Things to do in Urumqi and facts to knowabout the capital of Xinjiang Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur...
Kazakhstan is Not Just Steppe. Charyn Canyon and Esik Lake. What to see around Almaty Among the things to do...
Silk Road travel, bicycle touring up to Song Kul, a big alpine lake 3,000 msl in Kyrgyzstan, and a road...
Kyrgyzstan, Issyk Kul Lake, Cholpon Ata town, First World Nomad Games. Play polo with a dead goat (Kok Boru or...
Hitchhiking the Kazakhstan steppe from Aktau to Beyneu and on a Soviet-era train from Atyrau to Aktobe. A different style...
From Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan by boat. Crossing the Caspian Sea on a Soviet-era ferry from Baku to Aktau. Right in...
Travel in Azerbaijan: a road trip to the former Soviet Union’s last Kolkhoz, Ivanovka. Here, it still works the old...