Asia
A Two Week Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan Itinerary Updated March 2024, A Two Week Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan Itinerary was originally published in October 2020 Looking to take in two ‘stans on a limited time frame? No problem! Keeping it moving, you can squeeze in the best highlights of two Central Asian nations in this two week […]
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The Best Restaurants In Tashkent, Uzbekistan Updated March 2024, The Best Restaurants In Tashkent, Uzbekistan was originally published in July 2020 Headed to Uzbekistan and not sure where to eat in Tashkent? I’ve been to Tashkent now a few times and have sniffed out quite a bit of good food on my visits to the city. Tashkent
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A Guide to Bako National Park, Borneo Updated March 2024, A Guide to Bako National Park, Borneo was originally written in April 2018 Wanna experience close encounters with wildlife, incredible jungle trekking opportunities, laze on desolate beaches, see the rare and endangered Proboscis Monkey, and want it to be easy and inexpensive to reach? Then Bako National Park is a
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Panjakent-Samarkand Border Crossing Between Tajikistan & Uzbekistan Updated March 2024, The Panjakent-Samarkand Border Crossing Report Between Tajikistan & Uzbekistan was originally written in December 2019 Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have many beefs with each other, which I am not going to go into in this blog post. In 2018 with some thawing of bureaucratic ties between the
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10 Days in Socotra: The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth Updated March 2024, 10 Days In Socotra was originally written in June 2017 The island you have to see to believe, an island like nowhere else. This is Socotra Socotra is an out-of-this-world island sitting within the four-island Socotra Archipelago in the Arabian Sea. The island
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How to get to Socotra Updated March 2024, How to get to Socotra was originally written in May 2019 Likely, the most asked question I receive from readers or people on social media is, “how do I get to Socotra?“. Since 2019, I have been taking groups to explore Socotra alongside a local operator. I first
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Camping Under The Stars In The Yemeni Empty Quarter Updated March 2024, Camping Under The Stars In The Yemeni Empty Quarter was originally written in April 2020 On my return to Yemen, we made the decision to do something a little different, as if traveling in Yemen wasn’t obtuse enough. Rather than take the coastal road
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Bamyan’s 40 Tower of Chehelburj, Afghanistan Updated March 2024, Bamyan’s 40 Towers of Chehelburj, Afghanistan was originally published in September 2021 Following a summit of Shah Foladi, the next item on my agenda was to visit was the ancient 40 Towers of Chehelburj before we headed south in the Hazarajat to Daykundi Province. After an
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A Day Trip To The Kaluts Desert In Iran Updated March 2024, A Day Trip To The Kaluts Desert In Iran was originally published in August 2020 I arrived to Kerman alone and spent a day wandering around its bazaar and playing in the surrounding hills and after the recommendation of contacting Amir Mahani, a day
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Rasht Valley, Tajikistan Updated March 2024, Rasht Valley, Tajikistan was originally written in November 2019 It took me five trips to Tajikistan before I finally made it to the Rasht Valley. The little-visited region of the country had been on my radar since 2017. To be fair, the Rasht Valley is a bit inconvenient to visit with the
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