Visit to Turkmenistan


Doing traveling with the purpose of beach, mountain, or just lazing in the hotel or villa may have a lot of people do to relieve boredom of his daily activities.

But for G-Readers who want a vacation experience that is not mountain air or enjoy the waves murmur could try visiting Turkemenistan. Countries included in the Central Asian region has a new and unique tourist spot.

Name tourist destination it is Burning Crater or burning crater in the middle of the Karakum Desert is indeed initiated by the local government to become a new tourist attraction. It is located about 270 kilometers North of the capital Ashgabat Derweze close to the village.

Attractions that make visitors feel the heat coming up to over 50 degrees Celsius was initially a source of natural gas drilling conducted by scientists of the Soviet Union in 1971, however, for fear of the effects of methane gas will harm people around, they decided to burn it.

Burning-CraterSetelah almost 4 decades, or about 40 years, the fire from burning the gas can never be extinguished. This of course is the main attraction for visitors who come and take a closer look. Moreover, local governments have not put up a barrier or safety for the visiting tourists.

As quoted from dailymail.co.uk Turkmenistan government is targeting 15,000 travelers from 50 countries around the world to come and see the nature of heat from deep within the earth is unique. Interested to bring corn or cassava to it?

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