Oh,I bet the secret police are nearby, making sure nobody objects to the complete waste of money on the narcissistic president's pet, pointless projects. If you were allowed to go into the more rural areas you'd see a different world and possibly if remote and safe enough, a few choice dissident opinions.
I am from Tajikistan. Neighboring country from Central Asia. During our civil war some of relatives moved to Turkmenistan as refugee. But after the war was over, they came back. They have a very good memory of the country, people and culture(we have a lot in common but still...). I personally know a few Turkmens. I have met them abroad. Very good people. I hope one day things will change. The paranoid of their president will come to an end. They will open their doors to their neighbors and other people around the world.❤️
@@gulnarklycheva152 The reason why people do not know the difference between Turkmen and Turkish is that words look like each other a lot. :) In Turkish we have only one word for all Turkic people and nations. We say Türk to any Turkic people. So some Turkish people think Turkish is used for every Turkic nation. This is another problem. :D
Don't go dude. They throw people into prison and execute them at random to prove their power and to keep citizens in fear. Don't end up like the guy who visited North Korea.
Life of a Turkmen in USA I don’t live their now, but I used to. Imagine putting Iran, Russia, and Turkey all in a stew. Yea it’s beautiful with all the shiny buildings, but the government is not very kind. The president is a parodied lunatic. He was afraid that if he continued to have strong ties with Russia, Kazakhstan, and other post Soviet nations, that the U.S would invade them. So he declared neutrality and begins to only trade with China. Now food prices go up due to lack of food. People have minor protest, and he blames Russian nationalism, so he begins demoting Russian language and culture. A lot of people like me, and my mother and 4 of her 6 siblings left the Country. We went USA, one went to Britain, one went to UAE, but later moved to Turkey, and 1 moves to Russia. Now the population is dying, and the economy goes down. Now it’s most children, elderly, and people trying to leave. He bans migration, and the people hate him so much that he is leaving the country every month. Imagine living in America, but you are stripped of all freedoms. Also you’re even more poor, and the prices keep going up. Right now he provides free gas, and electricity, but soon that will be taken away. I heard from my mother that he is actually a dentist, that’s why he doesn’t know how to run a country. I still have 1 married aunt, my grandma, and my only uncle there. My uncle wants to move to the U.S, but increased strictness of the president, and U.S president makes it harder for him to get a visa. My grandma visits us every year. My mom usually pays for airplane tickets. It’s less strict for the elderly, as they can’t work, and nor can they be “spy’s”, or “terrorist.” Their are lot’s of problems in China right now with Hong Kong, and Tibet. If China’s economy falls, ours will fall even more. I hope that Uzbekistan annexes us and gives us full rights. We are ethnically Turkic like Uzbekistan, and are very naturally rich of resources. Iran looks at us with it’s hungry mouth. If Iran would annex us, we wouldn’t be able to speak Turkmen, and we wouldn’t we be able to speak Russian, nor would we be able to study Sunni Muslim. It wouldn’t be good. Even with all this bad, I am still proud to be a Turkmen. The culture is fun, the flag is beautiful, the history is complex, and the anthem is amazing. I hope a new government can come to power, restore ties to Russia, join SCO, join CSTO, and join Eurasian Union. It’s either that or, be consumed by Iran, or be destroyed by USA. There are events in the U.S that take place in Washington D.C, and Philadelphia called TASA. They aim to celebrate the immigrants in America, we go there 2 times a year to the Russian, and Turkmen events. We always have a good time. I met some of my best friends through that event. I met Sanzhar who is from Kazakhstan. I met Andrew who is born in U.S but his mom was born in Ukraine, so we can all speak Russian. I met Emily who is from U.S but her mom is from Belarus, and dad from Russia. I met many others, but those are the most significant ones. People here in U.S have treated me kindly. Although the are you a Russian spy, and the are you a middle eastern terrorist jokes get really annoying. The adults are very interested. The children think that I’m cool. I had a birthday party and invited one of my American friends. He was ok until we ate food. He looked at it horrified. It’s not even different from American food. Борщ is just purple beat soup. Плов is just rice. Пельмешки is just dumplings. Чебуреки is just a sandwich. I can’t speak Turkmen at all. I can speak Russian though. We were part of the USSR. My Russian is limited, I have bad grammar, and can’t really read or write to well. Despite all of this, I hope that we get a government change and look towards a new and brighter future. Long live Turkmen people! 🇹🇲
What are you talking about? You are not "ethnically" Iranian. TURKmen people are TURKic. Your language is turkish. I am a Turk and we have a similar language. You want to be with russia, which brainwashed you and colonized you? Look at you even you write in Russian letters. Russia is a communist country. Communist are against religion. They want to destroy Islam. Rethink what you have written.
