The World Nomad Games Opening Ceremonies The 2018 World Nomad Games have begun! Horses are galloping across the steppe and for some reason, many people have been on fire through the opening ceremonies. This year’s edition of the nomadic, Central Asian games...
Celebrating Kyrgyzstan Independence Day! I landed in Bishkek on the 30th August, ready to experience the uniqueness of the World Nomad Games, held in Cholpon Ata, a beautiful lakeside location outside the capital, every two years. Before the games began though, there...
I’m in Kyrgyzstan! Hello travellers, it’s been a while since I’ve given you a real time travel update, and that’s because I’ve only just hit the road again, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve just landed in Bishkek and I’m getting ready to explore this mountainous...
Tashkent Is a City Like No Other In Uzbekistan It’s a huge sprawl, densely packed with drab Soviet buildings and ugly apartment blocks. Tashkent is a city that lost its history when an earthquake levelled Uzbekistan’s capital, a city that was rebuilt from...
‘For Lust Of Knowing What Should Not Be Known, We Take The Golden Road To Samarkand’- James Elroy Flecker. The Silk Road city of Samarkand has long lured travellers and conquerors in search of wealth and the exotic in Central Asia. In 1913 British poet...
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