"it's got this weird and eerie feeling" it's called a dictatorship ☠️

@majohladky3249

2 ай бұрын

Clean streets.... What a terrible country

@Kepler10b

2 ай бұрын

True but where is everyone? Even Pyongyang has ppl in it, those who are approved to be there but still. This place looks even more empty

@artebax9966

2 ай бұрын

​@@majohladky3249🧠🤏

@MegaAtOh

2 ай бұрын

you're the same person who accepted years of lockdown.walked around with your face covered 😷😷😷😷and took an idiot juice 💉💉💉💉💉because *democracy*

@randomdudeplayingrandomthings

2 ай бұрын

​@@majohladky3249 Brother it's because no one can live there. Whether it be prices or they aren't allowed to.

Turkmenistan is just a better version of North Korea

@joeabosssands2481

2 ай бұрын

We have more freedom nowadays then you silly democrat voting Americans

@appleeyefunkky

2 ай бұрын

lol😂

@MS.independent8934

2 ай бұрын

Oooh really

@manciamusic

2 ай бұрын

The city's architecture and art is based on sun worshiping and Freemasonry principles. This city is supposed to be the city where the new prophet that going to unite all religions will reside . AKA Antichrist

@sattasana7753

2 ай бұрын

I see

"There, I said I loved it here. Can you please release my family and give me back my passport back now?"

@infiniteinspiration1628

20 күн бұрын

Omg gold 😅

@infiniteinspiration1628

20 күн бұрын

How on earth 🌎 did he film there and post on utube?

@Serenityisdestined

20 күн бұрын

@@infiniteinspiration1628 He recorded it and then did this thing called edit ✍🏽

@HeyAHappyHuman

19 күн бұрын

​@@SerenityisdestinedI think they just meant the recording part

@salamander337

19 күн бұрын

"And my back up data you took from my camera, you know, of the real reasons I hated here?" 😂

I am from Turkmenistan and let me tell you this. All those KZreadrs always go to the most far away places that locals don't visit. But truth is that there are plenty people in Ashgabat. They just don't show u this because it will ruin the "mysterious" image. Go visit local bazars and markets u will see so many people. And he also visited it in winter when locals definitely don't go for the cave pool or Darwaza

@wendyamsterdam8482

Ай бұрын

You left?

@yukine6327

Ай бұрын

​@@wendyamsterdam8482nope I live in the capital

@MsZephyra

Ай бұрын

I thought you wouldn't have internet access??

@fleurelise997

Ай бұрын

​@@MsZephyra Clearly the people do. Not everything you see in videos is entirely true.

@leeroyjenkins323

Ай бұрын

​@@MsZephyradon't be naive

Bro went to a dictatorship surveillance state and said “loved it despite the eerie feeling”.

@Cb22075

Ай бұрын

lmaoooooooooo X-D

@yaelz

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@napoleonicprussiaball

Ай бұрын

Ngl would be pretty cool to travel to some dystopian dictatorship n shiet

@bigbk3278

Ай бұрын

@@napoleonicprussiaballno

@tylcouli7207

Ай бұрын

Come to canada

My dude has NO survival instincts. "Nobody around? No contact with the outside world? Under constant supervision? Huh, so weird."

@mhug162

Ай бұрын

Survival? Lmao they aren’t killing tourists for nothing. It ain’t Kampuchea

@user-lk4ge3ns2g

Ай бұрын

​@@tazepatates4805 for the same reason they care about making giant luxurious city

@corpsehandler5321

Ай бұрын

it's giving white guys in horror movies

@squibbelsmcjohnson

Ай бұрын

Lmao😂😂 or he is paid for this

@lburkesf86

Ай бұрын

Well, they have a guide with them at all times.

Dude entered hell and rated it 4.5 stars 😅

@robertlombardo8437

20 күн бұрын

Well I mean... Satan WILL openly rule the world unopposed before Christ returns. Crap like this shows that it is not only possible but probable.

@michaelberna987

18 күн бұрын

Based solely on the few seconds in this video, I'd rather go to that airport than LAX. I'd also rather drive here than drive on Los Angeles roads.

@user-hl7hh7ek2z

18 күн бұрын

this country still has the soviet sprit and all those crap

@watchr740

17 күн бұрын

Not sure about this place, but that’s the thing about Islamic Extremist Leaders in Countries like Gaza and the Palestinian region, they live in opulence while the people live in poverty.

@prachisaini1

17 күн бұрын

​@@watchr740 Very much True

When you're only allowed to see certain places, you *KNOW* it's *REAL* bad all the places you aren't allowed.

@katsumontenerudorijji4365

22 күн бұрын

It's cause stupid tourists cause problems wherever they go

“The cars are all ordered to be white” Ahh I see the Dictator has OCD.

@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN

Ай бұрын

The president had a dream that informed him that, like a black cat crossing your path, having a black car cross your path generates bad luck, and untold mountains of bad luck were constantly being created, every time a black car crossed anyone's path. They went out and just towed off all the black cars, forcing their owners to pay far too much to have them painted white in order to get them back. Presumably, whichever oligarch got fatter off of that car-painting contract persuaded the president to then go down the line with every other car color, taking all cars and holding them ransom, to be painted white at exorbitant rates, until they'd painted every car in the country white.

