December 19, 2019 Getting from China to Europe Overland Going from China to Europe (or the other way around) travelling through Central Asia is one of the world’s great overland journeys, and for…
December 15, 2019 Across the Black Sea by Ferry, from Batumi to Odessa The three day journey on a large “roll on/roll off” ferry from Batumi, Georgia to Odessa, Ukraine is a great opportunity to do nothing…
November 21, 2019 Baku to Tbilisi on the Night Train If you have traveled across the Caspian Sea to Baku, you may be tempted to go to Georgia to try their famous wine and…
November 18, 2019 Getting to the Caspian Sea from Uzbekistan For travelers on the Silk Road looking to avoid Turkmenistan, it is convenient to travel from Uzbekistan to Aktau, Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea….
October 4, 2019 Getting from Osh, Kyrgyzstan to Tashkent, Uzbekistan One of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world, Uzbekistan is quite remote and off the beaten track for western travellers. Since early…
September 27, 2019 Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan by Minibus Whether you are planning a short visit to Central Asia, or a long journey across the continent, traveling from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Bishkek, the…
September 20, 2019 Urumqi, China to Almaty, Kazakhstan by Train Getting from Urumqi to Almaty can be considered the “northern” route for getting out of China and into Kazakhstan. We have also traveled the…
March 2, 2019 China to Kyrgyzstan via the Torugart Pass There are two ways to cross by land between China and Kyrgyzstan: the Irkeshtam pass, sending you to the southern part of the country,…