Lorenor Zoro der Piratenjäger we are more similar to the Persians then the Turks ethnically despite the name. Even though we are ethnically Persian, you are right are culture and religion is more similar to the other Turks Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. During Soviet times we weren’t aloud to express religion in public yes, but we still studied it in our houses. Also even though I’m from Turkmenistan I currently live in the USA. There aren’t very many Turkmen immigrants in the US due to our Bashi being strict on immigration. There are a lot of Ukrainians in the US though. Most of my friends are Ukrainian so since our culture is a little similar being Russian provinces once, we were able to connect what we have in common. My grandma currently lives in Turkmenistan, and she grew up in Soviet times, so she cooked me many Russian dishes as Turkmen dishes. The most Turkmen thing she cooks me is plof, and the most Russian thing she cooks me is Borch. So I have experience with both. I guess you could sorta say that Russia had a lot influence, but it wasn’t brainwashing. Compare your self an American to someone from the UK. You are similar, that doesn’t mean they brainwashed you. I don’t see you wherein bird feathers, and living in huts like true Americans do. I see you drinking tea and living in big building. Also Russia isn’t communist anymore. Maybe you should do more research on Turkmenistan, we aren’t Turkic, in the old times, we were part of Persia. When the Persians found Turkmenistan there weren’t many people as it was a desert. The few people there were, where near the Caspian sea. Maybe you need to rethink what you said!
I have a friend from Turkmenistan. He’s very proud of their ancient history and tells me about it all the time. The flag 🇹🇲 for example features their national rugs down the left side. He also tells me about the amazing and sometimes hedonistic subcultures that exist all over the country, almost hidden in plain sight. They have ways around the censorship rules too, naturally. They are all painfully aware of the absurdity of the regime too... they have fun with it where they can. That’s what humans do, so much oppression around our beautiful home planet... we could do without it but we’ve also learned to play with it.
This city is an absolute work of art. Even the emptiness is alluring to me. If this city existed in a more accessible and open country, I’d love to live there. Breathtaking 🥰
There is a reason cities like this dont exist in open countries. It is built with cheap labor and with nothing in mind but to appease their leader. If you think that is somehow art then you should visit North Korea.
@@AleXXtreme1012 mosques arent supposed to be full 24/7. Us muslims only pray 5 times a day. Not around the clock. Most of the time we pray at home anyways.
@@AleXXtreme1012here the weather is so hot so people mostly spend their time indoors. We usually leave our home early morning while it is cool to library
Sam McLovin I went to turkmenistan. It is not a shit place. Yeah, they have an authoritarian and flashy government, but that is the only thing that is similar to North Korea. People don’t have a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean they are unhappy. They live simple and happy lives with what they have, and it is common in their culture to be content with very little. Also, living conditions are not horrible because the government is in control of the construction and city planning, and the government has massive amounts of money due to oil. This makes the living conditions as very nice. Stop lying.
@@prod.natejalo1122maybe you are talking about another country, i born in Turkmenistan and recently i havd moved from there. And people are not happy and they (we) dont live simple life
It looks beautiful. The guide also seems genuinely friendly. I like quiet places. The Turkmenbashi mosque may be a nice place to contemplate. It would also be interesting along the Caspian Sea and the mountains to the south. Maybe I’ll visit someday.
I am from Turkmenistan, if you have some money and dont interefere with politics it has serene tranquility of a desert, also no crime due to extreme surveillance, i guess every evil has some positive side effects
@@adm7038 Spring is best also summer evenings people are out, you should meet a local hospitality is deep in culture they will invite you to home etc. Autumn is also great.
@@aqe7914 it is quite interesting. Do people often travel to other countries? or many restrictions since they are heavily censored? Any pets they can have in their household?
Hi! Im visiting Turkmenistan right now! In Ashgabat today. Thankfully and surprisingly the internet is great (in the hotel lobby) and I'm actually on the RUclips app which is pretty great. Also yesterday the streets were packed! However this wasnt in the newer marble section, rather 1km away. Perhaps its just the new section of Ashgabat thats not busy? Either way ill visit today and find out. Cant wait! Ps. I bumped into your guide at the gas crater and she recommed your videos haha so 'salam!' From her.
As My Life Falls Apart welll it’s VERY close It’s somewhere in the middle of not and very arabic country since it has a lot of it was in the Ottoman Empire, tainting the culture to be very “Arabic”, though arabic is not spoken there they are also very Muslim so to any outsider it can be considered an Arabic country, but it’s just “pseudo-arabic” (I’m from Kuwait, next door to the beginning of “Arabic countries”)
As My Life Falls Apart their language has similarities to Arabic , and it’s a Muslim country which doesn’t mean it’s Arabic but it has a lot of ppl that know Arabic bcs of Islam
4 days in Turkmenistan is not enough. You have been missing the most beautiful natural wonder. Much better than the gas crater. I am talking about the colorful Yangikala Canyon in the Balkan district, the western part of Turkmenistan
Best video content so far comparing to other ones regarding Turkmenistan. I like your personality, author. You just went to this country and this is it. You did not say who's good or bad, or judge anyone because of the political views. You just stayed positive instead. BTW, I also will go there some day, hopefully soon.
Wow, a post-Soviet, Central Asian country with a delusional dictator, crazy personality cult and a soulless capital city? Sounds like my country too. P.S. Thanks for the videos about Turkmenistan, Drew. It's a mystery country even for other Central Asians.
@@edboss36 Kazakhs belong to the Turkic ethnic group and Mongols belong to the Mongol ethnic group. Their cultures are somewhat similar however Kazakhs are Sunni Muslims that have adopted Persian culture and Mongols are largely Buddhist or shamanist and have adopted Tibetan culture. They have similarities in food, drinks, sports such as wrestling, and open countryside.
