Locals call it ‘Door to Hell’. This fire crater in Turkmenistan is burning continuously for 48 years. During drilling for gas, an accident happened. The drilling equipment fell down in this big hole. Nobody injured, but gas was coming out. Geologists were afraid poisonous gases would be released into atmosphere, Read more…
Another prestige object in Turkmenistan; world’s largest indoor Ferris Wheel. Building costs: approximately €80 million. Cost of one ride: €0,30. Guess how many other people were in the Ferris Wheel? Zero.
One of the weirdest cities I’ve been to! The capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabad. It’s super clean, buildings are big, white and made with marble, streets are empty, everywhere there are camera’s and there’s a lot of police. Mainly you’ll find two type of persons at the street: cleaners and police Read more…
Hitchhiking in Turkmenistan isn’t as easy. And my first encounter with Turkmenistan police. After a tough day of hitchhiking I arrived in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. Just before I took this picture I got my first police warning: I wasn’t allowed to take a picture of a big golden Read more…
Merv: the world’s biggest city in the 12th century. This metropolis along the Silk Road was destroyed by the Mongol empire. Now it’s one of the historical highlights of Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan! Last 5 days I’ve been hitchhiking in Turkmenistan. The country is known as ‘North Korea of Central Asia’. It’s a weird country. I couldn’t post anything as there is hardly any WiFi, even if you have WiFi you’ll discover that almost the complete internet is blocked (Facebook, Instagram and Read more…
Hitchhiking wasn’t successful here. This it the Kalut desert in Iran. The hottest place on earth. Heavy floods destroyed this road in the Iranian desert. I took this photo with my drone. You can see me somewhere down there with the green shirt and black pants.
Pink Mosque. That’s me 👈Guess what happened inside? I was recording a video with my camera (DJI Osmo Pocket), it was on the ground like in the picture.Then a woman came to the camera, looked at it and kicked it. I went to the woman to ask what she was Read more…
The Iranian valuta is quite complicated to use. This is why: 1) You can not withdraw money in Iran First of all you can not withdraw any money as a foreigner. You can only change your dollars or euros which you should take from another country into Iran. 2) Black Read more…
