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September 15, 2019

Mean Canada (Russia #3)

All those years ago, when I was telling Sasha why I didn’t think I ever needed

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Show how badass the author is :P August 18, 2019

Camels and Kalashnikovs (Russia #2)

Our first stop in Russia was a village in Buryatia province, Eastern Siberia.

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ANna on a Zyl truck August 8, 2019

Into the Cosmos (Russia #1)

“Russia!  But why?” A question I’ve been asked many times in the months

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CCTV outside KTV July 28, 2019

Fresh Eyes (China #12)

I’m not sure if you’ve ever been dropped into a foreign land where basically no

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ridiculous hitchhike on the pamir highway May 18, 2016

Our Ridiculous Ride on the Pamir Highway (Stans #8)

I spent two months in Central Asia, immersing myself in landscapes, history, culture

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Camping at a river delta in the Pamir Mountains, inside a leaky $20 tent we named 'Oliver'. May 4, 2016

Getting High in Tajikistan: Magnificent Mountain Moments

Tajikistan has some hills. I already told you all about this. But now I want to show

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tajikistan mountains April 13, 2016

Broken Rules, Broken Roads, and Broken Spirits (Stans #7)

It was sometime about an hour after my escape from the bureaucratic clutches of the

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March 14, 2016

Escape Velocity (Stans #6)

I was finally able to eat again. It had been a longer than usual bout of travel

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a vegetable vendor in one of Khiva's markets. February 24, 2016

Stranger Stories: The People of Uzbekistan

During my world wandering I seem to have developed something of a knack for

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Aral Sea fishing boats, dragged here to die together. February 3, 2016

Rusted Memories of the Aral Sea

IT WAS 40˚C IN THE SHADE. Luckily we had some. My Russiaustralian travel-mate Sasha

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Framing Uzbek's ancient cities January 7, 2016

Street Life in Uzbekistan’s Ancient Cities

Borders. Delighting cartographers; thwarting travellers. In Stans #5 I gave you

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December 28, 2015

Death by Bureaucratic Exhaustion (Stans #5)

The first stage of the infamously frustrating Uzbekistan border-crossing experience

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