I wish I went to Turkmenistan🇹🇲 one day.Thanks for sharing about Turkmenistan.I am excited about your Yemen trip.Add Turkmenistan in the list of strangest countries in the world.
@@riorio745 turkmenportal.com/tm/auto/awto you are wrong dude. Black cars probably only allowed to government workers, i would expect that from that government centered country.
If you wanna know more about turkmenistan and its strangeness I suggest the book 'sovietistan' by erika fatland. It got me completely hooked, and that's the reason I ended up watching this video:)
I stumbled on this channel and I want to thank you posting this content it is educational I really enjoy getting to know my brothers and sisters all across the world. I am now binge watching all your older videos to get caught up!
@@itzz-monster6272 Hmmm???? A trashy lifestyle leads to a trashy city. Simple as that. Whether there are few or many. Look at Singapore. Wherever you are from, learn from us.
Bring plenty of US dollars. That is the language in Turkmenistan. A totalitarian regime of corruption and bribery. Don't accidentally get yourself in trouble, you will spend the rest of your life in the worst prison on earth, no food, no sunlight and a slow death by malnutrition. There is no dipomatic apparatus to help you, you will just be gone. Maybe the international media will pick up your story for a few 24 news cycles and then your story will fade into nothingness. But, as long as you're willing to roll those dice or you are wealthy and the power wolves know you will pay your way through your visit....it will probably be a unique experience.
Wow amazing! The country of Turkmenistan is like a pearl in Central Asia, beautiful, clean and instagramable. Huge love, greetings and respect from Indonesia to Turkmenistan. Highly recommended country to visit. Thanks Drew for sharing. I hope your channel continues to grow.
Amazing to see many exotic things here :-) Thank you for sharing. I love for their colour design of building light blue light grey and white. A good combine of colour - very interesting, alright.We who live in the West living style maybe thinking that it is too white, too clinical clean. But I like, really. No wacky at all, regarding my openion. Best wishes from Stockholm - Sweden
Hello there my fellow Syrian I wouldn't incourage him to come visit at the moment Will surely love him to come But Remeber he already visited Israel more than once😅 Making him getting a Visa close to impossible at the moment Such is the case for anyone who had his passport stamped in Israel😅 But you can check a channel called travelling the unkown He visited Syria once He did so again last week His new video will be ready soon And you can check his old one😄
i worked at the olympic village filming the "games" for tv transmission. Such a experience!! I loved that place!!! one thing i noticed and people that were with me was, almost everything that you touch "sparks" on you, even other people. why is that? ehehe
@@jahangirnahid8761 Why?? Other than Waskana Park, the place is a shithole with 'hoods all over the place. Much prefer Saskatoon. Only 1 'hood there to avoid.
Went there about ten years ago...pretty much summed it up. There are two amazing historic cities as well- Merv, founded by Alexander and expanded four times. Said to be the worlds largest city around 1000AD. And Nisa, the ancient Parthian capital.
Gurbanguly had to pay people from rural Turkmenistan to come to the venues during the games and act like fans because they restricted the amount of foreigners that can attend the games
No social media allowed? I've seen some turkens on Instagram, there are plenty of them... Also, you can find some turkmen celebrities on the internet, such as the singer Myahri (Mähri Pirgulyýewa)
I was so confused too. If it is a burka, where would I look when speaking to the person wearing it/inside it? Up, down, in the ground? I have so many questions 🤣🤣
yeah you right about it goverment mistakes strange thing turkmenistan have huge gas but goverment doesnt share own peoples that why they lefting as a turk i love my turkmanistan brothers and sister
@@eternalbluesky6802 blu sky government of turkistan give citizens 100% free gas/gasoline/salt/matches/medicine and others, only in turkistan in entire world, even Qatar's government cannot give such freedom, but people are dummy to follow USA
Aslamaliykum this is Sakhawat from dubai I like to com turkminstan vist&do some business ineed to help some local person plz can u contact me if u can do contact me via mail plz send me ur contact address whatp# via e-mail sakhawatshaffi@gmail.com,thanks
I have watched your Turkmenistan video many times cause the way you have shown as a fairytale land waiting for people and asfagbad amazing beauty you have
The city is like a solo minecraft creative world
NO! *You take your minecraft jokes ELSEWHERE!*
We don't take kindly to your type 'round 'ere
Minus the Creepers
so tru
😂😂😂
@@mcrfan343dude its peaceful
their president is playing tropico i swear XDDD
NEARMUSICBEATS tropico is more for dictators😂😂
More Baklava pls شكرا I love your name xd
@More Baklava pls: Is that like a ripped off version of Jumanji ?
Tasnim Emam thank you ! And I'm in love with baklava 😂
blaah blaah it's a game where you play as a dictator and basically you can do whatever you want to your people 😂
Ashgabat seems like every introvert’s paradise... the entire place to yourself
Lmao so true
From my personal experience, I was once ridiculed for going to a party with a book
I mean, I am an introvert
exept that its whiter than the bible belt ov america....
