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Budget Travel 101 : What is a Hostel ?

This is my first post and i would like to compose a few sentences about hostels. Hostels are a good method to see the world on a low budget. From the cheapest to the more grand there is something to accommodate every taste and budget. The great thing about youth hostel is that tons of university students flock to them since they are cheap and enjoyable so there is all the time lots of student travelers around to party with! In largely every other part of t… Continue

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Program of ascension to Lenin Peak 7134 m

The Lenin Peak (7,134 m) today is one of the most popular, easy of access and because of that most frequented peaks among 7,000m-odd summits of Pamir. It’s a common belief that the Lenin Peak is one of the easiest of the CIS’s four 7,000m-odd peaks to climb. To the certain extent that’s true but not in all. One should remember that the altitude over 7,000m makes the peak an object of high-altitude climbing. The route in itself is not a technically difficult one and normally is carried out by mou… Continue

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Under the sky of Orient

Orient is delicate thing. Delicate ornament, delicate silk, fine art, graceful and charming dances. There are too less of people, who are indifferent to the beauty. That’s why Orient and Central Asia particularly attracted travellers from different corners of the world. At different times they were lured by difference circumstances: warm climate, variegated and beautiful nature, mysterious Great Silk Road, mountains… And day by day this interest increases. More people tend to watch by their own… Continue

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Heartland of Fann mountains

Startling mountain massif with mysterious name «Fann mountains» situated between Zaravshan and Guissar ridges doesn’t stop attracting lovers of mountain adventures for several decades. It can be explained very easily – at its availability for travelers this region still keeps status of one of the beautiful mountain regions of Pamiro-Alay. Exactly here most clear and unbelievably wonderful lakes are fringed with highest sharp rocky peaks which don’t take off their snowy crowns during long time. E… Continue

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Great Silk Road

During thousand of years, this famous road connected China with the Mediterranean and two hugest civilization of those times – Oriental and Western. Thousand years numerous caravans with expensive silk, exotic spices and precious stones moved by this road. Many grandiose caravansaries, majestic mosques and madrasah appeared along this way. Now you can go by the ancient road as well! You will have excellent opportunity to cross five Asian republics: China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Ta… Continue

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Hospitable Asia

Fascinating, full of contrast program go through the territory of three Central Asian republics: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Majestic minarets, blue domes of mausoleums, ancient madrasah and impressive caravansaries will tell you about past power and richness of Uzbekistan. You won’t even notice smooth passage from civilization of the city to the amazing mountain landscapes, untouched nature of Kyrgyzstan and his “jam” - Issyk-Kul lake, traditional life of shepherd at the high - altit… Continue

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Magical world of Oriental ceramic

The best treasure in the skillful hands is a craft, what can be compared with it? Firdousi If you choose the vacation in Uzbekistan, apart from the slender minarets, high towers and blue domes, your heart will be conquered forever by surprisingly distinctive applied arts of this land! Among its numerous kinds special place is occupied by an art pottery. At all times the best works of the Uzbek art pottery with a rare expressiveness and laconism revealed the true features of people"s creative ge… Continue

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Pamir as a resort

Pamir as a resort Have you seen, my friend, a star? Have you been to Pamir Mountains? Have you breath in awesome air? The best air in whole world! And I have! I know exactly Everything is changed in me ... Friends! Confess: many times you looked at those pages of the site, where fans for extreme forms of recreation are offered various options to break their neck in high-altitude expeditions! And what do you think of that? «Some crazy, - you thought, having difficulties to fight with goose bump… Continue

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«Pamir Sky - 2009»

Paragliding association under extreme tourism federation of Uzbekistan at cooperation with «Pamir Expeditions» would like to invite everybody to take part in the first international paragliding festival on Lenin peak area: «Pamir Sky - 2009» Dear friends and guests of the festival! Project of this kind of grade is ca… Continue

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Sary-Chelek horse riding

Dear friends – lovers of horse riding routes! We would like to invite you to take part in journey by route which was created exactly for you. Here we took into account everything: your love for horses – may be most beautiful creations from all animals around the world – and those fact that you hope so much to reach most mysterious and amazing in its wild beauty places of nature, and also we suppose you wouldn’t think about everyday problems by way like what could you eat or where could you sleep… Continue

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Horse ridind and trekking around Pamir area

Сombined program Dear friends! Let us to introduce you not quite ordinary program which combines not only two different directions in kinds of active tours but offers unique journey around two mountain areas – there are Pamir and Pamiro-Alay as well. Horse riding part of this program is lying in area of wonderful Alay valley and leads to the foot of grand Lenin peak 7134m (Zaalay ridge), then your horse riding… Continue

