On the rocky southern shore of Issyk Kul Lake, when I was travelling through Kyrgyzstan, I met with members of the Salburuun Federation, a group of locals who are attempting to preserve their unique nomadic culture in the face of modernity. Otherwise known as the...
Jyrgalan: From Soviet Coal Mining Town To Tourism Hub Hidden away on the far, eastern shores of Issyk Kul Lake, is one of Kyrgyzstan’s most picturesque and dramatic valleys. It’s a place of high altitude treks, where snowy mountaintops are framed by...
Exploring Kyrgyzstan’s Fairy Tale Canyon Dreamy red spires of rock rose gracefully into the sky from the dusty brown earth of the desert-like landscape I was standing in. All around me, pillars of red earth were stacked upwards, jagged cuts of rock punctuated...
I’m Richard, and I’m on a quest to understand the world through its borders and boundaries.
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