Central Asia Travel Guide

Most Recent Central Asia Travel Articles from BootsnAll

Destination Unknown

The only problem with the New Year's vacation John M. Edwards would be taking was that his destination was smack dab in the middle of a war zone!

Kabul, Afghanistan 2007: Part II – Asia

Brendan Choi hopes to return to Afghanistan having spent too brief a time there. He offers tips, shares his experiences and gives us a picture of its people and the politics, as of 2007.

Kabul, Afghanistan 2007: Part I – Asia

Tired of hearing about Afghanistan and the War on Terror from CNN and other opinion makers, Brendan Choi took a brief holiday and headed right into Kabul to see what it was all about.

Travels in Afghanistan: Part II, A Detox with a Difference – Asia

In Caroline Hamilton's second part Afghanistan journey, she continues her description of Afghan life in various towns, road travels and in its spectacular scenery.

Travels in Afghanistan: Part I, A Detox with a Difference – Asia

Caroline Hamilton's interest in Afghanistan started with her cousin's tales of his travels there. The opportunity came, she took it. We get this Part I account of her stay in a land she feels

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Central Asia Travel Guide Overview

Central Asia is made up of "the Stans." Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan... Sorry if that seems crass or imprecise, Central Asia doesn't have precise borders, instead these countries are linked historically by the Silk Road, ethnically by their common Ottoman ancestry, hence, "the Stans."

Central Asian countries are also linked by a bleak future. Kazakhstan, with its tremendous oil reserves, may prove the exception to the rule, but throughout the rest of Central Asia, the combination of mismanaged resources, environmental disasters and a century of Soviet influence, has kept the region a little bit behind the development curve.

But the region is still a great place to travel. The mountains of Tajikistan and Afghanistan bring outdoorsmen and adventure travelers, the novelty and culture of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan make it a popular destination. The food and culture of hospitality throughout Central Asia make it an enlightening and surprisingly inviting place to visit.

Central Asia may not be one of the easiest places to go, visa restrictions alone will probably give you a bit of a headache, and there are also volatile areas and Taliban-controlled areas of the mountains near Pakistan, but there is perhaps no place in the world that gives you more instant credibility with other travelers than Central Asia.