@suspicioussand

Ай бұрын

​@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN how can someone that stupid have so much power, like this is just ridiculous ☠️

@asteroidrules

Ай бұрын

​​@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVINWhich dictator was the one who made that decision? Turkmenistan has had three since gaining independence and they've all been insane in different ways. Nyazov declared that he decides who gets into heaven, banned hospitals and libraries outside of the capital city, and renamed most of the country after either himself or his mother; while his successor Berdimuhamedow was sexually obsessed with horses and Guinness world records, and released a rap song where he rhymed Turkmenistan with Turkmenistan; and they're currently in the process of transferring power to Berdimuhamedow's son who will presumably be no less despotic and weird.

@RLucas3000

Ай бұрын

@@asteroidrulesthe car thing was pretty recent, so horse guy? This among man other things is just the reason there is no God. It’s a (sometimes) nice myth, but that’s it. Is there some way to arrange a war between Turkmenistan and North Korea?

@katrinajones9823

Ай бұрын

😂

"Tourists who do visit are under requirements to have a guide with you at all times" that just explains it all

@NH-hp2nn

Ай бұрын

I wonder why they need a guide at all times?

@thorr18BEM

Ай бұрын

@@NH-hp2nnsame reason for all the restrictions in N Korea. A true dystopia.

@NH-hp2nn

Ай бұрын

@@thorr18BEM and what are the reasons for that one? I’m not aware.

@thorr18BEM

Ай бұрын

@@NH-hp2nn North Korea's regime uses isolation, indoctrination, and repression to maintain control and protect its propaganda and ideology. North Koreans are not allowed to leave the country without the government's permission, and leaving without permission is punishable by death. Visitors are likewise not allowed to enter the real parts of the country where exists more than just the fiction put on by the regime. They can not take unapproved photographs and smuggle them out of the country because it gives the rest of the world a window into how evil things are there. They can not talk to the general populace because that would break the isolation which is key to control.

@ethansprague2005

Ай бұрын

​@NH-hp2nn some dictatorships want to avoid any chance of any information of what is going on inside to leak, so they do every measure possible to prevent it. North Korea happens to suck at it because we know about a lot more than we know about turkmenistan

When you read 1984 and want to go to the place

I mean, I can see why he had a decent time. Quiet, no lines, no noise, lots of activities, and the few people he did interact with were nice. Plus, he knows he’ll eventually get back to WiFi and unblocked apps, so it’s just a break from screen time. Without context, it sounds like an enjoyable place for a vacation. But it seems like it’s designed that way for the pleasure of a select few and occasional tourists.

@helmetmcbarin

21 күн бұрын

You do know its a dictatorship right... on par with North Korea literally.

@robertlombardo8437

20 күн бұрын

*For the pleasure of any visiting UN human rights observers. This place is a legit horror flick that this social media j**koff willingly put himself into.

@MrPJFurey

14 күн бұрын

What happens to the locals?🫥

@RichardM333

Күн бұрын

I wish Disney World was like this.

@kohtan13kumi

Күн бұрын

@@RichardM333 it would be amazing to experience a Disney solo style! Getting great personal attention from the staff, being able to do everything because there’s no lines. Might get a little paranoid with just me and the mascots at some point.

If y'all are wondering, Tuekmenistan is basically the Soviet version of North Korea. I dated a girl from Turkmenistan and she was traumatized, always being afraid we were being watched and surveilled (we were in NYC).

@saltandsriracha

2 ай бұрын

I feel this way too. But I'm from Canada. 💀

@ljss6805

2 ай бұрын

@@saltandsriracha And yet, you have the freedom of typing that comment and specifying where you live. So, you clearly have freedom.

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman

2 ай бұрын

​@@ljss6805 little more freedom

@ljss6805

2 ай бұрын

@@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Incomparably more. The Canadian government's protection of others from bigotry is the championing of freedom, not censure. It's like saying your country isn't really free because you can't speed without getting a ticket or shoot someone on the street without being arrested. Give me a break.

@andrewcall8961

2 ай бұрын

If you had a cell phone on you, you were being followed and watched

“Popular swimming hole” Popular among whom ?

@netta96

Ай бұрын

Ikr

@corpsehandler5321

Ай бұрын

ghosts, probably

@squibbelsmcjohnson

Ай бұрын

The "president".... That was hilarious 😂

@re_loyola

Ай бұрын

The camels

@SWOONYMOONY

Ай бұрын

Thats a minecraft cave 😭

It's very sad to know that the younger generations aren't taught about these things in school anymore. Anyone over the age of 60 recognizes this for what it is IMMEDIATELY... The citizens of Turkmenistan aren't ALLOWED to live there because the places you were taken to were all a part of the 'Showcase'. Haven't you ever seen videos about North Korea? Did you do any RESEARCH before your 'vacation'? Hey little brother, that 'eerie feeling' is called 'A DICTATORSHIP', the opposite of 'DEMOCRACY' This is the very thing we are fighting to preserve in our country. Unfortunately, there is a portion of our country that has been brainwashed into thinking this is good. Let this be a lesson... now what do you think?

This dude is like Dennis Rodman in North Korea 😂😂😂 "It was a little strange but the staged locals were super friendly to me and I enjoyed my time. Too bad everyone else isn't enjoying all these cool things like me!"

"President" My brother in christ that's a dictator

@TheTioram

Ай бұрын

True that man doesn’t deserve the veneer of legitimacy. You cannot polish a turd

@coc235

Ай бұрын

That's just your opinion. His official title is president.

