Aksel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Aksel

Travelled & worked in 5 continents. Drove by 4x4 from UlanBataar Mongolia back home to The Netherlands, via Pamir Highway and Turkmenistan. Also explored a dozen African countries overland.

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Places visited in Yazd, Iran

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Özkonak Belediyesi, Turkey

Özkonak Underground City

This ancient subterranean megalopolis is known for the hot oil traps that were installed above each of its entrances.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey

Kaymaklı Underground City

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Derinkuyu, Turkey

Derinkuyu Underground City

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Aksaray, Turkey

Cappadocia

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Added by jessiedevin

Istanbul, Turkey

Tombs of the Sultans

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

leiris

Added by leiris

Istanbul, Turkey

Hagia Sophia Wishing Column

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Luis Morato

Added by Luis Morato

Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

serflac

Added by serflac

Castel del Monte

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

Luke Cata

Added by Luke Cata

Ishkoshim, Tajikistan

Yamchun Fort

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Kharkhorin, Mongolia

Kharkhorin Rock

A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Bulgan, Mongolia

Flaming Cliffs

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Ishkashim, Afghanistan

Ishkashim Border Market

A strip of neutral ground where the people of Tajikistan and Afghanistan come together to trade.

Added by carlsont