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Kazakhstan's glimmering new capital, Astana, with its other-worldly buildings and the Baiterek Tower, golden egg and all.
Kazakhstan today and tomorrow
A slow buzz escalated to a sharp wail as the mammoth Russian-made helicopter prepared for liftoff from the edge of a dusty two-lane highway outside of leafy Almaty. A very gentle uplifting thud signalled the start of our journey over the vast landscape of the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan.
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Idyllic Indonesia
The scene is rusty, dusky, another early evening haze. Outside the airport gates, there’s a procession of broke locals eagerly waving Taksi signs and offering to carry my bag.
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THAILAND: Head for the Hills
It's dawn and the mountain mists are shifting, mixing with my cold-cloud breaths as I huddle near the fire and clutch a cup of steaming tea in a bamboo-pole cup. Below me, down a steep hill, weak sunlight glints off the tin roofs of the bamboo-pole houses. A gibbon calls. Roosters crow.
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I reluctantly agreed to spend the better part of a month this past fall cycling through western Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
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Monkey on your snack
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