@Arnavkadam9966

Ай бұрын

​@@coc235 I mean hea acting like a dictator

@justincase5002

Ай бұрын

@@coc235 There are absolutely no dictators in the world by your statement because a dictator is not an official title since like 100BC. Turkmenistan being a dictatorship is not just someone's opinion, it's a scientific (historical) fact.

@coc235

Ай бұрын

@@justincase5002 This doesn't make calling him president wrong

“Popular swimming hole” … but no one else is there!

@salehmohamedal-olofi196

2 ай бұрын

Exactly ! How can it be popular when nobody's there ?

@MindfulMatters734

2 ай бұрын

Yeah he has a weird definition of 'popular'.

@rickwrites2612

2 ай бұрын

​@@MindfulMatters734 Im sure he was told it was popular, or it's listed as being popular. It's also possible it is popular only at a certain time or holiday

@user-wj9jm1ox8i

2 ай бұрын

@@rickwrites2612yeah they probably intentionally showed him the least popular places hence no people

@Rose-qw2eb

2 ай бұрын

Someone once told me... "Listen to what people say... for they will always Tell on themselves!" ~ real wisdom

those places are like a room a kid cleaned. It looks good for the guests. But you know if they checked the closet they would see the mess.

@karlagarcia1851

3 сағат бұрын

😂😂😅😅😅🎯

POV: man's first exposure to dictatorship

@helloifuseethis

15 күн бұрын

didnt even know Turkmenistan was a dictatorship i thought it just had little people in the capital

People share N. Korea horror stories because there are actually more people that visits N. Korea than Turkmenistan. People who break the rules in N. Korea goes through shit but stories do make it back out to the West. People who break the rules in Turkmenistan just disappear because there won't be anyone to tell the story.

@never_give_up90

2 ай бұрын

Yep! People can disappear anywhere in those areas but camera man never dies!

@kult_of_manydick

2 ай бұрын

Belarus

@john.premose

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like florida

@never_give_up90

2 ай бұрын

@@kult_of_manydick what about Belarus?

@Alexandra_Indina

2 ай бұрын

​@@never_give_up90Belarus is a dictatorship. That's it.

However, it is common knowledge that Turkmenistan is an extremely repressive country led by a dictatorship that has been widely criticized for its human rights record.

@RetroRift.

2 ай бұрын

It's not common knowledge, because I didnt know, but still this place looks pretty nice to live in, you can even record it so I am impressed

@Abeahdieheoidjdhksowwjjw

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroRift.it’s beautiful but suffers under a bad government kinda like most countries in the world

@studio107bgallery4

2 ай бұрын

Worse than the United States?

@rgCA_01123

2 ай бұрын

​@@studio107bgallery4 look up Yeonmi Park's story. It's horrific.

@TheMavosa

2 ай бұрын

​@@studio107bgallery4 if you believe the US is on the same level as this type of government, you must never level your room

He met some "locals". You know, like the ones tourists in North Korea meet.

Everyone’s watching from their windows with complete envy that he’s outside

@Esseas_World

Ай бұрын

What if they're underground or in to next town?!

@novado.5493

Ай бұрын

😅😅

@homemadegingercolada2341

Ай бұрын

You won 😂😂😂

@Daughter_of_the_Most_High

Ай бұрын

@@homemadegingercolada2341 I know ☺️

That city is super empty because it was created purely as a show piece. No one is allowed to live there. The gas crater is an accident. Decades ago Turkmenistan wanted to become the primary natural gas supplier to Russia. So the previous dictator built this big refinery solely for this purpose. But something went terribly wrong. The refinery got swallowed up into a huge fire crater which is still burning to this day.

@nunyabidness6045

2 ай бұрын

Creepy.

@olechristianhenne6583

Ай бұрын

​@@nunyabidness6045yeah something tells me there's more to it then spooky scary skeletons

@CleverAccountName303

Ай бұрын

Why would Russia need to import natural gas?

@newdivide9882

Ай бұрын

Does it actually attract spiders like that one post on the internet floating around for years has said?

@stevengreen9536

Ай бұрын

@@newdivide9882 I seriously doubt it.

guy witnesses a strict dictatorship first hand “i loved my time here so far“

@RikaMakara

Ай бұрын

The naivety of his privilege. 🤮

@LalalandLizzy

Ай бұрын

Spoken from the privilege of knowing he’ll be leaving.

@dolphsantitho5301

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@merrygrammarian1591

Ай бұрын

They made him say that

@QAZ-OMEN

Ай бұрын

To be fair. I've had enough of the people in my country. A place with no people would feel like a dream.

bro is witnessing a dictatorship but concerned abt why nobody else is riding the biblically accurate ferris wheel

A country being werid for tourists is normal, a country being strange for it's own folk is way more werid.

Let's be clear... It's nice but disgusting. It's a horrible dictatorship where the people are suffering

@thomasandrewclifford

Ай бұрын

If a population suffers in a country, but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

@jjackieo31

Ай бұрын

What people 😅

@YFL.111

Ай бұрын

Where are the people thou?

@thomasandrewclifford

Ай бұрын

@@YFL.111 a lot of bad dictatorships will essentially create small tourist towns that are uninhabited for the most part and they essentially escort tourists through. North Korea is the most infamous example.

@YFL.111

Ай бұрын

@@thomasandrewclifford aah wow! It is for them to not see what happens with the actual inhabited places? What a waist of money to create such luxury hotels etc, keep employees there and all that to just make a show!

