@@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.
@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
That’s gives dystopian vibes. The fact that they have such nice, lavish buildings but there aren’t many people around, strict tourist rules, and WiFi and most apps blocked… yeah, something is going on underneath the surface
its ruled by a dictator who made everything for him and his family. Move a bit out of tourist places and you will see poor people lives. Also women are not allowed to drive there
What's really sad is that like the Turkmenistan /Kazakhstan and like Central Asian areas have such Rich and unique cultures, but not very many people get to see or enjoy it because of how authoritarian and backwards their leaders are.
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.
I am from Turkmenistan and let me tell you this. All those RU-vidrs 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
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.
@@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
I’m from Türkmenistan 🇹🇲,and you’re right.But everyone is at work and when time passes 6 p.m. there is a huge traffic,places where you visited at is just monumental places,but near there have a real life,and it’s so different)
@@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.
the place looks beautiful, and I wouldn't mind going to see it, however... where are all the people? I don't understand.... a lot of things maybe I should look it up? Any thoughts on websites or books for this location?
Bro, this dictatorship like North Korea. They built this "beautiful" city with white houses as a "picture of very good life", but no one lives here, maybe some dictator friends and goverment managers. Most people live in brutal poverty and in very depressive cities.
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. 🤷😏✌🏻
@@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.
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.
He forgot that despite well marked street crossings you can't cross main streets. A guard for every corner gestures at you to take the stairs down, cross under the stree, up the stairs and out. At no time in that process did a vehicle use the street. Also, in the market is a very noticeable anti-aircraft cannon and male police/military everywhere about. People avoid interacting with foreigners for fear of arrest. And every schoolchild has a little book filled with dictates by the dictator. The kids must memorize every word. No taxis, but private citizens driving to/from errands stop and pick up passengers. My taxi driver spoke enough english that I knew he was taking his grandson to school which was nowhere near the one hotel where foreigners stay, but away we went. The other 4 passengers were obviously frightened to have me in the car. They all jumped out at the same stop.
Basically, they actually care about high quality of life and are protecting their environment. Unfortunately, foreigners don’t respect the environment. One example is the astronomical amount of rubbish left behind on Everest (not to include the lost souls 🙏🏾); it’s criminal. Love & Light! ♥️✨✌🏾
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.”
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 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
@@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
@@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
What's he supposed to do, organize a coup and topple the regime? I hope you keep this energy for travelers who go to other countries with corrupt governments
I like the idea of tourists being required to have a guide... I'm South African and I'd be more at peace if our tourists had like a safety buddy to travel with... Sometimes tourists just make stupid safety mistakes locals would not do. Or perhaps every foreign should do a safety orientation before going through emigration
Why would any leader want their country to be like this? It’s so dead and depressing. Even if you have the most lavish life but with no other people around you, is it worth it?
@@Mango_of_lies Dude, wtf? Anime is an abbreviation of, you won't guess - *ANIMATED* (film). And yes, you stand correct that we associate the term "anime" with a Japanese animation style, but still... It IS anime dude. But in an American style (amerime).
@@jakubszewczyk7154 wow, just fucking wow, so i make a little comment just saying how it's not TECHNICALLY anime, and you come at me like a little bitch. and let's look at that word shall we? TECHNICALLY, you know what technically means? it means "according to the facts/exact meaning of something" and in this case, it's exactly how i used the word, because avatar is not TECHNICALLY anime if you use the NON-JAPANESE definition of the word, which is "animation originating from japan". also, no, anime is infact NOT a shortened version of "animated", it is a shortened version of the japanese word "animēshon" which translates to ANIMATION. and what in fucks name is "amerime"? did you pull that word out of your ass like you did with that botched explanation? so no, it is NOT anime as it is NOT japanese (it actually takes more inspiration from CHINESE mythology) as it was MADE IN AMERICA, again, ONLY if you use the non-japanese meaning of the word. if you DO infact speak japanese then saying anime means ALL animation, but right now we're speaking english. avatar is not anime, cry about it.
my father grew up there. all his relatives moved to different countries tho. wish i could visit to see the paternal home and the graves of my grandparents
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.
*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.
@@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.
I was thinking the same thing but I would have to get my mouth wired shut before. I ask to many questions and are wicked sarcastic. I wouldn't be coming back
The reason places are deserted is that Turkmenistan is a dictatorship. It's difficult to obtain a visa to travel in that country, then you have to be accompanied by a guide. Not a country I'd want to visit.😮💨
@Voodoo_Robot N. Korea's official name Democratic People's Republic of Korea Anything called democratic has a communist underbelly. N. Korea doubled down with their nonsense. democratic republic. It's a smokescreen in the US too.
@@zazzifizzle neither does anyone dear friend. Take US for example، they have something called "The US House of representatives" which is basically a department that represents the public opinion or the will of the people of that nation (commoners who usually do the voting). However, for some unclear reason, the US law states that when The US House of Representatives' decision doesn't go along with the president's, the representatives hence are of no significance to the priority the president enjoys. In othet words, one individual's (the president) word is above the mass majority's word, if that's not dict@tory then i don't know what else it's called, a democracy-flavored dict@tory maybe? There's no freedom even in the most secul@r pro-liberal nations, it's all nations ran by few dictatorship individuals.
I'll explain you. This 'beautiful buildings' was built as a "picture of good life" for foreigners, like a North Korean city with actors on border with South Korea. But real thing is that ordinary people live in small depressive towns in EXTREME poverty!
Michael Palin HAS to be the funniest of the group. Every single character, accent, weird ass inflection, is utter comedic gold 😂 This is 100% my favorite Python film because it really is the closest to a feature length episode of Flying Circus (which you should also DEFINITELY watch).
Just like North Korea its forbidden of tourists to venture around without "minders". "I love my time here!" as this guy walks around an empty city cause their tyrant leader forbids freedom of any kind of his own people
Not really. Social comformity of Russia and China is very high and people love their leaders. They are satisfied with the limited amount of freedom they got because it’s enough for most people.
Monarchy is by far the most libertarian system of government. Republic/Democracy is the least. They're just euphemisms for oligarchy, which has been the mainspring behind the scenes of almost every ostensible dictatorship in history.
@Anon1gh3 , I'm pretty sure a lot of people left monarchies to seek out a democratic republic in America. Pretty sure a vast majority of those people preferred the American system over the monarchies they came from.
Had a friend in college from Turkmenistan, and one day he asked me about the "Thanksgiving dressed people" he saw on his way to school. I told him they were Amish, and described what Amish means, and that they choose to live that way, and he responded "in my country they'd kill people like that"
Legend say after avengers Infiinity war premiering in this country thanos snaped his finger and wiped out all the citizens including websites and wifi.😂😂😂
@@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
"Locals were super friendly and welcoming". Because A) You were probably the ONLY tourist they saw that week and B) If they were not your "guide" will report it.
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
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@@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?
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.
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.
@@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.
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).
@@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.
It's worse than that, at least the kid gets the room back when the guests leave, these places are not lived-in at all, there were no evacuation, the people simply lives elsewhere.
