Spending $20 at a Turkmenistan Market

Ashgabat Turkmenistan is a strange place. I have never seen so much gold and marble in my life, but the streets seemed empty. In this Turkmenistan travel vlog, I join my friend Lexie Alford and make a trip to a local Turkmen market called the Russian Bazaar. Here, we tried street food, interacted with the locals, and witnessed some real culture. I say real culture, because Turkmenistan is known as the North Korea of Central Asia. The president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has a tight grip on the country, and it's very hard to get off the normal tourist path. Beside our hotel was a local market, we asked our guide if we could visit, and he said if we really wanted to we could, but not to bring a camera because of police. The locals had been so nice to us, so thought we would take a small chance. One more thing to note. After I posted the first Turkmenistan travel vlog in Ashgabat, I had said that we had our US dollars exchanged to Turkmen Manat at 1 to 13. Locals commented that it's actually suppose to be 1 to 20. It's funny though, from an atm it's 1 to 3.5. Very happy we got our money on the black market. Some more links to check out: 5 Advanced Travel Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started https://fearlessandfar.com/5-advanced... For some Behind the Scenes videos about Turkmenistan, check out my Patreon   / fearlessandfar   #FearlessandFar #Turkmenistan #Ashgabat ---------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-------------- ♥ Friends ♥ Trover is an app I've been using to discover the world around me over the past year. Download the app free in the appstore, or check out this link to see my discoveries on my profile! http://bit.ly/FandF_Trover Check out Lexie's new YouTube Channel. She just received the Guinness World Record for being the youngest to travel to every country 🙌🏻    / lexielimitless   Check out Lupine Travel who planned our trip! https://lupinetravel.co.uk https://lupinetravel.co.uk/central-as... ---------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-------------- Accreditation BROLL from www.videoblocks.com ---------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-------------- ♫ Music ♫ The BEST place for music. For real though. Musicbed is the place. Free 30 day trial here: http://share.mscbd.fm/fearlessandfar "Pioneer" - Ryan Taubert "Jasmine" - Dreamer "Morning Colours" - Red Licorice "Piri" - Lax City "Always" - Utah ---------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-------------- ☎ Say Hi Here ☎ ✧ Instagram:   / fearlessandfar   ✧ Tweetz:   / fearlessandfar   ✧ Facebook Fanpage:   / fearlessandfar   ---------------------------------------­­­--------------------------------------­-­-­-------------- Chase Your Fears 🐉