Oh,I bet the secret police are nearby, making sure nobody objects to the complete waste of money on the narcissistic president's pet, pointless projects. If you were allowed to go into the more rural areas you'd see a different world and possibly if remote and safe enough, a few choice dissident opinions.
I am from Tajikistan. Neighboring country from Central Asia. During our civil war some of relatives moved to Turkmenistan as refugee. But after the war was over, they came back. They have a very good memory of the country, people and culture(we have a lot in common but still...).
I personally know a few Turkmens. I have met them abroad. Very good people. I hope one day things will change. The paranoid of their president will come to an end. They will open their doors to their neighbors and other people around the world.❤️
Where do they get their money from. For all the monuments and infrastructure??
@@blahblah45624 Gas export
@@P0WSEETr Do they have gas?
@@Cici_mimiYes, lots of it
:"you cant play Minecraft in Real Life"
Turkmenistan: "hold my white marble"
They obviously installed Quark.
Imagine being black and walking through this place
Jason Shox Well, I'm from Turkmenistan and here I've seen many of them))
Gulnar Klycheva there’s RUclips there?
Gulnar Klycheva who cares
G. L. Well, I'm sure not the toxic people like you are)
@@gulnarklycheva152 The reason why people do not know the difference between Turkmen and Turkish is that words look like each other a lot. :)
In Turkish we have only one word for all Turkic people and nations. We say Türk to any Turkic people. So some Turkish people think Turkish is used for every Turkic nation. This is another problem. :D
USA: I like guns
Russia: I like Vodka
Turkmenistan: I like marbles
USA & Russia: ...
*horses
@@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un drew binksy said that ashgabat is simular to Pyongyang
The ODD Cooking it’s a joke bcs most ppl have vodka known to Russians as a joke
@@Idk-sj8ly Okay then, thats possibly true but whats the average drinking rate over there?
@@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Kim Jong UN I'm coming in our country and brake your rules
Turkmenistan seems like a great place for introverts...can't wait to visit this country some day
ILoveKandy 111 yeah and we also have resort “Awaza” u can spend ur vocation here. It is not that expensive. Sorry for my bad english
@@Justfun-ll8fp just by yourself??
@@burlhorse61 That is why he said ¨introverts¨
Don't go dude. They throw people into prison and execute them at random to prove their power and to keep citizens in fear. Don't end up like the guy who visited North Korea.
@@Justfun-ll8fp Your English is not bad at all! I'm actually quite impressed.
As an Indian I can’t even dream of my city being this empty 🤪😂
It’s so awkwardly beautiful 😘
True ..so scary to imagine india like this 😂. ..
Yaar apne desh ki population agr 50 crore tk bhi hoti to yar apna desh bhi alg dikhta aaj 🙂
One side it looks beautiful
Other side no freedom 😌
@@vibhavpathak1875 what do you mean?
@@BudgetCarnivore It's quiet and good for yoga contemplation. No crime...
Life of a Turkmen in USA
I don’t live their now, but I used to. Imagine putting Iran, Russia, and Turkey all in a stew. Yea it’s beautiful with all the shiny buildings, but the government is not very kind. The president is a parodied lunatic. He was afraid that if he continued to have strong ties with Russia, Kazakhstan, and other post Soviet nations, that the U.S would invade them. So he declared neutrality and begins to only trade with China. Now food prices go up due to lack of food. People have minor protest, and he blames Russian nationalism, so he begins demoting Russian language and culture. A lot of people like me, and my mother and 4 of her 6 siblings left the Country. We went USA, one went to Britain, one went to UAE, but later moved to Turkey, and 1 moves to Russia. Now the population is dying, and the economy goes down. Now it’s most children, elderly, and people trying to leave. He bans migration, and the people hate him so much that he is leaving the country every month. Imagine living in America, but you are stripped of all freedoms. Also you’re even more poor, and the prices keep going up. Right now he provides free gas, and electricity, but soon that will be taken away. I heard from my mother that he is actually a dentist, that’s why he doesn’t know how to run a country. I still have 1 married aunt, my grandma, and my only uncle there. My uncle wants to move to the U.S, but increased strictness of the president, and U.S president makes it harder for him to get a visa. My grandma visits us every year. My mom usually pays for airplane tickets. It’s less strict for the elderly, as they can’t work, and nor can they be “spy’s”, or “terrorist.” Their are lot’s of problems in China right now with Hong Kong, and Tibet. If China’s economy falls, ours will fall even more. I hope that Uzbekistan annexes us and gives us full rights. We are ethnically Turkic like Uzbekistan, and are very naturally rich of resources. Iran looks at us with it’s hungry mouth. If Iran would annex us, we wouldn’t be able to speak Turkmen, and we wouldn’t we be able to speak Russian, nor would we be able to study Sunni Muslim. It wouldn’t be good. Even with all this bad, I am still proud to be a Turkmen. The culture is fun, the flag is beautiful, the history is complex, and the anthem is amazing. I hope a new government can come to power, restore ties to Russia, join SCO, join CSTO, and join Eurasian Union. It’s either that or, be consumed by Iran, or be destroyed by USA. There are events in the U.S that take place in Washington D.C, and Philadelphia called TASA. They aim to celebrate the immigrants in America, we go there 2 times a year to the Russian, and Turkmen events. We always have a good time. I met some of my best friends through that event. I met Sanzhar who is from Kazakhstan. I met Andrew who is born in U.S but his mom was born in Ukraine, so we can all speak Russian. I met Emily who is from U.S but her mom is from Belarus, and dad from Russia. I met many others, but those are the most significant ones. People here in U.S have treated me kindly. Although the are you a Russian spy, and the are you a middle eastern terrorist jokes get really annoying. The adults are very interested. The children think that I’m cool. I had a birthday party and invited one of my American friends. He was ok until we ate food. He looked at it horrified. It’s not even different from American food. Борщ is just purple beat soup. Плов is just rice. Пельмешки is just dumplings. Чебуреки is just a sandwich. I can’t speak Turkmen at all. I can speak Russian though. We were part of the USSR. My Russian is limited, I have bad grammar, and can’t really read or write to well. Despite all of this, I hope that we get a government change and look towards a new and brighter future. Long live Turkmen people! 🇹🇲
What a read!
