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Song Kul: a Lake Close to Heaven (or fat your herds and get away) 1
AsiaCentral Asia

Song Kul: a Lake Close to Heaven (or fat your herds and get away)

Bicycle touring up to Song Kul, a big alpine lake 3.000msl in Kyrgyzstan, here the nomads set their yurt camp (jailoo) in summer. We wonder if it is easier to bring the beasts up here than to cycle, because that is a nightmare.
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Bicycle Touring Romania pt1: another Europe

An adventurous bicycle trip in Romania. The 6th country of our trip. Cycle touring from Drobeta Turnu Severin to Brezoi....
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Cycling Romania – Lost in rocky roads and passing by Buzescu

those left in Bakun try to exploit the only resource here, tourism
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Hydroelectric devastation in Borneo: interview with Save Rivers

Save the Rivers, an interview about so-called clean energy in Borneo The word “Borneo” evokes myths of lush rainforests, strange and...
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Roma, the Persecution of an Unknown People. Romania: history of “gipsy” people from slavery to Buzescu

A brief history of Roma people in Romania. Some recent issues and constant struggles faced by the so called "gipsy". Baia Mare's wall, HIV experiments and much more
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Bicycle Touring Sayram Lake
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Sayram Lake, XinJiang: China or Central Asia?

Brief Point About Nomads in Kazakhstan 3
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Brief Point About Nomads in Kazakhstan

Before going to cycle Kazakhstan, we asked ourselves: are there still Kazakh nomad out there? Or Soviet Union wiped them all out?
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Kok Boru at World Nomad Games - Kyrgyzstan
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First World Nomad Games – History Sets Foot in Cholpon Ata

Kyrgyzstan, Issyk Kul lake, Cholpon Ata town, First World Nomad Games. Play polo with a dead goat (Kok Boru or Buzkashi), throw your opponent from his horse in a tense Enish fight, or grab your bride (or slap your groom) in a Kyz Kuu race!
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