Central Asia Travel Stories
| Barukh Shalev finds fights every where he turns on Halloween in Kyrgystan. | 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. | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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' by his horse, Tim Healing decides the fear of his first time on the animal is worth it once seeing the rewarding view. | After living through the Russian equivalent of the |
| Much as Wee-Cheng likes the country and the friendly people, he can do without the personality cult politics and the ubiquitous national oath. | Much as Wee-Cheng likes the country and the friendly people, he can do without the personality cult politics and the ubiquitous national oath. |
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #55: Baku, Azerbaijan: Short Foray in Boom Town - Baku, Azerbaijan The local Azeris remind Wee-Cheng of the amazing hospitality so prevalent across the Caucasus and Central Asia. | Things to do today: take over country, have gold monuments made in my likeness, rename months after my gracious self. |
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