Top row L-R: Turkmenbashy's mausoleum, President Hotel (where we stayed), Ministry of Oil and Gas
Bottom row L-R: Rotating gold statue of Saparmut Niyazov (the old President, also known as Turkmenbashy), not 100% sure what this one was but it looked good, the mosque next to the Mausoleum
The mosque was interesting because unlike a normal mosque there were Ruhnama quotes all around the dome. The Ruhnama is the book which Turkmenbashy wrote and which I was unable to get my hands on. There were so many of these huge buildings with no real purpose and which had plenty of gold on, you sort of get sucked in by this idea of these wonderful impressive buildings but after a while hanker for something more human and historic. It certainly made me appreciate London architecture when we got back!
Little S&B
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