Dude did the bare minimum on researching where he was going.

@tainadelcaribe

Ай бұрын

He’s probably keeping it low key and not calling them out, so he doesn’t burn the “bridge” and can go back. Also, some influencers rather not touch on this type of subject to avoid backlash and to not be labeled as “problematic”.

@TheAilmam

Ай бұрын

I mean he's travelling. Not making a documentary and finding people's fault. He's still healthy and living, what more do you want?

@ShortFuseMan

Ай бұрын

Let’s be real; bro wasn’t tryna get political here. His objective was to simply share the travel experience, lol. He doesn’t intend for us to be ignorant of the truth‥… He just knows discussing it isn’t for this video.

@user-qn6dn1ht4j

Ай бұрын

I already have a "gas creator",

@pastorbee9939

29 күн бұрын

He probably knew exactly where he was going but wanted to see it firsthand~

I went to a family for a week. The guy keeping the house, washing car, etc, was from Turkmenistan. His wife came to visit him for a month or so. One day i was talking to her and she told me about their daughter and all. So I was like since she's about to graduate from high school, can we keep in touch so I can help her got a scholarship here. She was happy and all but she was concerned about something. That when she told me it's really hard for them to communicate like they don't have WhatsApp and all, they only have things like imo or something. She also told me about some surprising facts about their country. I found it hard to believe

Context: the dictator of Turkmenistan decreed that inflation not apply to the capital city of Ashgabat, a decree which didn’t apply to the rest of the country. While input costs rise elsewhere in the country, the cost of everything in Ashgabat goes up. Ashgabat is by far the most expensive city in the world to live in.

@stefanmarchione6757

10 күн бұрын

NYC 🗽 be like..."Hold this 🍎" 😁 😂

Foreigners live in the sky rise apartments. Most Turkmenians live in cramped and crumbling five-story apartments dating to the Soviet era, or in bare villages. As one said, one notch above N Korea.

@toryburke137

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@missmayflower

2 ай бұрын

Why would foreigners live there?

@christophera556

2 ай бұрын

Thing is why would any foreigners want to travel to such a brutal country, its the North Korea of Central Asia thats in itself should say avoid altogether.

@toryburke137

2 ай бұрын

@@christophera556 because of who the foreigners are and the activities they participate in. They clearly have spent a lot of investor money building up such a well kept empire city. I wonder what types of products they produce.

@angelauska

2 ай бұрын

How do you know? Are you from there?

The welcoming and friendly "locals" are paid actors😂😂

@OurResistance

2 ай бұрын

Sadly, most people in this world are paid actors. At least in this case they are being paid to be friendly. In America, I know my dentist was a paid actor because he said I had 6 cavities when I probably didn't have any!

@RJH1971

2 ай бұрын

@@OurResistance there's your proof right there!!!

@gabex730

2 ай бұрын

Not even paid

@jsk3005

2 ай бұрын

Their “payment” is not being killed or imprisoned.

@HermitKing731

2 ай бұрын

Everyone in the country is a paid actor.

Bro: when people there make the wrong kind of remarks, they just disappear off the face of the earth without a trace. That weird eerie feeling is called totalitarianism.

"There is no war in Ba Sing Se" Basically same vibes with this.

@USDiploMike

26 күн бұрын

😂

@IsaacOnyait

Күн бұрын

💀🤣😂🤣🤣🤣hilarious

@IsaacOnyait

Күн бұрын

Judi you’re not doing your job

The word for it is "creepy"

@linmonash1244

2 ай бұрын

He pretends he's a seasoned traveller and then goes to a country without first checking it's politics and culture? This is the embodiement of FEAR. It's so dangerous to go to these places. Not only for the visitor (you take a photo of something you shouldn't and can wind up in jail - with no trial and no release date and years later some diplomatic solution MIGHT be found.) Remember the US guy who -for fun - stole a poster off a hotel wall in Nth Korea? # ALSO really Dangerous for LOCALS - who don't want ot go anywhere NEAR ANY outside visitor - for the VERY Justified FEAR their own Governement will accuse them of "collaborating" with 'Western Spies', merely for the 'crime' of smiling at one, or exchanging a few words. Not worth your life - or the life of your family. Te locals who were selected to interact with your were highly vetted, scrutinised and most probably stil terrified anything could be misinterpreted.

@OrezEdit

2 ай бұрын

It is where world loaders meet

@thewebheadgt

2 ай бұрын

The real word is Hardcore dictatorship.

@B_Bodziak

2 ай бұрын

​@@linmonash1244 that's why you're required to have a guide with you anytime you leave your hotel room. The bigger question is how does the country receive money to build lavish hotels, monuments, eyc

@linmonash1244

2 ай бұрын

@@B_Bodziak Oil?

Turkmenistan❌ North Korea Ultra Pro Max✅

@AroAce_Psychopath

2 ай бұрын

This is both funny and painful

@Itsdasummer32

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@SueChef100

2 ай бұрын

😮

@user-og1vb6pw6f

2 ай бұрын

It's better than north korea

@bibule

2 ай бұрын

@@user-og1vb6pw6f *wheeze*

I've always wanted to visit. I've only ever looked into Turkmenistan from across the border. But it looks gorgeous!

This is basically like North Korea but most people managed to leave the hellhole.

You can film a horror sci fi movie in this country, there's no one there.

