I Traveled to the World's Strangest Country

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  @itsmarisajoanna · 2 years ago (edited)

  This seems like the country equivalent of scrubbing the living room when company is coming over...except you just shoved the mess behind closed doors.

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• WH

  @whereismyhossenpfeffer · 2 years ago

  Why did you not once in this video ask why it’s so empty everywhere? That seems a pretty fundamental question.

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• TW

  @twokidsintrenchcoat · 2 years ago (edited)

  Turkmenistan is NOT as bad as North Korea. For one, there is a LOT of emmigration out of the country, meaning citizens <i>are</i> allowed to leave. Its difficult to go through the airport but you can bribe just about anybody. People i know have all left because of the lack of employment or to improve their life quality, no one i know has actually <b>escaped</b> the country, most just up and leave. They even return every few years to refresh their passport and visa. I even know people saving money so they can go back and build a house there. I doubt a North Korean citizen would ever go back. They are one of the Turic countries invaded and assimilated by Russia. Their surnames were changed and their graves were destroyed. Now they live under soviet dictatorship but not nearly as bad as North Korea. Also they have free gas but thats really irrelevant if you live under a severe dictatorship. They also do have internet and can access apps illegally, social media is very popular. Anyway its really sad that the citizens have to immigrate and the regime is horrible, also completely a result of ww1 and ww2. Just wanted to give some info.

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• WH

  @whocares5188 · 2 years ago

  The country is like someone&apos;s house and he keeps some servants around

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• LO

  @lombok15-g7n · 2 years ago

  Might be beautiful <br>But if you don&apos;t see people, it&apos;s creepy

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• O.

  @O.rhys420 · 2 years ago

  Tims the nices agent... I mean guide ever 😂

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• TO

  @tonics7121 · 2 years ago

  That city was the most sad place I&apos;ve ever seen. Imagine creating that emptiness on purpose.

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• BI

  @BiggyBollocks · 1 year ago

  This guy can make any staged tour or oppressive regime look good. &nbsp;Honestly North Korea, Turkmenistan and/or Eritrea should hire him to put a friendly spin on their regimes to Westerners.

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• LN

  @LnyMts · 2 years ago

  All these expensive shops in expensive houses with expensive lighting that probably stays powered during the night too, while the population is living in villages with no access to most luxuries other countries take for granted. Beautiful country with beautiful people but it&apos;s haunting to think of what could&apos;ve been.

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• UM

  @Umpirical · 2 years ago

  You can drive a car that isn&apos;t white, but only in the villages. <br>You can play videogames anytime.<br>Dogs are only banned from the Capital City. (You obviously don&apos;t want a 100-Pound Central Asian Shephard roaming around a nice and soft city.)<br>You have WiFi there, and Social Media is accessed only through VPN.<br>When I went there 4 months ago, it was not empty LOL.<br>Many cars everywhere. I&apos;m not sure if it was only because it was Winter Season.<br>I am personally Ethnic-Turkmen myself. Though I do not live there. 🇹🇲

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• JE

  @jellystoma · 2 years ago

  You won&apos;t be arrested but you will be taken to &apos;Special Parking&apos;.

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• PA

  @pambrown8692o · 2 years ago

  The irony of dogs being banned when they have a gold statue of a dog. 😂

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