Central Asia

Notes From the Silk Road (Part 4/4) - Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Khiva & Bukhara

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

Notes From the Silk Road (Part 3/4) - Tajikistan: Dushanbe & the Fann Mountains

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

Notes From the Silk Road (Part 2/4) - Tajikistan: Riding the Pamir Highway

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...

Notes From the Silk Road (Part 1/4) - Kyrgyzstan: The Switzerland of Central Asia

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

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