‘So where are you from?’ says me to the other western woman in the group I’m with after visiting the…
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Jiayuguan – the western end of the a Great Wall of China
Not long before I started this journey, there were problems in the Xinjiang area of China between government forces and…
Arriving in China
Like Russia, China has one time zone despite the fact that it’s almost wide enough for three so my flight…
Almaty, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
My blog is a little out of sync with my travels but in real time I am in Almaty right…
Aqtobe – frosty but friendly
Aqtobe was icy & freezing – slippery underfoot and with horizontal frozen sleet to make me feel right at home!…
En route to Aktobe/Aqtobe, Kazakhstan
What on earth possessed me to think this was a good idea? 36 hours on a train to reach one…
Goodbye to Uzbekistan and hello Kazakhstan (Tashkent to Aktobe by train)
My last day in Tashkent was spent watching the snow and sleet from the comfort of my accommodation, sharing space…
Fast train from Bukhara to Samarqand
After three wonderful days In Bukhara, I boarded the fast train to Samarqand and noted down some of the things…
Celebrating 30 years in London …. and saying goodbye
Saying goodbye to London has been one of the hardest things I have ever done – leaving a good job,…
Samarqand – dreams are made of this
Samarqand just sounds like a dream, a Sheharazade tale of a city, a mythical place, and somewhere I have wanted…