"Previet".. means "hi or hello" in the Russian language. That's what I learned from my business trip to Turkmenistan. It was an overwhelming, unexpected and worthwhile experience.For those who's not familiar to where this country is, I have a perfect solution for that, a snapshot of the map.. here it is.
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| Geography to you |
Our flight took off from KLA at around 9.10, and arrived 2 hours later in Bangkok where we had around 2 hour transit. Our tickets were booked as Business Class but our boarding pass was not stated so. Hence, there we are in the middle of Suvarnabumi airport sitting restlessly at the sidewalk in order to kill the time.
At around 1 p.m Bangkok time, we departed for Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan which took another 6 more hours for us to be on the plane. Bored, slept, eat, read and finished off with a visit to the lavatory, we finally arrived in Ashgabat where the ground temperature were currently 38C.
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| The city skyline |
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| Fertile Land |
This is the view from our Malaysian friend's house, overlooking through the window at around 8 p.m. The sun will set at around 8.50 pm, as it is now one of the longest summer days. All the buildings looking very-very neat as it is made of white marble. Marble and its cooling properties does help in maintaining moderate temperature inside these buildings. When we arrived, it was around 6.30 p.m. Only 2 ++ more hours before sunset. We then decided to eat out. There is a neat place just next to this apartment (which I can't recall its name). We ordered shashlik of everything. That means grilled meat of various type (chicken, mutton, beef). I've tasted this type of cooking almost everyday, whilst staying in a neighbourhood of middle eastern and pakistanis decendents. So, its not so new to me.
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