What are you talking about? You are not "ethnically" Iranian. TURKmen people are TURKic. Your language is turkish. I am a Turk and we have a similar language. You want to be with russia, which brainwashed you and colonized you? Look at you even you write in Russian letters. Russia is a communist country. Communist are against religion. They want to destroy Islam. Rethink what you have written.
Man, it took me a whole month to read this comment!
What's the name of the food again?😂😂🤣🤣
Lorenor Zoro der Piratenjäger we are more similar to the Persians then the Turks ethnically despite the name. Even though we are ethnically Persian, you are right are culture and religion is more similar to the other Turks Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. During Soviet times we weren’t aloud to express religion in public yes, but we still studied it in our houses. Also even though I’m from Turkmenistan I currently live in the USA. There aren’t very many Turkmen immigrants in the US due to our Bashi being strict on immigration. There are a lot of Ukrainians in the US though. Most of my friends are Ukrainian so since our culture is a little similar being Russian provinces once, we were able to connect what we have in common. My grandma currently lives in Turkmenistan, and she grew up in Soviet times, so she cooked me many Russian dishes as Turkmen dishes. The most Turkmen thing she cooks me is plof, and the most Russian thing she cooks me is Borch. So I have experience with both. I guess you could sorta say that Russia had a lot influence, but it wasn’t brainwashing. Compare your self an American to someone from the UK. You are similar, that doesn’t mean they brainwashed you. I don’t see you wherein bird feathers, and living in huts like true Americans do. I see you drinking tea and living in big building. Also Russia isn’t communist anymore. Maybe you should do more research on Turkmenistan, we aren’t Turkic, in the old times, we were part of Persia. When the Persians found Turkmenistan there weren’t many people as it was a desert. The few people there were, where near the Caspian sea. Maybe you need to rethink what you said!
I have a friend from Turkmenistan. He’s very proud of their ancient history and tells me about it all the time. The flag 🇹🇲 for example features their national rugs down the left side.
He also tells me about the amazing and sometimes hedonistic subcultures that exist all over the country, almost hidden in plain sight.
They have ways around the censorship rules too, naturally. They are all painfully aware of the absurdity of the regime too... they have fun with it where they can. That’s what humans do, so much oppression around our beautiful home planet... we could do without it but we’ve also learned to play with it.
How did he escape the country?
Ask him if they are tartarians
@@prankgirl9112 I have chatted with a Turkmen person (living in Balkanabat) in hello talk app
@@prankgirl9112Turkmenistan isn’t so oppressive it doesn’t let you leave.
@@andrewrogers3067can they travel to other countries??? 😮
Drew's expression when he tries the camel milk is priceless.
Hi prakhar
Jake K. 😂😂👍
Imagine camel's expression when knowing Drew drinks its milk
Gallant Abbey no one cares about peta
@@joe972 Im not even peta guy, buddy.
It's just a joke 😁
This country and Central Asia in general looks beatiful. I can't wait to visit when I grow older.
This city is an absolute work of art. Even the emptiness is alluring to me. If this city existed in a more accessible and open country, I’d love to live there. Breathtaking 🥰
In the West it would be full of homeless and drug-addicted people, plus their waste.
@@petibatyo in the east they're forced to the outskirts of the capital
There is a reason cities like this dont exist in open countries. It is built with cheap labor and with nothing in mind but to appease their leader. If you think that is somehow art then you should visit North Korea.
Live where? You think those empty buildings have any floors or elevator? Even not a room.
@@8SugarRayRobinson8 there are not empty you can live there but they cost expensive(I live in Tkm)
I am from Bangladesh. I like this city because it's empty 😅
LOOL
I don't really like crowded places either
I feel you
Bangladesh can be crowded yeah 😂
@@ErnolDawnbringer not whole Bangladesh. Only big cities like -Dhaka,Chittagong,Sylhet,Narayanganj etc
@@junayedahmed1183 yeah.
Love the content. Short and sweet!
Now i know why my friends from Turkmenistan keep asking me to use Skype instead of messaging over Facebook
I see you everywhere! + I'm subscribed!
