Luang Prabang, Laos, February 2024

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You won’t often find me backtracking however I made an exception to catch up with a gang of old friends in the friendliest country in Asia.. Laos. We soaked up a week enjoying the charm of the pretty (World Heritage …

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From the Punjab to Peshawar, Pakistan, December 2022

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You only ever hear bad things about Pakistan- a fertile breeding ground for terrorists. I first had the idea to explore Pakistan for myself after reading Michael Palin’s book ‘Himalaya’. Then my Afghan guide filled my head with stories of …

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The Maldives- a Tale of Atolls and Mating Octopus, November 2019

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Who can say where the wonder or the wanderlust ends? It should come as no surprise then that I’ve popped up in the middle of the Indian Ocean again for a week of scuba diving in the Maldives. Off the …

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Almaty- the modern day traveller’s Caravan Serai, Kazakhstan, October 2018

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My last week of this journey has taken me to the southern corner of Kazakhstan which was the most northerly reach of the Great Silk Road. The small town of Turkistan is home to some incredible Timurid architecture from the …

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Trapped in a Marble Birdcage, Turkmenistan, September 2018

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I have spent the last week travelling in Turkmenistan, a Central Asian country wedged between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the north and Iran and Afghanistan to the south. It’s landscape is made up in large part by the sandy Karakum …

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The Legends of Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan September 2018

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  The cities of Samarkand and Bukhara have existed for over 2500 years. I could try to rattle off some of the civilizations and empires that have ruled these areas from the Persians and Greeks (under Alexander the Great) to …

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The Living Silk Road, Uzbekistan September 2018

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As I travel through Uzbekistan now the mountains have all but disappeared and a dusty haze settles on the landscape. But the road is paved with iconic Silk Road towns – ahead of me lie the almost mythical places of …

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On The Trail of Alexander the Great, Tajikistan, September 2018

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My final jaunt through Tajikistan has taken me to the capital Dushanbe and then on to the north. Dushanbe translates as Monday, and when this was previously a sleepy town the weekly market was held on a Monday hence the …

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The Wakhan Valley – A Stone’s Throw from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, August 2018

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My latest journey has taken a detour from the Pamir Highway into the Wakhan Valley region. Although I won’t bore you with too much geopolitical history, in the 1800s as the Soviet empire was pressing south and the  British were …

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Roadtripping The Pamir Highway, Tajikistan, August 2018

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  I have just travelled the Pamir Highway- an epic road trip across the roof of Central Asia. The road runs through the middle of the Pamir mountain range linking Kyrgyzstan with the western part of Tajikistan (a region called Kohistani …

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