Arkadag: President, Protector and DJ

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Ok, we are trying to get a visa to visit Turkmenistan this summer on our way to Kamchatka. Oh my, I wonder why everyone keeps talking about North Korea but you never hear about Turkmenistan. I guess it is because they don't have nuclear weapons there. But it is up there with North Korea if not more bizarre. I am fascinated.

The visa is super hard to get though, they have over 90% rejection rate. I will have to write a separate post summarising my research on Turkmenistan now, the place sounds surreal. The president is called Arkadag which means "protector". They renamed the months of the year and they have the names of the (former) president's relatives now I think. I need a separate post for this.

Oh and "The Protector" likes to DJ too. Here he is. You might consider clapping enthusiastically while watching this, they tend to shoot everyone who doesn't.

Comments

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

The red dragon is spreading all over the world.

Becareful over there when you go.

Athena

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Thank you. I think this is not red actually. Apparently they were more modern and way more free and open while under the soviets. And this is them rolling back to pre-soviet times apparently. I am still researching.