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    Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales
    Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales
    Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales
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    Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

    By Tom Coote

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    Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales is a $50,000,000 amusement park in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was meant to be Central Asia's answer to Disney Land but fell somewhat short of expectations.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTom Coote
    Release dateJun 25, 2011
    ISBN9781466177031
    Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

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      Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales - Tom Coote

      Turkmenbashi's Land of Fairy Tales

      By Tom Coote

      Copyright Tom Coote 2011

      Smashwords Edition

      Author's Web Site: www.tomcoote.net

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be reproduced, copied and distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

      I got lost on my way to the land of fairy tales. I had confidently followed the road to the Promised Land, only to find that it led to ruins. All over Turkmenistan's capital city Ashgabat, the run down, rambling houses of the poor were being knocked down and replaced by strangely isolated tower blocks. In this city of constant destruction and construction, no map would stay up to date for very long. I walked back and up around the building site, in

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