Kyrgyzstan is one of those hidden gems that few people, outside the local region, have ever travelled to and a place no one seems to know much about. It’s a beautiful, relatively unexplored country that is worth the effort to spend an extended amount of time. Known as the Switzerland of Central Asia, mountains cover […]
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Sep
Sep
“Do you have anything that is banned?” said an Uzbek security guard, poking his head around my train cabin’s door as I sat waiting, one of the only people on the train who was travelling all the way to Tashkent. “Nothing banned” I said. He gave my case a cursory glance over, and nodded. “Thankyou”. […]
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Taking the Caspian Sea Ferry from Aktau to Baku: A Complete Guide
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Nov
Nov
Ring ring…Sdravstvuite…. I mumbled sleepily into the telephone. A rapid monologue in Russian followed, which I deciphered to mean ‘you need to get up’. It was 3 am. I stumbled out of bed, turned the light on, and packed my last bits of luggage. My contact for the Caspian Sea Ferry had told me I […]