Turkmenistan: welcome to Hell

Why bother with historical sites, charming villages, scrumptious cuisine  and works of art to draw the tourists in when you can offer THE GATES OF HELL. Yes, Turkmenistan’s top tourist attraction is the Darvaza gas crater, a great firy pit, without the inconvenience of a volcano that has the tendency to erupt and kill lots of people once in a while, which has niggling side issue of putting off the average tourist. Mind you, given the visa regime the country…

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