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To famous lakes of western Tien-Shan by horses

This trekking is designed for the fans of horse riding who are keen to visit picturesque, intact corners of nature. The trek takes place in the mountains of Western Tien Shan and comprises a vast area, including the Kirghiz natural sanctuary “Sarichelek”. We start from the garden-clad Fergana valley, a pearl of Central Asia, through which the Great Silk Road passed. The mountainous area of Wes… Continue

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Alay Cross Country

Paragliding program for experienced pilots combined group This program combines two main ideas – paragliding and mountaineering. If you love to open new possibilities for this cool combination, if you prefer new areas for making flight route discovers instead of good-known places, if you are real pilot-explorer who don’t feel anxious about making ascents, if you belong to those kinds of travelers who hunger for pure emotions and mysterious lands – then this program for you! Route legs: Tashkent… Continue

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Under the sky of Orient

Orient is delicate thing. Delicate ornament, delicate silk, fine art, graceful and charming dances. There are too less of people, who are indifferent to the beauty. That’s why Orient and Central Asia particularly attracted travellers from different corners of the world. At different times they were lured by difference circumstances: warm climate, variegated and beautiful nature, mysterious Great S… Continue

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May Alpiniad in Cimgan mountains

The question about where should You spend May celebrations is not going to be the question at all in case You make up Your mind to spend it at Chimgan mountains. May Alpiniad in Chimgan mountains is annual and always solemn event for mountaineers not only from Uzbekistan but also from close countries, when possibility to pass by loved and by untrodden routes appears, when You have a chance to rise Your… Continue

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The Chimgan ring

Chimgan mountain massif is justified considered most popular place of pilgrimage shrine for all devotees of the active mountain rest. It’s very strange, but landscapes of different climatic zones have converged and peacefully coexist amazingly here around the main summit of this unique massif - Big Chimgan summit (3309m). It seems like during many ages majority of plant species had acclimatized to hard life in conditions of frosty winters and hot summers – and, in addition, it is on altitude whi… Continue

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Casket of oriental adventures

Orient is delicate thing. Delicate ornament, delicate silk, fine art, graceful and charming dances. There are too less of people, who are indifferent to the beauty. That’s why Orient and Central Asia particularly attracted intent look of the military leaders, conquerors and ordinary pilgrims. At different times they were lured by difference circumstances: warm climate, variegated and beautiful nature, later -… Continue

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The farewell song of the Aral sea

This fascinating trip at 4WD jeeps is going trough Kyzyl-Kum desert which is one of the greatest Asian deserts! En route you will have opportunity to see boundless sands and little oasis, settlements, hidden at desert, shepherds, grazing cattle at the poor feeds, stoned remains of trees, unique the animal and vegetable kingdom of the Asian desert. You will reach the bank of Aral sea, overcome many kilometers of the road by the desert and than to the bottom of the ex-sea. Unfortunately, there is… Continue

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Looking For A Vacation Destination

I'm in the process of looking for a destination for a trip my family will take in the next two years. We plan to take a three to four week vacation since we haven't gone on a vacation in quite awhile. The reason we haven't done much traveling is we are having our second child in July only a year and a half after our first child was born. Because we will have small children with us, we need to find somewhere that allows a child friendly setting. This means we don't plan on going to multiple de… Continue

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Journey to Aksu and Sabakh peaks

Nature of Pamiro-Alay is amazing. Bright colours of valleys and foothills change into stern and modest palettes of rocks, snow and ice. Mountain peaks here are high and outlined sharply. This contrast is perceived by eye as something magnificent and strange in its seeming incompatibility. Purest air, saturated with coniferous fragrance of dense juniper forests, seems to be able to be drunk. Loud obstinate rivers give life and powers all that majestic beauty. Here, at area of famous Aksu peak (53… Continue

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Budget Travel 101 : What is a Hostel ?

Program of ascension to Lenin Peak 7134 m

Under the sky of Orient

Heartland of Fann mountains

Great Silk Road

Hospitable Asia

Magical world of Oriental ceramic

Pamir as a resort

«Pamir Sky - 2009»

Sary-Chelek horse riding

Horse ridind and trekking around Pamir area

To famous lakes of western Tien-Shan by horses

Alay Cross Country

Under the sky of Orient

May Alpiniad in Cimgan mountains

The Chimgan ring

Casket of oriental adventures

The farewell song of the Aral sea

Looking For A Vacation Destination

Journey to Aksu and Sabakh peaks

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