Central Asia Travel Stories Articles
Fire and Ice: A Halloween Story – Bishkek, KyrgystanBarukh Shalev finds fights every where he turns on Halloween in Kyrgystan.
Tulkabas or bust! – Almaty to Tulkabas, Southern KazakhstanTim Healing and his friends depart on a 12-hour train ride across Kazakhstan.
In Kazakhstan, the Gypsy Cab is King – Kazakhstan, Central AsiaTim Healing addresses the four most popular questions foreigners are asked in Kazakhstan.
Santa’s Camels Are on the Loose – KazakhstanIn 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 – KazakhstanYou 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 KazakhstanAt 3 a.m. at an airport in Kazakhstan, a 16-year-old girl and her chocolate chip cookies break the ice.
Wedded to Kyrgyzstan – KyrgyzstanStephen Munnion explores a country with only 4.5 million people.
Hot Sweat and Tears – Life in a Central Asian Banya – KazakhstanHot, 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
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