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Hormuz Island: A Guide To Iran’s Rainbow Island Updated March 2024, The Hormuz Island Travel Guide was originally written in July 2019 Welcome to the unusual and beautiful Hormuz Island, located in Iran’s Persian Gulf region. It seems that many forget or often overlook Iran’s gulf islands when planning trips to Iran. Truth be told, Hormuz
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3 Days in Almaty, Kazakhstan Updated March 2024, 3 Days in Almaty, Kazakhstan originally appeared on Valerie & Valise back in 2019 If I asked you, could you point to Kazakhstan on a map? Probably yes, if you’ve found this post… Good for you! Many people have no idea where Kazakhstan is, much less that
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16 Things To Do In Tashkent + Tashkent Travel Guide Updated March 2024, 15 Things To Do In Tashkent + Tashkent Travel Guide was originally written in January 2020 Tashkent gets skipped over by many visitors to Uzbekistan for its more glamourous Silk Road cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva, but Tashkent actually has quite a bit to offer.
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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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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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Qala i Khumb Travel Guide, Tajikistan Updated August 2024, Qala i Khumb Travel Guide, Tajikistan was originally published in May 2022 Qala i Khumb (sometimes called Darvoz) is a common stopover point for travelers taking on the famed Pamir Highway, helping to break up the long journey from Dushanbe to Khorog. But most don’t spend any time here, either
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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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