Wondering Voyager

In a trip that covered Shymkent, Turkistan, Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara, it was the last one that managed to etch something that is impossible to erase in my mind. The beauty of Bukhara is difficult...

You likely have not had the pleasure of reading specifically about the cemeteries of a country you may or may not intend to visit so far. Not many people seem to enjoy visiting and writing about these...

When asked what people think of Karimov, and why it seems like he is already old news, an Uzbek friend of mine told me that the “old king is dead, and now all hail the new king.” This blunt comment made...

When I booked my tickets to visit Uzbekistan for the first time in December, I got some comments from my friends who questioned my decision to visit it at the dead of winter. I was hoping that they would...

To those unaware of how easy it is to transit from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan by land, it may look like a daunting task at first. Fear not, as I will now go over how to do this trip, and in both directions...

Kazakhstan is not just any other destination for me, but a home in its own rights. Despite initially being foreign to these beautiful steppes, I spent the better part of a year here and will be spending...