Hi everyone from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan👋👋🇹🇲🇹🇲
Can you tell me why is it empty? Why people use that amazing wheel? Why are mosques not full 24/7?
@@AleXXtreme1012 mosques arent supposed to be full 24/7. Us muslims only pray 5 times a day. Not around the clock. Most of the time we pray at home anyways.
@@HM-hd7up bro, I am muslim, of course I know there are five prayers, but still its sad that this amazing mosque is empty at any time :(
@@AleXXtreme1012here the weather is so hot so people mostly spend their time indoors. We usually leave our home early morning while it is cool to library
@@AleXXtreme1012city is awake till late at night. We mostly enjoy when it is cool
One of most most beautiful cities I’ve ever seen
Did you know that Turkmenistan also a shitplace like north korea? Their capital city is good until u see the rest of the city.
Sam McLovin ah another one of those type of countries it’s quite sad to see what the rest of the country looks like
@@jcrossan1351 yeah you're right it's kinda sad to see those country, but at least Turkmenistan doesn't have a nuclear + Turkmenistan is rich country.
Sam McLovin I went to turkmenistan. It is not a shit place. Yeah, they have an authoritarian and flashy government, but that is the only thing that is similar to North Korea. People don’t have a lot of money, but that doesn’t mean they are unhappy. They live simple and happy lives with what they have, and it is common in their culture to be content with very little. Also, living conditions are not horrible because the government is in control of the construction and city planning, and the government has massive amounts of money due to oil. This makes the living conditions as very nice. Stop lying.
@@prod.natejalo1122maybe you are talking about another country, i born in Turkmenistan and recently i havd moved from there. And people are not happy and they (we) dont live simple life
It looks beautiful. The guide also seems genuinely friendly. I like quiet places. The Turkmenbashi mosque may be a nice place to contemplate. It would also be interesting along the Caspian Sea and the mountains to the south. Maybe I’ll visit someday.
I am from Turkmenistan, if you have some money and dont interefere with politics it has serene tranquility of a desert, also no crime due to extreme surveillance, i guess every evil has some positive side effects
@@aqe7914 which is the best month to visit so one can spend time outdoors comfortably? October? April?
@@adm7038 Spring is best also summer evenings people are out, you should meet a local hospitality is deep in culture they will invite you to home etc. Autumn is also great.
@@aqe7914 it is quite interesting. Do people often travel to other countries? or many restrictions since they are heavily censored? Any pets they can have in their household?
Hi! Im visiting Turkmenistan right now! In Ashgabat today. Thankfully and surprisingly the internet is great (in the hotel lobby) and I'm actually on the RUclips app which is pretty great. Also yesterday the streets were packed! However this wasnt in the newer marble section, rather 1km away. Perhaps its just the new section of Ashgabat thats not busy? Either way ill visit today and find out. Cant wait! Ps. I bumped into your guide at the gas crater and she recommed your videos haha so 'salam!' From her.
Please make a part 2 of What can you do with 100$ in 24 hours in İstanbul, the currency changed a lot and 100$ is approximately 550 dollars now!
td! This idiot thinks Turkey is an arab country
As My Life Falls Apart welll it’s VERY close
It’s somewhere in the middle of not and very arabic country since it has a lot of it was in the Ottoman Empire, tainting the culture to be very “Arabic”, though arabic is not spoken there they are also very Muslim so to any outsider it can be considered an Arabic country, but it’s just “pseudo-arabic”
(I’m from Kuwait, next door to the beginning of “Arabic countries”)
As My Life Falls Apart their language has similarities to Arabic , and it’s a Muslim country which doesn’t mean it’s Arabic but it has a lot of ppl that know Arabic bcs of Islam
Burger Turtle that is true, when I went to turkey I was just hearing garbled Arabic lol
100th Liker!
Drew is going to be the best grandpa with thousands of stories to tell!
4 days in Turkmenistan is not enough. You have been missing the most beautiful natural wonder. Much better than the gas crater. I am talking about the colorful Yangikala Canyon in the Balkan district, the western part of Turkmenistan
Well down Drew - coming out sane from such a place, is in itself an achievement !
Best video content so far comparing to other ones regarding Turkmenistan. I like your personality, author. You just went to this country and this is it. You did not say who's good or bad, or judge anyone because of the political views. You just stayed positive instead. BTW, I also will go there some day, hopefully soon.
It looks like one of those cities you build in simcity when you have the money cheat code but not the population cheat!
Share me some cheat codes please
Wow, a post-Soviet, Central Asian country with a delusional dictator, crazy personality cult and a soulless capital city? Sounds like my country too.
P.S. Thanks for the videos about Turkmenistan, Drew. It's a mystery country even for other Central Asians.
Are Kazakhs and Mongols the same?
Is there even a reason why these capital cities are completely empty?
@@niccolomainetti6202 idkkkkk
@@edboss36 Kazakhs belong to the Turkic ethnic group and Mongols belong to the Mongol ethnic group. Their cultures are somewhat similar however Kazakhs are Sunni Muslims that have adopted Persian culture and Mongols are largely Buddhist or shamanist and have adopted Tibetan culture. They have similarities in food, drinks, sports such as wrestling, and open countryside.
edboss no
I am amazed. I am a solitary person. Lot of solitude and happy people all around. It can be a nice place to imagine and write some poems 😊
ReWatching all drew's video this quarantine.
