Reasons to Explore Central Asia
This ancient land is drenched in history and culture and with so few tourists daring to venture here.
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Your Reliable Travel Partner along the Great Silk Road
Jul 13, 2022
Jewish heritage in Central Asia
The history of Bukharian Jews in Central Asia, who preserved its religion and national identity in almost total isolation.
Jul 11, 2022
Carpet patterns of Central Asia
Carpet production in Central Asia is ancient — from times when people started to produce multi-colored, woolen, felt mats.
Apr 19, 2022
Eagle-hunting traditions of nomads
Hunting with golden eagles is a national tradition of the Kyrgyz, Kazakhs and Mongols. It goes back to ancient times, when it was the...
Jan 20, 2022
Kazakhstan is visa-free again!
Since the beginning of this year, the visa-free regime is resumed again for 54 nationalities. Still, all visitors are required to have a...
Dec 5, 2021
Wildlife of Central Asia that we can lose
The wildlife of Central Asia is diverse and unique. Its representatives have adapted to different climatic conditions - from the hot...
Dec 5, 2021
Languages of Central Asia
The Soviet Union as a multilingual and multicultural socialist society has been officially committed to the development of communism on...
Dec 4, 2021
Customs and Traditions
Eastern hospitality The main feature of Central Asia families is hospitality and traditional respect to elders. People usually live in...
Dec 4, 2021
Ruins of Otrar and Turkestan
Otrar is a Central Asian ghost town that was a city located along the Silk Road in Kazakhstan. Otrar was an important town in the history...
Dec 4, 2021
Role of Genghis-Khan in the History
At the end of 12th - early 13th centuries the political situation in the steppes of Central Asia were represented by the growing struggle...
Dec 4, 2021
Nomadic Heritage
The territory of Central Asia, which consists of vast expanses of steppe-land, desert and semi-desert with fine seasonal pastures, was...
Dec 4, 2021
Architectural monuments of the past
Mongol and Turkish Empires have left distinctive architectural traces which shed a new light on the development of urban space in this...
Dec 4, 2021
National cuisine
The mention of Central Asian foodways usually conjures up competing images of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles. In one, the roving...
Dec 4, 2021
Wedding traditions of Central Asia
Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to...
Dec 4, 2021
Pearl of Kyrgyzstan - Issyk-Kul Lake
Issyk-Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by...
Dec 4, 2021
Mennonites in Central Asia
Short historical overview. In 1763 Czarina Catherina II issued a manifest which invited foreigners to settle in Russia. They obtained a...
Dec 4, 2021
Petroglyphs of Central Asia
Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art....
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