Ashgabat - Post Report Question and Answers
What kind of vehicle(s) including electric ones do you recommend bringing to post, given the terrain, infrastructure, availability of parts, burglary/carjacking risks, etc.? What kind of car or vehicles do you advise not to bring?
All cars in Ashgabat are white or something close to it (silver, beige). If your car isn't white, you won't get bothered if you have diplomatic plates, but you're also going to have a harder time selling it if you want to. It doesn't really matter what type of car - roads in Ashgabat are very nice, and you're probably going to want to hire a driver anyway if you're planning to drive outside of the capital. Burglary/carjackings/any kind of violence in general just... don't happen in Turkmenistan. Traffic isn't very dense, but drivers can be nutty. Fender benders are common. - Jan 2024