Mabuhay
i'm from the philippines. i can't imagine a city THAT empty lol, but i do love the solitude of ashgabat :">
Turkmenistani ladies are really pretty.
blaah blaah nope they are not believe me mate
Thanks
Coz they're muslims :)
@@fatimatouseef6548 I'm Muslim but your answer was illogical.
@Somali Kid Ig they like foreign chicks lmao
I wish I went to Turkmenistan🇹🇲 one day.Thanks for sharing about Turkmenistan.I am excited about your Yemen trip.Add Turkmenistan in the list of strangest countries in the world.
dictator: no black cars
everyone else: thas racist
Actually that maybe due to heat
Thats*
They don't allow black car because darker colours absorb more heat thus making the car overheat while white cars don't
@@riorio745 turkmenportal.com/tm/auto/awto you are wrong dude. Black cars probably only allowed to government workers, i would expect that from that government centered country.
They would riot about it in the US
I love how u go to places, ik its the least known but the most prettiset as a turkmen girl i love how u show our country around
Make a longer vid about this country plsss... my life is boring and sucks, and i need a fake adventure. Ty sir
If you wanna know more about turkmenistan and its strangeness I suggest the book 'sovietistan' by erika fatland. It got me completely hooked, and that's the reason I ended up watching this video:)
I stumbled on this channel and I want to thank you posting this content it is educational I really enjoy getting to know my brothers and sisters all across the world. I am now binge watching all your older videos to get caught up!
Their country would benefit so much from tourism, it's sad to see such a beautiful place so empty :(
they do not want tourists ruining the peace in their country
That's it man. No traffic pollution? No horrible crowds? My bag's already packed.
lol Prospective , People are complaining But your Prospective is different I like it
Beautiful city and country looks very clean🌹🌹
Yes it's clean bcuz people not live there
@@itzz-monster6272 Hmmm???? A trashy lifestyle leads to a trashy city. Simple as that. Whether there are few or many. Look at Singapore. Wherever you are from, learn from us.
@@itzz-monster6272Even better!
I would love to travel to Turkmenistan! Can you please do a video on recommendations and tips & tricks on how to plan a trip there?
Bring plenty of US dollars. That is the language in Turkmenistan. A totalitarian regime of corruption and bribery. Don't accidentally get yourself in trouble, you will spend the rest of your life in the worst prison on earth, no food, no sunlight and a slow death by malnutrition. There is no dipomatic apparatus to help you, you will just be gone. Maybe the international media will pick up your story for a few 24 news cycles and then your story will fade into nothingness. But, as long as you're willing to roll those dice or you are wealthy and the power wolves know you will pay your way through your visit....it will probably be a unique experience.
It's one of the scariest places to visit coz that whole place feels so surreal!
Hello,
So wonderful to “travel “ with you,
We learn a lot, so interesting,
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2:25 car racisim
Racism but for cars
that aged well
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carcism
Black cars matter
After watching Social Dillema (Netflix), and after watching your video... I kinda think it's nice they don't use social media platforms in there.
Turkmenistan:Spends billions of Dollars on buildings
Also Turkmenistan:Has slow Wi-Fi
The best thing is that he never disables the comment section 'cause he appreciates everyone's views
16 years went by until i ever heard of this country so fascinating
44 years here. Never heard of ot
You should Google list of all countries and read the list :)
Beautiful place
Wow .
Wow amazing! The country of Turkmenistan is like a pearl in Central Asia, beautiful, clean and instagramable. Huge love, greetings and respect from Indonesia to Turkmenistan. Highly recommended country to visit. Thanks Drew for sharing. I hope your channel continues to grow.
No visiting to Turkmenistan is too difficult.
Instagramable 💀…
Something tells me that you are never going to visit this country again....
When in doubt about the food take smaller bites and sips. Your facial expression was priceless. 😂🤣
You've never been as old as you're now and you're currently younger than you're ever gonna be. (Lol)
Lol
Bruh
This gives me anxiety
Unless I died a minute ago.
Thank you for making this! Love it!
Looks like a beautiful and clean country . Nice video
Amazing to see many exotic things here :-) Thank you for sharing. I love for their colour design of building light blue light grey and white. A good combine of colour - very interesting, alright.We who live in the West living style maybe thinking that it is too white, too clinical clean. But I like, really.
No wacky at all, regarding my openion. Best wishes from Stockholm - Sweden
🇹🇷❤🇹🇲 Brothers
And both are dictatorships
Erdogan: I'm Good papa?
Turkman: not u amateur Recep my son
Drew when are you going to Syria 🇸🇾 my home country. Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴
Hello there my fellow Syrian
I wouldn't incourage him to come visit at the moment
Will surely love him to come
But Remeber he already visited Israel more than once😅
Making him getting a Visa close to impossible at the moment
Such is the case for anyone who had his passport stamped in Israel😅
But you can check a channel called travelling the unkown
He visited Syria once
He did so again last week
His new video will be ready soon
And you can check his old one😄
Do you want him to be blasted or what don’t comment such foolishness.
ali hassan do you know Norwegian
@@ToumaBittar soon
ayee hva skjer G
So cool! Thanks for posting this!
