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September 24: More of Ashgabat and horses Every roundabout in Ashgabat has some interesting structure on it. I haven’t told you much about Ashgabat. It’s the capital of Turkmenistan, and is  often described as a “white marble wonderland” in the desert. It began as a Russian garrison town in the 19th century, grew under the Soviets, and…