Incredible freak of nature following a slight mishap with some natural gas, some Soviet boffins and some health and safety at work issues. It's been burning for over 50 years and still going strong.
And I had some fantastic grape preserve for breakfast and I saw camels and I drank camels milk beer and I had a long chat in (mostly) English with my guide and I got my washing done - well got someone to do my washing for me but it amounts to the same thing. Brilliant brilliant day all told.
My first and last taste of camels milk beer called Chal, from a nomadic tribe of Turkmen. It smells of camels and yoghurt. It wasn't that bad actually!
Try it at home. It won't be authentic but you'll get the idea. All you need is some curdled yoghurt, a splash of vodka and some dung. Any dung will do if you can't get camel dung. Shake it all up in an empty coke bottle for a minute, drink and wince. 
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