Mary Vacations, Mary Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

After visiting the wonderful ruins of Merv, we headed to Mary.  This Soviet-era city was built to replace ancient Merv, but is about 30 minutes away.  It is the second-largest city in the country, and is much bigger and more modern than we had expected.  We passed a giant train depot as we entered town, and drove on typical soviet-style wide boulevards lined with trees and non-descript buildings.  But in Mary we saw the first of the nouveau Turkmen arquitecture: glass mons…