We arrived at 5 in the morning in dark Ashgabat. One of the things which struck me was the darkness, it's amazing that even with so much of the city lit up it's still much darker than London ever is. And the air tastes sweet and clean. You feel really like you can breathe. The drive from the airport was filled with a lot of oohing and aahing, I was there with colleagues who have also never been and we were all amazed at the new buildings everywhere lit up in changing multicolour. Then we slept the sweet sleep of tired travellers. Mmmmm.
We woke up to glorious sunshine, bright clear and blue skies and these views from my hotel room balcony.
Hopefully you're beginning to get a sense of the sheer size of this place coupled with the emptiness. To compare to middle S&B's bustling Dhaka streets this was the opposite. No-one was outside, there was perhaps 5 cars an hour and it was quiet, no sirens, no planes, nothing really.
Lovely!
Little S&B x
Hopefully you're beginning to get a sense of the sheer size of this place coupled with the emptiness. To compare to middle S&B's bustling Dhaka streets this was the opposite. No-one was outside, there was perhaps 5 cars an hour and it was quiet, no sirens, no planes, nothing really.
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