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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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Wild Bavaria: Lake Königssee and Berchtesgaden

"Whom God loves, he drops in this country" -Bavarian poet Ludwig Ganghofer, describing Berchtesgaden Few travellers to Germany have...

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Mountains and their Myths: Mount Kazbek

Some mountains are so imposing, so mighty, that those who live in their shadow feel compelled to set their stories and legends on their...

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Tusheti: Georgia's Mountain Kingdom

“Wherever we had been in Russia, in Moscow, in the Ukraine, in Stalingrad, the magical name of Georgia came up constantly. People who had...

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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...