Wild horses in the desert...

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Starting in Aktau my own Silk Road adventure....

July 29th 2016
Let start my own little Silk Road adventure! I'm on my way to Uzbekistan, the very slow way! I'm back to Kazakhstan after the short one hour flight on Azerbaijan Airways...just the time to cross the Caspian Sea. I'm landing after 10pm at Aktau. The little city has seen investment due mainly to the offshore oil industry in the Caspian Sea. The airport is a good 20km outside of the city, til ... read more

Asia » Kazakhstan » Western Kazakhstan

Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. D... ... read more

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