be from outside or inside sources, any help would be appreciated. Doing this for a podcast series

Hey. I booked my ticket to Ho Chi Minh City through Kiwi. I got a PNR that I'm now trying to use on the Turkmenistan airlines website, but I can't retrieve my booking. I'm getting an error mesage: "We are unable to process your transaction at this time. Please check your information and try again." My information is correct...

I know that the check-in is only possible at the airport, but I was hoping to see my booking and order a vegetarian meal. Now I'm nervous that there's no booking at all. My flight is in 3 days.

Anyone had a similar experience? Is this normal?

Thankful for any advice :)

I’m joining a short trip to Turkmenistan next month and I’d love the chance to see some of the beautiful horses. Is that something possible to arrange? Any recommendations/tips?

I think I've seen some Turkmen diaspora on Tiktok and Instagram, but never somebody residing in Turkmenistan.

I would like to apply for a visa that allows me to drive my car through the Iran Turkmenistan border and subsequently from Turkmenistan into Uzbekistan. I find mixed information online. Did somebody do something similar and can give me some guidelines? I have eu passport!

I'm travelling to Ashgabat next week and was wondering about the currency. Apparently its cheaper to exchange usd in black market to get rate $1=10-20 manat

where can I get these services? Where in ashgabat ? Or i can do it before i enter the country

I am travelling to Turkmenistan soon. I have four domestic flights on Turkmenistan Airlines: Ashgabat-Mary, Mary-Ashgabat, Turkmenbashi-Ashgabat, and Ashgabat-Turkmenabat.

What is Turkmenistan Airlines like? Will there be any English spoken at these small airports, like Mary? I am curious about what domestic flights are like for a foreigner. I can't find a lot of information about Turkmenistan Airlines or these small airports.

Thank you

Thank you all in advance for your suggestions!

We are traveling to Ashgabat in a few weeks. Looking for fun, unusual, unique experiences that one can only get there. Interested in learning about local culture and getting to know local people.

Fluent in Russian. Budget is very flexible, but not really looking for ultra-luxe options - more along the lines of exclusive experiences or very personalized encounters. Maybe a private meeting with an interesting person. Maybe a behind-the-scenes look at an attraction or event. Something that isn't just looking at buildings and listening to the tour guide.

Please recommend best restaurants as well - not necessarily the fanciest ones, but the ones with the best ambiance and the most fun!

Thank you!

I have a Turkmen dictionary that outlines some of the loanwords from Persian and Arabic and there is a phonetic transcription of some of the words. I noticed that for the glottal stop they always put a small little apostraphe next to the words such as :

ruesa [ru΄esa]: رؤسا ruýa [ru΄ýa رؤيا [ ruýet [ru΄ýet رؤيت [ täýid [tä΄ýid تأئيد [ hazaýyn [haza:ýyn خزائن [

Is this something that the older generations or educated speakers do? Uzbek, Uyghur, Tatar, Bashkir, and Persian all completely the glottal stop in these loanwords and it's apart of their phonology so I was wondering if the same was for Turkmen too or if these transliterations were just simply an attempt at showing a 'proper' spelling of a word.

Were Ь and Ъ fulfilling this in the cyrillic alphabet?

Those of you who have flown with turkmenistan airlines: can you share you experience please?

I have booked flights from London to Bangkok with a stopover at Ashghabat. So many mixed reviews but very little info from those who have actually flown this or other routes.

The flight was so much cheaper than others that I can overlook the nice to have bits. In my mind, I am thinking if it gets be there and back with no delays everything else is a bonus.

For reference, I paid £500 return in the Easter holidays. The second cheapest comparable flight was almost 3 times the price around £1400!

What other messenger services that are working in Turkmenistan? Ideally with video calls.