Turkmenistan’s Gates of Hell
This giant burning gas crater in the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan is known as ‘the gates of hell’! It was created in 1971 when a Soviet drilling rig accidentally punched into a massive underground natural gas cavern.
The Ruins of Konye Urgench in Turkmenistan
In eastern Turkmenistan, not far from the Uzbekistan border, lies the ruins Konye-Urgench. The city dates all the way back to the 4/5th century but today only a few buildings constructed between the 11th and16th centuries remain.
Ashgabat, the otherworldly capital of Turkmenistan
Four days in undoubtably the most surreal place I have ever visited.