Next Destination: Central Asia
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Central Asian countries whose names end in ‘stan’ are becoming increasingly popular with backpackers as adventure destinations. They are looking to explore the Silk Road.
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AGUSTINUS Wibowo’s travels into Afghanistan brought him to the banks of the Amu Darya River in the north of that country. Riding a donkey along a rocky and very steep track, he noticed cars going back and forth along an asphalted road on the other side of the river.
That sight aroused Agus’s interest about what life was like in the offshoot nations of the former Soviet Union across the river. Agus, who lives in Beijing, could actually have e
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