Turkmenistan: The Bradt Travel Guide

by Paul Brummell

A dedicated travel guide to Turkmenistan. This resource caters to business people, volunteer workers, archaeologists and intrepid adventures. It includes information on Silk Road archaeological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841621447
• ISBN13: 9781841621449
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Turkmenbasha is dead... long live the Turkmenbasha!

This guide is getting old. The country was still ruled by a president for life calling himself "Turkmenbasha" - leader of the Turkmen people and hanging posters of himself all over the capital. Now with a new president the country may be a bit less colorful, but is still quite wild and not much has changed (the vote of 2006 was not considered fair by international observers). Still the chapters on politics are out of date. But the great style of righting more then makes up for this and the book is a great insight into a country which at the time of righting was truly unique and now is just a little less unique...

Wonderful travelguide with witty comments

Mr. Brummell's travelguide to Turkmenistan provides not only accurate practical information, but also interesting and extensive background information. His observations and comments are witty and very funny. The guidebook is an indispensable companion for travellers to this fascinating country, but definitely also makes interesting reading for arm-chair travellers.