The Final Challenge Uzbekistan was the final country on my journey through the “stans”. The Pamir and Fan mountains, so stunning yet so problematic for trave...

End of the Gruelling Road Having recuperated from a combined bout of altitude sickness and food poisoning for a few days in the relative civilization of Khor...

Off the Beaten Track Ask where Tajikistan is to the average member of public and they will give you a blank look or bewildered shrug of the shoulders; even t...

Central Asia: Emerging Budget Destination A trip to Central Asia is a trip which, just over twenty years ago, was nigh-on impossible; out of reach and unknow...