by Carl Howard | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog Topics, Interesting Stuff, Travel
The itinerary in Turkmenistan was pretty much a straight cut through the desert from the Uzbek border near Dashoguz through to the Iranian border near Ashgabat, stopping at a few relevant places. Photo courtesy Derek & Fiona Rendall Dashoguz: This is one of...
by Carl Howard | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog Topics, Resources, Food and Environment, Travel
When people think of environmental disasters, Uzbekistan probably doesn’t come to the top of mind. This is yet another aspect of Central Asian invisibility. Actually, Uzbekistan is a testament to some of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century. And of...
by Carl Howard | May 6, 2011 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Society, Travel
As I was reading Lonely Planet’s guide to Turkey, I found a few interesting things in their history section. I browsed the timeline before I read the main text and here’s what I saw: See anything interesting? I don’t — namely I don’t see anything about the Armenian...
