Asia

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Marxism in the Mountains: Kyrgyzstan's Tulpar Kol and Lenin Peak

"The summit was almost continuously obstructed by clouds, and one had to gaze at it for quite long before coming to the idea of the shape...

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Silk Road Series: Tash Rabat, Kyrgyzstan

“To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the...

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Silk Road Series: Bukhara

"Bokhara, the most shameless sink of iniquity that I know in the East." -Arminius Vambery, Hungarian traveller and first European to...

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Silk Road Series: Samarkand, Uzbekistan

“We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known We take...

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Paradise Found

Tropical islands are what most people envision when they imagine paradise. For every mountain-lover who dreams of jagged peaks and rocky...