Caught in an Electric Storm on Koh e Mekh, Afghanistan Updated August 2023, Caught in an Electric Storm on Koh e Mekh in Southern Bamyan, Afghanistan was originally published in February 2022 Before we arrived in the Waras District of Afghanistan’s Southern Bamyan Province neither Alishah nor I had heard of Koh e Mekh, let alone realized […]
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Eastern Pamir Travel Guide Updated August 2023, The Eastern Pamir Travel Guide was originally written in February 2020 The Eastern Pamir and Murghab Plateau is the most sparsely populated region of Tajikistan. The entire area is at high altitude, with the lowest point still being at or above 3,000 meters. With terrain that is arid and
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Shahr e Zohak: Afghanistan’s Red City Updated January 2024, Shahr e Zohak, Afghanistan’s Red City was originally written in February 2019 Guarding the gates of Bamyan Valley where the Bamyan and Kalu Rivers converge sits Shahr e Zohak in its striking crimson grandeur. Estimates put the red city’s origins into the 6th century, built by the
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A Guide To The Tashkent Metro Stations Updated May 2023, A Guide To The Tashkent Metro Stations was originally written in October 2019 I spent a big chunk of my 30th birthday underground a few years back. I had never thought of public transport as something that could be so grand until I found myself cruising
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Shahrisabz Travel Guide + Best Things to do Updated January 2024, Shahrisabz Travel Guide + Best Things to do was originally published in April 2023. The birthplace of Uzbekistan’s famed conqueror Amir Timur, Shahrisabz is a city packed full of history, though sadly, mostly rebuilt in 2014 in a Disneylandish manner. Despite this, Shahrisabz does
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Afghan Wakhan & Zorkul Trekking Expedition Join us on an epically amazing 24-day journey through northern Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan Corridor to explore the little-visited Little Pamir Mountains and the surreal Zorkul Lake.Starting from the capital of Dushanbe in neighboring Tajikistan, we will first make our way south toward the Khatlon region before crossing the Shirkhan
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Join Us On An Afghanistan Tour We’re doing it again in 2021! This time we’ll be exploring this historically rich country at the cultural crossroads of Asia on this Afghanistan Tour. I’m excited to have teamed up with an amazing and stand-out local tour operator and my team at Inertia Network to take a small
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Pakistan Tour: Celebrate Chawmos in the Hindu Kush, The Kalash New Year Meet us in Lahore, the heart of the Punjab from which we’ll kick off our Pakistan tour that will take us to Peshawar’s bazaars up to Chitral to celebrate the Kalash New Year of Chawmos. After the conclusion of the Chawmos celebrations, we
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You Read That Right- I Went To Afghanistan, Voluntarily …And drug my favorite neighbor (who is basically who I want to be when I grow up) along with me, I mean visiting Afghanistan was her lifelong dream after all… Have I lost my mind? That’s debatable. In 2018 I didn’t travel quite as much as
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Ciao From My Apartment In Italy! I was a little vague last month about where I would be traveling and for good reason– I was going to Afghanistan. For a second time, but this time to cover more ground in the country than in my first trip to the Afghan Wakhan Corridor. Of course, this all
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