@nathanbaribeau2833

3 ай бұрын

28 days later!!

@frisco9568

3 ай бұрын

A zombie show or film

@yt_tenshi

3 ай бұрын

North korea too

@EverywhereMf

2 ай бұрын

​@@yt_tenshino shit💀

@ScottBanj

2 ай бұрын

you can't really because guard may stop you​@@yt_tenshi

Blink twice if you're held at gunpoint.

@musicisthefoodofthesoul

Ай бұрын

"there's just sort of a weird and eerie fee--" Bro got shot mid sentence 💀

@Cb22075

Ай бұрын

lmao X-D

@otantix1029

Ай бұрын

😂😂

@brendatomlinson

Ай бұрын

@@musicisthefoodofthesoulI love dark humor 😂

I guess all the citizens really wanted to be security officers and all their applications got accepted?

Ok but I gotta admit, the architecture is pretty cool 😂

The airport is full of security guards so the locals don’t leave 😅

@zellz91

Ай бұрын

They'vr already left to Russia and other CIS countries

@PhoenixBlacke

Ай бұрын

Lmao you goin to he11 😂

@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN

Ай бұрын

A past president made them create this resort city thing on their coast, inspired by Las Vegas. It's a place for tourism, but they only allow, I think it was 10,000 or 20,000 visitors in each year, almost all of whom are in the gas/oil business and there on a work trip

@julireep278

Ай бұрын

As screwed up as the US is now, I'm still thankful to live here and not THERE! 😬 Oh, it's absolutely beautiful, don't get me wrong! But that place is messed up on too many levels! Just watching this made me afraid for you, even knowing you already made it out safely 😅 Prayers for the locals...no telling what type of horrors they have to live through. 😢

The real question is, who is doing all that dusting?

@maryamcoco3683

2 ай бұрын

😂

@rookinblue

2 ай бұрын

Nobody is there so there wouldn’t really be dust maybe once a year max they dust it

@CT-uv8os

2 ай бұрын

Roomba?

@CinderellaRaptured333

2 ай бұрын

I’m a housekeeper. I was wondering the same thing! Everything I look at, I think of in terms of cleaning, lol! That mall!!!!! Good grief!!!

@CallMeGailyn

2 ай бұрын

@@rookinblue Dust doesn't need company.

A few years ago I read that kids in Turkmenistan schools are allowed to read one book, the biography of their president.

due to strict visas and foreign policies it is one of the only landlocked countries without a case of COVID to my knowledge (last times I checked was 2020 and 2023)

I cycled across Turkmenistan in 2014, from Uzbekistan to Iran, on a transit visa, so could go alone. 47 degrees C every day; cool at night. Had to cover 500 km in three days, so some serious cycling. Didn’t see another foreigner, but did meet plenty of locals. Camped three nights, once on the desert sand, once amongst some scrub and finally at the edge of a farm field. Stopped to get get fuel for my cooking stove and the total came to about 8 US cents for half a litre. People’s shared watermelon, plov, liver and bread with me. Visited a market in Turkmenabat, the ancient city of Merv and stopped at several roadside restaurants for tea and something to drink. Definitely an odd place, but not too odd after visiting Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan beforehand. Learn Russian if you want to visit this part of the world.

@mericusta1988

2 ай бұрын

Do you have a blog or vlog?

@aiyulee6366

2 ай бұрын

Wow awesome way to travel man

@bribriibribrii

2 ай бұрын

Really interesting :) ty for sharing

@gethriel

2 ай бұрын

What a mooch. They really could have used a few SCRAPS from your abundance - but no, you're more than willing to pillage the already pillaged.

@Limesecretgarden

2 ай бұрын

@@gethriel apparently they were WILLING to give&share

It's not a guide, its a guard

@ehwodjksnx

23 күн бұрын

,,guide" probably just makes sure you dont ask too many questions, dont go to the restricted areas and dont break any weird rules

@Oma_Wetterwachs

4 күн бұрын

​@@ehwodjksnx sadly many Muslim Countries are in a war, or have a dictatorship, or they are in Control of a Terror Regime. You can Maybe can fly to Iraq, it's OK since terrorists are gone. And you can visit mesopotamia in Iraq, there were some of the First big Citys in the world and they want to make it a good place for tourism. That's what I Heard.

That's really strange how all those places are so empty. They must have some really early curfew or something

absolutely NO way I would have gone there. What a brave man.

Airport has more security guards than passengers 😂

@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN

Ай бұрын

They built a crazy state of the art Airport with a giant like falcon structure spanning its entire roof... for a country that doesn't let anybody leave, and tightly controls who can come in

@iyxec

Ай бұрын

@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN it's madness at its peak.

@FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN

Ай бұрын

@iyxec it's just wild, when Putin came to power, he seemed for a while like he was thinking about doing the right thing... he started executing the oligarchs. Then he realized that, now that they're in fear for their lives, he can just make them all give him half and be stinking rich But no consumer goods would ever feel so good to me as to actually stifling corruption, plucking the very worst out of society and just ending them, Robin Hood'ing all they had, and actually elevating my millions of countrymen. Actually being loved by the masses... that'd be the best life. But none of them have the imagination to see it

@Browniera_

Ай бұрын

​@@FUNKY_BUTTLOVINbasically Soviet version of north korea

The previous ruler of Turkmenistan was the most cartoonish dictator imaginable. The current guy is his dentist, who got the position after the previous guy died from a heart attack outside the capital. (He banned all doctors from working outside the capital.)

