Category: Central Asia
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Travelling the Silk Road pt 4: The Truth(s) About Turkmenistan
“Are you sure we’re not going to North Korea?!” I had to supress a laugh as a fellow G-Adventurer clearly hadn’t realised what she’d signed up for when booking a tour that included Turkmenistan. As one of the world’s most secretive countries, we had just been reminded that our usual…
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Travelling the Silk Road pt 3: Ooohs and Aaahs in Uzbekistan
Perhaps fittingly given the metaphorical bumps in the road throughout Tajikistan, the border crossing was equally as frustrating. It was possibly the most drawn out we’ve experienced all year, as we walked over 1km with all our bags between various control points in the midday heat. Luckily I managed to…
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Travelling the Silk Road pt 2: Testing Times in Tajikistan
We had experienced so much in the first two countries of the Silk Road, that it was hard to believe we were only just over a week into the tour. The crossing to Tajikistan felt like a significant line in the sand. The Five Stans tour can be broken down…
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Travelling the Silk Road pt 1: Kicking Off in the K-Stans
I’ll be honest, when Ricki said he wanted to do a tour of the five Stans of Central Asia, my gut reaction was “Why would we want to go there?”. This was mainly borne of ignorance, after all, I could barely even name them, much less have an opinion on…
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