Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) to Darsheeva (Turkmenistan)
This is the visit to the fire pit of Darsheeva. For those of you who don't know the story apparently the Russians were drilling for natural gas when the well exploded leaving a significant pit full of burning gas. Apparently it's been burning for 50 years and so far no one has managed to put it out. We set of from the Turkmen at lunch time then ride at 55mph, escorted by four wheel drives up to Darsheeva where ...