Been extra fascinated by Turkmenistan thanks to your videos!
You should totally team up with Barby from Geography Now for a Geography Go! episode... 😉
i worked at the olympic village filming the "games" for tv transmission. Such a experience!! I loved that place!!! one thing i noticed and people that were with me was, almost everything that you touch "sparks" on you, even other people. why is that? ehehe
You just opened my eyes, Drew. Good stuff.
Wonderful video! Thank you so much, bro! SAG BOL, DOGAN
Why streets dead?? Explain??
Dictatorship is my guess
*Me during my maths classes*
0:27
Ashgabat is basically Pyongyang with a touch of islamic architetcture and marble
This is my favorite video. 😍 oldie but I love it. ❤️
That looks so great, I want to go!
This country has so much potential it's unbelievable.
Yo bro . Please also visit Canada to Inforn us something . BTW love your videos
Please visit Regina in Canada
Jahangir Hussain ayee Saskatchewan
Regina,saskatchewan
@@jahangirnahid8761 Why?? Other than Waskana Park, the place is a shithole with 'hoods all over the place. Much prefer Saskatoon. Only 1 'hood there to avoid.
As you like it😂
The Ferris wheel with no one around reminds me of Chernobyl
lovely video drew😍
Thank you for this great video 🙏👌
Less peoples , I love it.
It looks like peaceful place to live in for the introvert like me.
Went there about ten years ago...pretty much summed it up. There are two amazing historic cities as well- Merv, founded by Alexander and expanded four times. Said to be the worlds largest city around 1000AD. And Nisa, the ancient Parthian capital.
3:52 DISCO BALL! 🤣
Its so sad to see that amount of resources wasted on unused projects
Thank you for sharing This video I really learn alot from your cheenal 👍
Gurbanguly had to pay people from rural Turkmenistan to come to the venues during the games and act like fans because they restricted the amount of foreigners that can attend the games
Damn this city has a lot of potential but sadly they didn't utilize it well because of dictatorial regime
thats what i always think they have oil money they could make living conditions so much better
@@anna-if8fi it's gas money. not oil
@@loukaspappas8476 they have oil and gas i said oil because gas is old now
But it looks like one of the most beautiful places!!
one of your best videos
Thanks for the video
Thanks for showing us the peculiar side of the world. ☺️
It must be awesome being somewhere to where there is no trash on the streets or in the grass along the highway.
Hi,Fr:NYC metro area....esp. the 2 legged kind in Dems cities here in the USA
@@mela6046 sad you hate over half of all Americans, ironically makes you anti-American
you should move there, seriously
Why is it that every place you went was empty? is it because it's too hot during the day?
Probs
Corrupt government
@@davidcooper7292 USA USA USA. USA Government is the most corrupt
@HuckleB680 well still doesn't change
Erwin Rommel wat lul jij
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great video!
my god the buildings and everything are beautiful for such country like this.
No social media allowed? I've seen some turkens on Instagram, there are plenty of them... Also, you can find some turkmen celebrities on the internet, such as the singer Myahri (Mähri Pirgulyýewa)
Yesss this is wrong information we have internet here
Or maybe they are those who migrated to Turkey etc.
4:17 I see a pile of clothes standing up on the right? Is it a ghost 😂
hhahahah i just saw it too, i think its a fancy burka or something like that... most burkas originate from that part of Asia
It's covered with a red cloth like thing.
I was so confused too. If it is a burka, where would I look when speaking to the person wearing it/inside it? Up, down, in the ground? I have so many questions 🤣🤣
This is Doctor Strange mantel
Greetings from kin 🇹🇷🇦🇿🇹🇲
Awesome!!!
Alright, you hooked me to subscribe by your trip report about Turkmenistan. Good vdo!
Im from Turkmenistan
Why streets empty??Coz everyone is Turkey and Moskov....
yeah you right about it goverment mistakes
strange thing turkmenistan have huge gas but goverment doesnt share own peoples that why they lefting
as a turk i love my turkmanistan brothers and sister
@@eternalbluesky6802 blu sky government of turkistan give citizens 100% free gas/gasoline/salt/matches/medicine and others, only in turkistan in entire world, even Qatar's government cannot give such freedom, but people are dummy to follow USA
Aslamaliykum this is Sakhawat from dubai I like to com turkminstan vist&do some business ineed to help some local person plz can u contact me if u can do contact me via mail plz send me ur contact address whatp# via e-mail sakhawatshaffi@gmail.com,thanks
Could u wait till the war is over in yemen🤓 it's just we care about u a lot....
bro relax yemen is safe now
Yemen is one of the most dangerous country but has very humble people but Saudi Arabia did all of the mess
@@YorkerEli no it’s not.
He goes to warzones. Deal with it.
if the city is that empty take some people from Bangladesh.
From India also 😂🤣
I have watched your Turkmenistan video many times cause the way you have shown as a fairytale land waiting for people and asfagbad amazing beauty you have
Good luck drew
Despite his sarcastic tone, those buildings looked quite elegant.