10 Essentials You Need to Pack for Central Asia Updated March 2025, 10 Essentials You Need to Pack for Central Asia originally appeared on Valerie & Valise back in 2019 For most people who hear about Central Asia, their first question is… “where?” That’s okay – Central Asia isn’t one of the top tourist destinations […]
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Visiting the Now Demolished Secret Soviet Bioweapons Lab of Aralsk 7 on Vozrozhdeniya Island Updated March 2025, Visiting the Now Demolished Secret Soviet Bioweapons Lab of Aralsk 7 on Vozrozhdeniya Island was originally published in December 2021 Gauging by the title, you can imagine our confusion as we trundled past a wood-and-wire gate to the
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31 Local Central Asia Foods & Drinks to Try on Your First Trip Updated February 2025, 31 Local Central Asia Foods & Drinks to Try on Your First Trip originally appeared on Valerie & Valise back in 2019 As you already know, Central Asia is a pretty surprising region. After my trip in August 2019
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Qarshi Travel Guide, Uzbekistan + 8 Things to do in Qarshi Updated February 2025, Qarshi Travel Guide, Uzbekistan + 8 Things to do in Qarshi was originally published in October 2021 Qarshi doesn’t land on most tourist’s itineraries for Uzbekistan being a bit off-route from the main Silk Road city trail most stick to. In
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A Simple Guide to Central Asia Visas Updated January 2025, The Central Asia Visas Guide was originally written in January 2019 The red tape is finally losing its adherence and the bureaucracy is finally loosening (mostly). Getting visas to Central Asia is only getting easier by the day (cough, cough… except for you, Turkmenistan), with relaxed
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30 Best Things To Do In Uzbekistan Updated January 2025, 30 Best Things To Do In Uzbekistan was originally written in February 2019. The Silk Road cuts through the country and has left the traces of many a conqueror from Genghis Khan to Amir Timur as they made way from the Orient to the Occident
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Travel Karakalpakstan The Stan Within A Stan Updated January 2025, Travel Karakalpakstan: The Stan Within A Stan was originally written November 2017 Karakalpakstan makes up a sizable area of Uzbekistan– over one-third of Uzbekistan’s landmass. Once prosperous and powerful, Karakalpakstan was a fertile agricultural region. Now the region of Karakalpakstan has nearly been forgotten by the outside
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Bukhara Travel Guide + 19 Things to do in Bukhara, Uzbekistan Updated December 2024, Bukhara Travel Guide was originally written in December 2019 Sat between Samarkand and Khiva along Uzbekistan’s Silk Road emerging like a mirage from the red sands of the Kyzylkum Desert, Bukhara more than warrants a visit being a short hop from less-intimate
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Visiting the Aral Sea Disaster, Uzbekistan Updated December 2024, Visiting the Aral Sea Disaster, Uzbekistan was originally published in June 2022 Mostly dried and desiccated into a toxic desert, the Aral Sea is among the world’s worst environmental disasters. Once a lively endorheic lake that provided fisherman’s bounty, numerous ports, and a center of trade,
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Solo Female Travel in Uzbekistan Updated December 2024, Solo female Travel in Uzbekistan was originally written in November 2019 Solo female travel in Uzbekistan is much easier than you probably thought it was before landing on my blog. I’ve crisscrossed Central Asia several times over the last five years and have a thousand and one great experiences (and
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