Shahin Vatani
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thanks for posting the video
I'm planning a backpacking trip to UZB and Tajikestan for around 2015-16
As the guy at the end said, once IRan becomes free, we'll move closer to them. All this money that's going to these arabs in lebanon etc... must go to Central Asia.
Thats good that you are going. 1/3 of Uzbekistan is also Persian, including the cities of Samarqand and Bukhara. I too wish to go Tajikistan soon, maybe this summer.
yeah, that's why I want to go to UZB. The cities are pretty much in the bottom half of the country anyway.
I wish I could also go to Turkemistan. We got a little North Korea on our Northern borders. I doubt these guys would let anyone just walk in though.
I have seen a BBC documentary on Turkmenistan. Place was really phucked under the last Turkmenbashi. He named the 12 months of the year after his family members, wrote a book named Ruhnameh which all Turkmen's had to be tested on in schools, during job interviews, even during driving tests! His face was also literally everywhere, on walls, sweet boxes, vodka bottles.
I hope it has cooled down a bit under this new guy. I know a few Turkmen, they are cool people. Wish them the best.
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Tajikistan with more than 7,500,000 population and nominal GDP less than $7 billion is not in a good economical condition. We should help them to re-construct their economy.