Central Asia

I recently crossed the Caspian Sea on a cargo ship as a solo female traveler, traveling from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan. The cargo ship runs from Alat, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan, …

One of the biggest highlights of my time in Tajikistan was visiting the Seven Lakes, also known as Haft Kul, a chain of colorful alpine lakes (seven of them, as …

I traveled overland across Uzbekistan by crossing the border from Osh, Kyrgyzstan, and then continued by train through Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva, before returning to Tashkent on an overnight sleeper train. …