After overdosing on nature and hiking in Kyrgyzstan, I was ready for some Silk Road history, stunning Islamic architecture, perhaps a bit more plov as well as a little heat. It’s only the end of May but it’s already pretty toasty, getting up to around 30 degrees during the day with the sun beating down like there’sContinue reading “Tashkent, Uzbekistan”
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Kyrgyzstan
Travelling in ex-Soviet Central Asia usually means first getting a fistful of letters of invitations and visas weeks or months in advance which can easily add up to hundreds of dollars. Bureaucracy seems designed to hinder tourism and rules and regulations change at the drop of a hat. Although things are definitely getting easier, itContinue reading “Kyrgyzstan”
A Fish Called Wander 