@thedigitalodometer945

Ай бұрын

I thought the current guy was the previous ruler’s son?

@sprites4ever482

Ай бұрын

@@thedigitalodometer945 Maybe the son of the dentist?

@AHandele3546

Ай бұрын

Shit keeps getting crazier

@suspicioussand

Ай бұрын

​@@thedigitalodometer945 maybe the real son was the dentist we made along the way

@mantisbrains

Ай бұрын

Lol,this is funny

Introverts dream destination 😂

I remember seeing this place on an episode of 'Dark Tourist'! Great show.

Introverts: huh! Found it

@Vahidaam

2 ай бұрын

Introverts need internet!

@castlecritique

2 ай бұрын

That would be Japan.

@_martian101

2 ай бұрын

@@Vahidaam they got books and music, no need for internet!

@meropale

2 ай бұрын

No thanks.

@stephclark4715

2 ай бұрын

​@@Vahidaam Just books. Books are enough.

Ah, Turkmenistan. It’s “known for its archaeological ruins including those at Nisa and Merv, major stops along the ancient trade route the Silk Road”, and also for having “an upper-middle class in-come status.” Not known for its “Unitary presidential republic under a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship” government and being a “repressive authoritarian state where political rights and civil liberties are almost completely denied in practice.”

@amymata8995

2 ай бұрын

I just read this on google earth 😂😂😂😂

@JL-cr1lr

2 ай бұрын

After Silk Road I could’ve sworn you were describing Singapore 😮

@TrojansFirst

2 ай бұрын

It's crazy to visit a place where you have zero rights.

@Raw_Empirical_Truth

2 ай бұрын

Ahhhh the familiar names from fake history

@mariahardy1201

2 ай бұрын

Yikes

Introvert's dream vacation!

Such a shame. You can tell if circumstances were different, this would be flooded with money from tourism

This makes me fear for their people. 😢

@kimcham9949

2 ай бұрын

What people? Where are they?

@Tortilla.Reform

2 ай бұрын

@@kimcham9949Because the country Turkmenistan is under an oppressive tyrannical dictatorship, similar to North Korea.

@kimcham9949

2 ай бұрын

@@Tortilla.Reform So, where is everybody if all the places are empty?

@Tortilla.Reform

2 ай бұрын

@@kimcham9949 The person in this video didn’t visit the entirety of the country, only the beautiful places he was allowed to visit with the mandatory state monitor tour guide So everyone else is probably in all the terrible places the government doesn’t allow you to see, the way North Korea does it

@kimcham9949

2 ай бұрын

@@Tortilla.Reform 👍🏾 Ahhh... Now, I understand. ☺️ Thanks! 😀

It's really difficult for tourists to get a visa to travel there. Not to put anyone off, but it would've been challenging for him to get into the country, once you get there, you're under strict surveillance.

@TheDecafec4

2 ай бұрын

😂

@jajajaja2606

2 ай бұрын

Seriously, but why? It looks nice, but does it have any death camps, rampant cannibalism or other atrocities? Tbh I doubt, but why on earth would they do that?

@kirakira9906

2 ай бұрын

​@@jajajaja2606Nice to visit not to live probably

@fungoose2195

2 ай бұрын

​@@jajajaja2606paranoid post soviet dictatorship. a goverment with a single leader has to keep its cards close to its chest. dictatorships rely on the ignorance or satisfaction of its people, its difficult to control ignorance when foriegners are rampant.

@washabe

Ай бұрын

​@@jajajaja2606It's the countries that have that sort of thing that look like this. The big fancy city is empty because it's just for show. Any opposition to the government leads to life in prison, people get arrested for having the wrong religion, confessions are tortured out of suspects, people disappear regularly. Journalists found tortured to death. Labor camps. It's rough.

As an introvert, this place feels good

Dude giving off Effie Trinket vibes lol

creepy when there is no sign of life

@user-ki4xw2rb8q

2 ай бұрын

It seems like that city is used just for tourists

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman

2 ай бұрын

If only i had the power

@daisyliwan5278

Ай бұрын

Why no people?

@Nekole1

Ай бұрын

I agree. Very creepy.

Turkmenistan is basically just less popular version of North Korea

@jacksmith-mu3ee

25 күн бұрын

That's india

@dishashiromani2586

23 күн бұрын

And you are jackass​@@jacksmith-mu3ee

@Subculturesly

22 күн бұрын

My thoughts, exactly.

@elizabethm7163

21 күн бұрын

Didn't realize North Korea was "popular."

@IAnonymous3

21 күн бұрын

@@elizabethm7163just means everyone knows what it is worldwide. Most people have probably never heard of Turkmenistan or have any clue where it is. They all know North Korea.

Honey moon spot😊. As an introvert, i would go for it. Atleast its beautiful

Underground or underwater civilization maybe ☠️

POV: when the president tells everyone “We are expecting visitors tomorrow!”☠️

@someguy2744

2 ай бұрын

Everybody put on your invisibility cloaks so that he thinks that nobody lives here.

The uploader is super clueless lol “Man, this controlled dictatorship country is surprisingly empty. I love it here. My friend seems to be missing though. Ah well.”

