Ashgabat - Post Report Question and Answers
What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?
How much Turkmen has taken over - you will not find people speaking Russian nearly as much as other countries in Central Asia, and if you only speak English and Russian, you will find there are many people you can't communicate with. - Jan 2024
How to create my own server rather than trying to use VPNs. We had a tech savvy EFM friend who eventually helped us, but the first few months was tough before we were able to get our internet "unblocked". - Dec 2020
I was expecting more cultural events: opera, symphony, ballet, since it is a former Soviet Union country. - Mar 2019
I do. It is a very comfortable place to live. I am never bored. It can be as quiet as you want it or you can fill your schedule with social activities and explore the country and neighboring countries. - Jun 2018
Bringing more comfort food and alcohol. Also it does get cold and rains quite a bit in the winter (only about 4-6 weeks). - Feb 2016
How comfortable it would be to live there and how frustrating it would be to work there. - Jul 2014
