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Virginia Aparicio wrote a new positive review of Turkmenistan.

about 2 hrs and 13 mins ago

"visted in 2009.. to go see my boyfriend in the marines
this places is a 3rd world country but doesnot seem like it a lot of fountians and..."

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Mark Baird wrote a new positive review of Turkmenistan.

about 1 day and 22 hrs ago

"Turkmenistan is one of the wierdist places on the plannet and i love it for its crazy ecentricitys if i thought they would let me in agai..."

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Scott Jackels wrote a new positive review of Turkmenistan.

about 2 days and 7 mins ago

"Turkmenistan is what you tink of when you picture Central Asia, flat and vast. I have never seen so much marble as what is in Ashgabat."

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Fatih Dogan wrote a new negative review of Turkmenistan.

about 5 days and 6 hrs ago

"i have been balkanabat"

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Bryan Moore wrote a new negative review of Turkmenistan.

about 1 week and 2 days ago

"Full of acient history
Great Ruins to explore
Great adventure Vacation
some where off the beat'n path
Food is poor
Beds are hard"

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wrote a new negative review of Turkmenistan.

about 3 weeks and 22 hrs ago

"monuments are over the top and at odds with the decaying buildings"

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Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet republic in 1924. It achieved independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if extraction +show all