Over the last month, I’ve read quite a few lists of the so-called best places to visit in 2013. These lists come out every year and every year there seem to be a couple destinations that show up on list after list: Jordan has been a big one in the past; Myanmar seems to be …
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Arriving in the capital city of Ashgabat, I wondered if I was still in Turkmenistan. Or had I been transported somewhere over the rainbow to the Land of Oz? All I needed was green-tinted glasses and I would have sworn I was driving through the Emerald City. It didn’t feel real. It had …
By the time you read this, I will be in Turkmenistan, a country sometimes called the “North Korea of Central Asia.” Indeed, it has been ranked third to last in terms of freedom of the press, just above Burma and – you guessed it – North Korea. Lonely Planet refers to it as “mysterious and …
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