@timopper5488

Ай бұрын

“My friend seems to be missing though. Ah well…. Must’ve gotten a free upgrade to a VIP suite!” 🤣🤣🤣

@ThePotaToh

Ай бұрын

Think again. Is that your judgment of a person from a super short video? And do you really think that a person who's been to over 130 countries is that clueless? Look at the way the script is written. For eg, "we were the _only ones_ there, including this _popular_ swimming hole." Isn't the wording intentionally weird?

@timopper5488

Ай бұрын

@@ThePotaToh If he was being subtle, he was being too subtle.

@thomasfisher763

Ай бұрын

​@timopper5488 why would he want to put himself on the naughty list? He likes traveling strange parts of the world. If he releases a video like "here's all the horrible facts of this country I visited that they don't want anyone to know!" He's probably not going to be allowed back, to others like it, or worse. He knows we will be able to put 2 and 2 together so he just speaks in an objective, curious tone. He can still go to the places, get the footage, tell the objective facts, and leave the obvious uo to us to discern. I'd rather he does it that way rather than just end up in a hole in the ground somewhere after his first 2-3 videos lol

@squibbelsmcjohnson

Ай бұрын

@@thomasfisher763 correct.. You can find that by making videos criticizing China and showing stuff they hide.... They have agent all around the world that can make your life a living hell and they will

Bro survived zombie apocalypse

I dont know but for me, empty streets are calming, it's weird but it is calming, at least for me

I've watched a documentary on Turkmenistan just yesterday. It's a country suffering from a totalitarian dictatorship that's worse than in north Korea. The people there are helpless to Rebel against the opressing regime and 70% of the population is unemployed. They are forced to do cotton harvesting each year no matter their rank or diploma and never get payed for it. Even those working in the gaz industry which is the leading money making industry of the country are not payed well. And everyone is forbidden from leaving the country

@LulaMae21

2 ай бұрын

That's totally different from what another comment said. If that documentary was on a site like Netflix, take it with a grain of salt lol.

@TayWoode

2 ай бұрын

@@LulaMae21 actually the comments are saying it’s a dictatorship if you actually be bothered to read them.

@acanimatics906

Ай бұрын

Was at a one week long seminar on "propaganda" and they brought up current news coverage on Palestine, some countries aren't as truthful on the situation as they'd like you to believe as well as the anti-europe sentiments of Russian news, talked some about the ways dicatorships in the past influenced people before transitioning to how the ones today do and then talked about Turkmenistan. I don't know about the cotton farming but it's definitely one of the most blatant dictator ships I've ever seen. We saw footage of their leader standing in their Parlament, he said what he wants to happen and evryone sitting there just quietly notted down what he decided (literally dictating) and then clapped. None of the "politicians" sitting there said a single thing! Literally what are they there for??? More like a Parlament full of Secretaries for him then ministers and politicians.

@PolishBehemoth

Ай бұрын

Its amazing wjat the fruits of communism brings.

@MrZZooh

Ай бұрын

Sounds about right.

It doesn't look like much fun. It looks like people are told what to do and when to do it.

@aliasgur3342

2 ай бұрын

That happens in the west too except the governments over here use media to do it far more effectively creating the illusion of free will

@takiyaazrin7562

2 ай бұрын

Iran Enforced 10 Discriminatory Laws 1. Women are not allowed to show their hair 2. Women are not allowed to sing 3. Women are not allowed to dance 4. Women are not allowed to divorce 5. Women are not allowed to enter stadium 6. Women are not allowed to ride motorbike 7. Women are not allowed to go overseas alone 8. Women are not allowed to join military 9. Women are not allowed to become a witness 10. Women are not allowed to become a judge

@metroservicedapartments9909

2 ай бұрын

It's an amazing place trust I've been there and it's probably better than dubai lol❤😂 No bate to dubai or Turkmenistan

@chancechapman365

2 ай бұрын

You’ve never been to this place or Dubai stop the 🧢

@bert454

2 ай бұрын

Bet they have almost zero crime rate though.

I guessed Turkmenistan loool the landscape looks like Star Wars 😂

Very interesting! 130+ countries?!? Wow!! How ever did you get into traveling? Where to next? 🤔

How does the society function? Offices, markets, banks, schools, hospitals, transportation, etc.? Something is missing in this video.

@MermaidMakes

2 ай бұрын

The thing that is missing is his mention that it is a dictatorship, and they only take tourists to certain parts that are designed for tourists. They make their money on giant oil reserves and give none of it to their people. We don’t really know how their society functions , because they don’t allow us to see it.

@ufo717212

2 ай бұрын

They have abundant oil and gas.

@Penelope_777

2 ай бұрын

Dictatorship. The citizens live on cramped spaces and bad condition houses. This is for the tourists, not for the people living there

@youtubewanderer3347

2 ай бұрын

It doesn't. They just happen to be very rich in resources.

@grimsgraveyard3598

2 ай бұрын

They are a speck on the map with natural resources empires want like crude oil. So the dictator and his circle own everything and control everyone.

You know what's crazy? His visitors visa probably cost upwards of $10k

@knives5964

2 ай бұрын

That's not shocking tho

@kamikazeabe-ru8735

2 ай бұрын

WHAT!?

@B1gBossMan

2 ай бұрын

​@@knives5964if you've travelled to the US or UK, you'll know that's crazy

@MrsCourt

2 ай бұрын

@@knives5964I’m shocked!!

Bro actually committed a federal crime by taking a photo of the Supreme Leader.. 😬😬😬

Aww man i thought this would be a great place for an introvert like me but then I read the comments.

