A traveler’s guide to Tajikistan

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Like its neighbors Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, or its fellow Central Asian country Turkmenistan, Tajikistan is not the likeliest travel destination that will pop up on the first pages of a travel guide to Asia.

But like all these other countries, Tajikistan has a few well kept secrets that have the potential to make any traveler jump up with delight. Granted, Tajikistan is not the luckiest country on the planet: it is one of the poorest in Central Asia (if not the world), and it has been ravaged by civil war.

But Tajikistan is fast getting back on its feet, and even tourism is slowly becoming more and more common in these lands. If you are looking for unique sights and culture in a place that is largely unknown to visitors, here is a traveler’s guide to Tajikistan. …

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Amazing places: Uzbekistan

Tashkent

No matter how much you’ve been traveling in your lifetime, there will always be some blank spots on the map that you know next to nothing about. Uzbekistan is one such blank spot for even many seasoned travelers, despite the fact that it has everything that a good travel destination needs: rich culture and history, interesting traditions and beautiful scenery.

This ex-Soviet country should definitely feature more prominently in travel brochures and itineraries, so here’s the next installment in our series Amazing places: Uzbekistan. …

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North African Adventure III: Lifestyle

I am not even going to attempt to analyze the lifestyle of the peoples who inhabit North Africa, it would be very difficult to draw some general conclusions about nations that are so very different. However, I can make a few suggestions as to what you can do while touring North Africa – and let me tell you, it’s quite difficult to pick only four or five things to talk about!

If you want to get to know a bit about the life of the people living in a country, all you have to do is follow their lead and do whatever they do in their free time. So here are the most interesting (and well, a bit cliche) things to do in North Africa. …

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