Central Asia Articles

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

Fire and Ice: A Halloween Story - Bishkek, Kyrgystan
Barukh Shalev finds fights every where he turns on Halloween in Kyrgystan.

Tulkabas or bust! - Almaty to Tulkabas, Southern Kazakhstan
Tim Healing and his friends depart on a 12-hour train ride across Kazakhstan.

In Kazakhstan, the Gypsy Cab is King - Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Tim Healing addresses the four most popular questions foreigners are asked in Kazakhstan.

Santa's Camels Are on the Loose - Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, Santa shows up on a camel. Now, if Donna Scaramastra Gorman can only convince her son to sit on the lap of a bearded stranger.

Slowly Across the Steppe - Kazakhstan
You could save time by flying or money by taking a bus, to get around, or out of Kazakhstan, but where is the adventure and romance in that?

The Altai Mountains? Where the h#** is that? - Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan
At 3 a.m. at an airport in Kazakhstan, a 16-year-old girl and her chocolate chip cookies break the ice.

Wedded to Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan
Stephen Munnion explores a country with only 4.5 million people.

Hot Sweat and Tears - Life in a Central Asian Banya - Kazakhstan
Hot, naked and sweating, Tim Healing decides that banyas are an excellent asset to Central Asia.

Aksu Jabagly and the Hidden Valley - Aksu Jabagly National Park, Kazakhstan
Despite being 'deposited'

Kazakhstan Nutz and Bolts

Kyrgyzstan Nutz and Bolts

Tajikistan Nutz and Bolts

Turkmenistan Nutz and Bolts

Uzbekistan Nutz and Bolts

Sergei: A Lost Spirit - Kyrgyzstan
After living through the Russian equivalent of the