Category: Central Asia

Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan

Bucking the land-border crossings trend, today we caught a plane. We spent the daytime doing some final sightseeing around Duschanbe then headed to the small airport and without any fuss or friction, flew to Almaty. Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is massive. I mean bloody huge, and we’re only here for three nights. We skirted our way … Continue reading Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan →

Tajikistan

Our next country, Tajikistan is immediately a very different place to Uzbekistan. Over millennia, this region has been subject to repeated invasions, from Persians in 600BC, through Alexander ‘the Great’ (not to this country), Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, Sassanids, Hephthalites, Gokturks, Samanids, Ghengis Khan, then Tamir (who we met in a previous episode), before the Russians deemed … Continue reading Tajikistan →