The soloution is...a transit visa.
[QUOTE=Jake993]All is not lost - I did run into a guy in the British Pub who said he arrived with a tour and had ditched them the day before. Don't know if he was BSing or not but who knows????
I would imagine the tour operators are pretty nervous though. In reality you can probably bugger off for a few days without dire consequences. The problem starts when you try to get back on the plane without your group. THAT could be a bit sticky......[/QUOTE]
The way to breach the borders of this hermit kingdom while retaining control over your own schedule is to obtain a transit visa which is granted for five days, and, apparently, you can do whatever the heck you want during that five day period in the country.
One does need to show a visa to either Iran or Azerbijan--as well as a valid visa from the departure point which will likley be Uzb. Being that I am a bit nervous about the hospitality I might recieve from the Revoloutionary Guard I think Baku sounds like a nice alternative.
It's only 25 bucks for the Azeri Visa but it does seem like a lot of hassle...I hope the babes are worth it.
For prosal and others! Lets get this forum going again!
Thankyou for your interesting insight prosal. I have a few ideas regarding ashgabat I would like you to go over and then get back to me with your perspective on them.
1) with regards to the ethnicity of the lovely girls in ashgabat. Of course as well the native turkmen girls I have also read from a reliable source that during the Russian afghan conflict a large air base was built near ashgabat. This resulted in the Russian men going with.
Native girls and hence now there is as well as the native turkmen girls also alot of Russian blonde haired blue eyed girls whom as far I know now work the hotel nightclubs in addition to some turkmen girls.
2) there are limited direct flights to ashgabat; but I live in birmingham and the large indian community here use the turkministan airline route direct from birmingham england to ashgabat. From ashgabat they fly to amritsar in india; ie turkministan is used as a transit.
Point. Given this fact as well as a low airfare and a direct 6 hour flight it seems very tempting for me to try out this destination.
3) there has been reported that a nice mix of Russian and turkmen girls work the luxury hotels with prices of say 250$ for all night. Given all these facts the combination all in seems great.
4) the one missing piece for me at the moment is up to date detailed information regarding the mongering scene in ashgabat at present. Most reports seem around two years old, and what I need is up to date info regarding the girl scene for pay for play today in.
Ashgabat. If you can help me somehow on this prosal or anyone else I would be very grateful. Thanks alot