After exploring Kaishi, the village that should be flooded by the Khudoni...
Aral Lake (or Aral Sea) used to be the 4th largest lake in the world for surface (68,000km2). Now is almost a pond. What left it like it's now?
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Before going to cycle Kazakhstan, we asked ourselves: are there still Kazakh nomad out there? Or Soviet Union wiped them all out?
With only 15 days to cycle more than 4.000km through the desert, we have no other choice but to hitchhike. Fortunately here in the steppe of Kazakhstan, it's as easy as taking a bus in London. Just wait for the first truck, wave your hand and it will stop if the driver has the tiniest room for you. And than the fun begins.
Xinaliq, 2300 a.s.l., is a remote village in Azerbaijan. It used to be very difficult to reach it until 2006, when an asphalt road was built, now it is possible to drive to Xinaliq.
Adventure Travel in Azerbaijan: Ivanovka, the last Kolkhoz While looking for interesting...
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Baku, capital city, core of the dictatorship, temple of the oligarchs. After bicycle touring Azerbaijan we came here to get the Uzbekistan visa.
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Trying to get our Chinese visa in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan is harder than expected. We'll need to get to Almaty. We repair our bikes at the bicycle guesthouse
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An easy bicycle ride from Bishkek and how we got our Chinese visa in Almaty. Bicycle touring Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
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!