Two-week traveller: choose your Central Asia adventure

By Stephen Lioy, Lonely Planet, Once the realm of Silk Road merchants and Great Game spies, the Heavenly Mountains and […]

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

Descending a Mine Shaft in the Kazakhstan Steppes

From Mark Mobius Blog, Happy New Year, readers! I’d like to start off this year telling you about another adventure […]