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After two days at the Son-Kol Yurt camp we headed out driving south along the plateau for the 3600m Moldo-Ashuu pass towards our next Yurt camp at Tash Rabat near the southern border with China. The distance was not great- only about 250 km to get to our new yurt camp- but because of the bad road conditions restricting speeds to 10-15km/hour, the drive took most of the day. The long drive… Read More
We spent two days in a yurt camp in Son-Kol. The main goal of the first day was to move from Bishkek to the yurt camp that, even though was located in the nearby Tian Shan mountains, meant a long drive! Fortunately our itinerary was designed to have several stops along the way to break up the trip. Leaving the hotel at 8:30am we headed east out of Bishkek to join a… Read More
After having completed two years of a very intense project I decided it was time switch gears and seriously travel again. World history has long been an interest of mine and exploring the famous East-West trade route of antiquity, the Silk Road, made it to the top of my list. The trade route is a grueling 4000 miles (nearly 6500 km) traveled by horse, camel and on foot for centuries. It is… Read More
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