Khiva Uzbekistan 乌别克斯坦希瓦 5/2018 (6)
12-14/5/2018, I shared a taxi with a young Spanish doctor, each of us paying USD 20, to drive to Khiva, which was 400 kilometers away and would take about seven hours. The car often drove...
Bukhara Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦布哈拉 5/2018 (5)
10-11/5/2018. From Samarkand, I then took the train to Bukhara, just three hours away. As soon as I disembarked, a ball of fire engulfed me. It sure was hot as hell. I hastened to the...
Samarkand Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦撒马尔罕 5/2018 (4)
8-9/5/2018. After two days in Tashkent, I was on the evening train bound for Samarkand. When I got on the train, I walked into a carriage packed with locals piercing me with their curious eyes....
Tashkent Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦塔什干 5/2018 (3)
6-8/5/2018. From Shymkent in Kazakhstan, I took a taxi to go west toward Tashkent, Uzbekistan. An hour later, the taxi dropped me at the border. I then walked into Uzbekistan and straight into Tashkent, which...
Taraz, Shymkent Kazakhstan 哈萨克斯坦塔拉兹，奇姆肯特 5/2018 (2)
4/5/2018. After a brief stay in Almaty, I was looking forward to seeing more of Kazakhstan. I took an MPV taxi heading west to Taraz with a few other fellow passengers. The car was loaded...
Almaty and nearby, Kazakhstan 阿拉木图和周边 5/2018 (1)
2-3/5/2018. Although I live most of my life in Asia, Central Asia is as remote to me as any other continent. I flew into Almaty from Kuala Lumpur. Pardon my ignorance, but I had never...