Skip to comments.
Turkmenistan Hopes 'Door to Hell' Will Boost Tourism
Straits Times ^
| Jun 20, 2014
Posted on 06/24/2014 12:44:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Locals call it the Door to Hell, a giant burning pit that has spit out angry flames for more than 40 years, casting a yellow-orange glow into the evening sky.
"It takes your breath away," said visitor Gozel Yazkulieva, 34, from the Turkmenistan capital Ashgabat. "You immediately think of your sins and feel like praying."
(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: 1971; centralasia; doortohell; gatesofhell; hell; methane; tourism; turkmenistan
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-26 next last
Great Dante's ghost!
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows; SunkenCiv
The door to hell leads to Helen Thomas’ crypt no doubt...
2
posted on
06/24/2014 12:45:26 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: nickcarraway
The tourist shop is #667 across the street, the neighbor of the beast.
3
posted on
06/24/2014 12:47:21 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: nickcarraway
By the way, this is not naturally occurring. This is a result of a Russian screwup in 1971.
To: nickcarraway
I spent 3 years in Ashgabat Turkmenistan. The whole country is pretty much a Door to Hell.
To: nickcarraway
Perfect location for the Obama Presidential Library...
6
posted on
06/24/2014 12:49:40 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: Argus
To: nickcarraway
They are going to need a lot of carbon credits for that.
8
posted on
06/24/2014 12:53:27 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: nickcarraway
Just looking at it on Google earth. During the day it apparently just looks like a hole in the ground. I can’t really see it attracting a lot of visitors.
9
posted on
06/24/2014 12:56:20 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: nickcarraway
Now if that was in Texas they’d just make a big BBQ pit out of it!
10
posted on
06/24/2014 12:56:32 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: nickcarraway
By the way, this is not naturally occurring. This is a result of a Russian screwup in 1971. Dumping ground for a scorching hot hot sauce?
11
posted on
06/24/2014 12:57:37 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: nickcarraway
12
posted on
06/24/2014 12:59:57 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Crazy like a cat hopped-up on coffee, in a roomful of curtains. Yikes!)
To: nickcarraway
the entry portal to today’s WH?
13
posted on
06/24/2014 1:02:40 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: nickcarraway
the entry portal to today’s WH?
14
posted on
06/24/2014 1:02:41 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: nickcarraway
"Turkmenistan welcomes just 12,000 to 15,000 tourists" Well, it's obvious - they need a Turkmenistan Disneyland!
15
posted on
06/24/2014 1:03:54 PM PDT
by
FroggyTheGremlim
("It is not the color of his skin, ... it is the blackness that fills his soul")
To: nickcarraway
Somebody needs to drape stone hands on each side of that thing.
16
posted on
06/24/2014 1:05:25 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: eCSMaster
Or another branch of the Baraq Hussein Obama Presidential Library and Choom Gang Museum.
17
posted on
06/24/2014 1:07:11 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: eCSMaster
I can just see it. “Where are we going this year for vacation, honey”?, my wife asks. Whadaya say we book a trip to Turkmenistan?, I reply.
18
posted on
06/24/2014 1:10:36 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: nickcarraway
what did the russians do to make this?
BTW there is a coal fire in Centralia Pennsylvania that has been burning underground for over 50 years I think.
There is no way to put it out except to trench out and extinguish every sinlge thing
A tire fire is another example- it creates its own oxygen and so you can’t put it out very easily
19
posted on
06/24/2014 1:13:59 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016)
To: nickcarraway
Tourists will go to Turkmenistan before diplomats have such courage. Folks there offered oil exploration deals to the U.S. years ago. It would have been an opportunity to further hem Iran in. But the politicians said no-go in favor of the comfort sensitivities of their bureaucrats. It turned out that there was not a wealth of services there.
20
posted on
06/24/2014 1:43:29 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-26 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson