Kyrgyzstan is a place that boggles the mind – or, my mind, at least. On one hand, there are whispers of the familiar: tall sandwich loaves which tower over their flat bread brothers; supermarkets which are in fact super, not dingy pantries with […]
September, 2015
THE WORLD’S HIGHEST PAVED ROAD – THE KARAKORAM HIGHWAY
One of the world’s most famous overland routes is the Karakoram Highway. It holds the record as the highest paved road in the world reaching an altitude of 4,693m and cuts through some of the most dramatic mountain scenery on the […]