This feels dystopian and sad as hell.

@thegamingfox6540

Ай бұрын

It is.

@Catheist

Ай бұрын

1984 big brother watches everything

As an introvert, my dream is not a dystopian dictatorship where a guide/guard follows my every step to make sure I don't have to disappear.

@loranlomiller54

2 ай бұрын

As an extreme extrovert, I second that.

@bobhadababy6970

2 ай бұрын

Fellow introvert here, yeah, I would definitely pass on that opportunity if one could possibly even consider that an opportunity. Like a ninja in the night, if I couldn't slip out of the bathroom window, then that guide/guard better hope their teeth are on hinges. Because it's just like what Lenny Kravitz sang about, "I've got to get away. " Animals, they're cool. But, the two-legged variety, more often than not, simply fails to understand our thought process. To me, it's as if we carry around a big box all day, and ¾ of what we take in inadvertently gets thrown into the box. Only to later on get somewhere and start unpacking and sorting everything out. Or maybe that's just me. 🤷😏✌🏻

@HK_on_YT

Ай бұрын

​@@bobhadababy6970Great analogy! May I ask if you have 'hypersensitivity' (i.e. being sensitive to information from your senses) or even a sensory processing disorder (basically an extreme form of hypersensitivty)? I am asking because I have the hypothesis that the difference between introverts and extroverts is their sensitivity to information from their senses where introverts take in more information from their senses, and thus can get overwhelmed at processing so much information in the moment, which is why they need downtime to post-process that information. I myself have a sensory processing disorder and I am extremely introverted. I do need to unpack that box after social interactions, but introverted activities do not fill that box.

@wheresmyoldname

Ай бұрын

Finally! An introvert with common sense! These other morons are calling it "paradise" just because they're introverts... you have a brain and that makes me relieved, humanity is not completely doomed just yet.

Been to Turkmenistan airport on the way to India, amazing, white Marble everywhere & clean as well plus the locals don’t talk to you

Popular swimming hole had me dead 😂

"there is no war in Ba Sing Se”

@S.G.W.Verbeek

2 ай бұрын

😂

@peterjon777

2 ай бұрын

You won the comments section

_describes a horrifying dictatorship_ Yo, this place is so sick. Maybe a bit eerie but...

@armingleiner5292

Ай бұрын

You havent been there. There is nothing horrifying about it.

@FP-ih1lu

26 күн бұрын

@@armingleiner5292or maybe you haven’t been to a democratic country

@beccaO0906

20 күн бұрын

@@armingleiner5292 this guy was a tourist so of course he got to see the very best. The country is in economic distress with a severe food crisis. There are numerous human rights violations. The reality beyond what they let outsiders see is what’s horrifying.

@armingleiner5292

20 күн бұрын

@@beccaO0906 There are human right violations everywhere. If tourists arent targeted why would I care?

The introvert in me: This is fine😂

I personally love Empty Countries!! It just enhances the beauty of the Country more

This is definitely one of those places that you can imagine people finding buried in sand 2,000 years in the future after the oil and gas dry up and then assuming that it was some sort of cultural holy site for an ancient advanced society.

@alexcisneros2980

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Turkmenistan feels like some 13 year old kid designed it in an advanced version of Civilization.

@ornitorincodigenova4260

Ай бұрын

Yeah, but the people who designed this are adults

Please come visit Kenya too

I would unironically love to live there, provided I had some extra land to grow some extra food. Other than that, looks great.

Thought he was gonna say, "Tourists are required to be white." 💀

@hakeemed

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@sharonfoster7674

2 ай бұрын

😂

@verenalai7668

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@wikiuser92

2 ай бұрын

Epic fail.

@ilovejoharai

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

It looks extremely expensive…where is the money coming from if no one is around really working???

@ithilpalladium

2 ай бұрын

They have one of the world's largest natural gas reserves

@yellowscarlightningscream8347

2 ай бұрын

The west has turned a blind eye and never brings up their dictator because Turkmenistan sells gas to Europe and Asia. Just how greedy they are.

@turolretar

2 ай бұрын

American taxpayers, thanks guys we really appreciate it

@educational4434

2 ай бұрын

Like Russia, it's a gas station masquerading as a country

@ivankaseljanka

2 ай бұрын

​@@educational4434and here is you, posing as a person, whilst being a twat

Totally creepy - thanks for informing

Turkmenistan: the tourist version of NKorea

Thanks for the info. I'm happy you got out safely. You said quite a bit without saying much....

After doing a bit of research I concluded that no American, introvert or not, would want to live here. In fact the people that live there probably don't want to live there.

@Factsspeaktruth

2 ай бұрын

Agree..it's almost like your given a formula on how many breaths you can take 😮

@never_give_up90

2 ай бұрын

They don't, that's why so many of them run!

@indigochild58

2 ай бұрын

A museum city…. Are the people not allowed to go outside? Businesses and restaurants without customers??? I mean why even bother?

@atin4353

2 ай бұрын

M not American but as an introvert, you're right. I prefer to be alone by my own will and not because of circumstances. This looks depressing.

@Factsspeaktruth

2 ай бұрын

@@atin4353 indeed

You are mad what's weird in that infact it's interesting and the way of the living actually like a pure life ❤❤❤i love it🤩🤩🤩😍

Def weird to go to places that are meant to be enjoyed by people and it be completely empty